Chitralis working in Marriott Hotel are safe

ISLAMABAD: According to reports gathered from different hospitals in the federal capital, no Chitrali has been killed in the suicide blast that hit the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday evening. However, one resident of the district identified as Mir Akbar received minor injuries and was being treated at Polyclinic and would be discharged soon. An accountant at the hotel said another Chitrali, Bashir Wali, remained untraced. However, detailed checking of the bodies in various hospitals showed there was no Chitrali among the dead. One person from Gilgit who worked in the hotel is also admitted to Polyclinic Hospital but his condition is also out of danger.
A large number of people from Chitral and the Northern Areas worked in the five-star hotel.
Over 50 people are reported killed and scores others injured in the blast which also destroyed the hotel building.
A large number of people stranded inside the building were evacuated safely, said the owner of the hotel Sadruddin Hashwani while talking to the media outside the burning hotel after the incident.
The blast occurred at about 7.40pm. Evewitnesses said a dumper truck laden with explosive material hit the boulders put at the entrance after which the vehicle exploded, killing about 30 people on the spot.
Ambulances and rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the dead and injured peorsons to different hospitals.