In Pakistan, several persons are feared dead in a plane crash near Islamabad. According to officials, a Pakistani passenger plane carrying 160 people today crashed into the heavily forested Margalla Hills near Islamabad in rain and bad weatherand large number of casualties were feared. Police and a state-run rescue service said private airliner Air Blue operated Airbus A-321,flying from Turkey to Islamabad via Karachi, hit the Margalla Hills near Daman-e-Koh viewpoint around 10 am in thick fog. Police said bodies were strewn across the low mountains near the scene of wreckage in inaccessible hills.According to Interior Minister Rehman Malik, up to 10 people were confirmed dead but five injured survivors were airlifted from the crash site by helicopter. He said the inaccessibility of the site and bad weather were hampering rescue efforts. Malik added that rescue teams, paramilitary Pakistan Rangers and senior police officials have reached the site. He said the weather is unfriendly but still some helicopters reached the site and airlifted five survivors to hospital. The interior Minister said rescue workers had to trek for over an hour to reach the site and they have been directed to remove any survivors on stretchers.Earlier, Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar ruled out any sabotage and said the Government does not suspect any terror attack. Islamabad has been hit by heavy rains for the past few days and the city was covered by fog and low clouds. TV news channels quoted Air Blue officials as saying that there were 159 passengers on board the ill-fated aircraft, which had taken off from Karachi at 7.50 am. The officials did not specify the number of crew members.