<p>A special aircraft carrying Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and several federal ministers made an emergency landing today shortly after taking off from a military airbase in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The aircraft, which was going to Sukkur in Sindh province, returned to Chaklala airbase shortly after take-off and made an emergency landing as it had developed technical problems, TV news channels quoted officials as saying.<br /><br />All persons on board the aircraft, including Gilani and Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan, were safe, officials told the media.<br /><br />The pilot informed the control tower of technical problems and then made the emergency landing, they said.<br /><br />The exact nature of the technical problems could not be immediately ascertained.<br /><br />The premier and other ministers were on their way to Sindh to participate in special events to be held tomorrow to mark the death anniversary of President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.<br /><br />The premier and his delegation later left for Sukkur in a different aircraft.</p>
<p>A special aircraft carrying Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and several federal ministers made an emergency landing today shortly after taking off from a military airbase in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The aircraft, which was going to Sukkur in Sindh province, returned to Chaklala airbase shortly after take-off and made an emergency landing as it had developed technical problems, TV news channels quoted officials as saying.<br /><br />All persons on board the aircraft, including Gilani and Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan, were safe, officials told the media.<br /><br />The pilot informed the control tower of technical problems and then made the emergency landing, they said.<br /><br />The exact nature of the technical problems could not be immediately ascertained.<br /><br />The premier and other ministers were on their way to Sindh to participate in special events to be held tomorrow to mark the death anniversary of President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.<br /><br />The premier and his delegation later left for Sukkur in a different aircraft.</p>