PAF, army and navy’s fully involved in relief and rescue operations
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force C-130 aircraft have been in operation to transport over 300 people, including women and children, from flood-hit areas of Jacobabad to Karachi. The PAF has also set up camps in Sukkur and Jacobabad to provide relief goods, including food, to more than 2,000 people on a daily basis. The PAF commandos have so far rescued 240 stranded people by boats while medical teams, comprising six PAF doctors and paramedical staff, have been dispatched to flood affected areas to treat the sick and injured. According to an ISPR spokesman in Quetta, relief goods are being transported to the affected areas of Balochistan by 50 trucks. The relief consignments dispatched by the army for Balochistan flood affectees include 100 tonnes of food, over 0.1 million bottles of mineral water, blankets, tents, dates, clothes, shoes and carpets. About 1,500 army jawans 16 boats, four helicopters, and 20 trucks are in operation the round the clock in rescue and relief operation in the province. The army has set up flood relief camps at Dhadar, Sibi, Quetta, Dera Murad Jamali and Sibi Cantt. staff report
