As trauma sets in – images from day two

Dawn.com Published April 21, 2012
Paramilitary soldiers and members of the media gather near the wreckage of a Boeing 737 airliner that crashed in Islamabad. -Photo by Reuters
Paramilitary soldiers and members of the media gather near the wreckage of a Boeing 737 airliner that crashed in Islamabad. -Photo by Reuters
Women hold hands as they mourn while waiting for the coffin of a victim of the Bhoja Air Boeing 737 accident, outside a hospital in Islamabad. -Photo by AFP
Women hold hands as they mourn while waiting for the coffin of a victim of the Bhoja Air Boeing 737 accident, outside a hospital in Islamabad. -Photo by AFP
Family members of a man who lost his life in Friday's crash of a Bhoja Air Boeing 737 passenger plane gather around his coffin outside a hospital in Islamabad. -Photo by AP
Family members of a man who lost his life in Friday's crash of a Bhoja Air Boeing 737 passenger plane gather around his coffin outside a hospital in Islamabad. -Photo by AP
A volunteer posts notices identifying bodies of the victims of the Bhoja Air Boeing 737 accident, outside a hospital in Islamabad. -Photo by AFP
A volunteer posts notices identifying bodies of the victims of the Bhoja Air Boeing 737 accident, outside a hospital in Islamabad. -Photo by AFP
A photo-journalist stands on the wreckage in Hussainabad after a Bhoja Air Boeing 737 plane crashed on the outskirts of Islamabad. -Photo by AFP
A photo-journalist stands on the wreckage in Hussainabad after a Bhoja Air Boeing 737 plane crashed on the outskirts of Islamabad. -Photo by AFP
A passenger plane flies over the site in Hussainabad after a Bhoja Air Boeing 737 plane crashed on the outskirts of Islamabad. -Photo by AFP
A passenger plane flies over the site in Hussainabad after a Bhoja Air Boeing 737 plane crashed on the outskirts of Islamabad. -Photo by AFP
Coffins containing the remains of those killed on board Bhoja Air Flight 213, which crashed April 20 while on final approach, are seen outside a hospital in Islamabad. -Photo by AFP
Coffins containing the remains of those killed on board Bhoja Air Flight 213, which crashed April 20 while on final approach, are seen outside a hospital in Islamabad. -Photo by AFP
Coffins containing the remains of those killed on board Bhoja Air Flight 213, which crashed April 20 while on final approach, are seen outside a hospital in Islamabad. -Photo by AFP
Coffins containing the remains of those killed on board Bhoja Air Flight 213, which crashed April 20 while on final approach, are seen outside a hospital in Islamabad. -Photo by AFP
A relative of a victim of the Bhoja Air airliner crash mourns at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. -Photo by Reuters
A relative of a victim of the Bhoja Air airliner crash mourns at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. -Photo by Reuters
A relative of a victim of the Bhoja Air airliner crash mourns at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. -Photo by Reuters
A relative of a victim of the Bhoja Air airliner crash mourns at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. -Photo by Reuters

With over a day gone since the Bhoja Air plane crash near Islamabad, rescue officials were still clearing debris, hospitals were handing over remains to the victims’ loved ones and burials, amidst heart-breaking scenes, were taking place in the capital and other parts of the country. – Photos by AFP, AP and Reuters

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