However, a senior government official said that Auqaf Department officials would monitor the mosques, and their khateebs and imams would not be changed, at least for the time being.
"We are confident that the world community would take due cognizance of India 's smear campaign against Pakistan, and the deliberate creation of war hysteria," the statement read.
The office of Russia’s transport prosecutor said all 71 people on board had been killed. Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov confirmed there were no survivors and said DNA tests would be needed to identify the dead.