He announced one-day national mourning over the tragic incident.
The Prime Minister extended heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased ambassadors and others including spouses of Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors and two pilots. The crash also left envoys of Holland and Norway injured.
The MI-17 helicopter was taking a delegation of foreign diplomats to Naltar valley to witness the inauguration of a project earlier scheduled to be performed by the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister, who was informed about the incident during his flight to Gilgit, cancelled the trip and returned to Islamabad.
He directed immediate transportation of the injured to the nearest hospital and provision of best medical treatment to them.
A PM Office statement said arrangements were made to transport bodies to Islamabad.