NAWABSHAH, March 8: A private airliner on Thursday made an emergency landing at the Nawabshah airport after it received information about the presence of a bomb in the plane.

Flight No. 162 of Shaheen Airlines was flying to Karachi from Multan. Sources told Dawn that the plane was in the vicinity of Nawabshah when the pilot received a message from the Karachi airport tower that there was information of bomb in the flight. The captain immediately contacted the Nawabshah airport and the plane made emergency landing at 10.58am.

The bomb disposal squad was called and after emergency was declared at the airport. The passengers were made to disembark from the plane and a search was conducted by the agencies concerned but nothing was found.