Muhammad Arif Siddiqui
Coverage of Muhammad Arif Siddiqui in the Nexus archive.
- Funeral prayers in absentia held in Karachi for engineer of crashed cargo plane
Funeral prayers in absentia were held in Karachi for Muhammad Arif Siddiqui, a flight engineer whose cargo plane crashed in the Arabian Sea on July 7. The K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 crash killed five crew members, whose bodies remain unrecovered. Jamaat-i-Islami leader Muslim Parvez criticized the government’s search efforts and called for an independent investigation into the crash.
- Cargo plane wreckage found off Pakistan’s coast as search continues for 5 missing crew
Wreckage of a K2 Airways cargo plane that disappeared near Karachi was found in the Arabian Sea after 12 hours of search, but five missing crew members remain unlocated. The aircraft, en route from Sharjah, UAE, reported navigational issues before losing contact, and search teams face challenges due to the depth of the crash site, estimated at 3,000 meters.