The Mushshak training aircraft crashed near Quetta, the capital of southwestern Balochistan province, due to a "technical fault" during a training flight, the army said in a statement, according to Anadolu Agency. 

Instructor pilot Maj. Husnain Shehzad Humayun and trainee pilot Capt. Abdul Samad were killed in the crash, it noted.

President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed "profound" grief over the incident, offering condolences to the bereaved families.

MNA