A passenger plane with more than 100 people on board has crashed into buildings near Karachi Airport.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK303 was on its final approach to the Pakistani city after making the 90-minute journey from the eastern city of Lahore.
A spokesman for the country's aviation authority said the plane was carrying 99 passengers and eight crew.
There were no immediate reports on the number of casualties.
Local television channels show a large number of people crowded at the crash site with plumes of black smoke and damaged buildings.
Witnesses said the Airbus A320 attempted to land two or three times before crashing in a residential area near Jinnah International Airport, one of Pakistan's busiest transport hubs.
The residential area on the edge of the airport, known as Model Colony, is a poor area and densely inhabited.
Airbus did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Safety documents showed the plane last received a Government inspection on November 1.
PIA's chief engineer signed a separate certificate on April 28 saying all maintenance had been conducted on the plane and it was "fully airworthy and meets all the safety" standards.
PIA, Pakistan's national airline, grounded flights on March 29 due to the coronavirus pandemic and resumed limited services on May 16.
The country has seen two fatal plane disasters in the past six years.
In December 2016, a domestic flight from Chitral to the capital Islamabad plunged into a hillside, killing all 47 passengers and crew.
In 2014, one passenger died when an Airbus A310 from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia was hit with gunfire near Peshwar in Pakistan.
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