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COAS directs army troops to visit earthquake-hit areas
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army's aviation helicopters have completed aerial survey, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release issued late Tuesday, after Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa directed troops to participate in rescue activities due to the earthquake in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and other affected areas.
The Army's helicopters "have completed aerial survey for damage assessment in Mirpur, Jarikas and Jatlan areas", the statement read. "Army teams have reached in earthquake hit areas of Mirpur, Jatlan and Jarikas."
The ISPR further said that rescue efforts in the earthquake-affected areas had been initiated.
According to Major General Asif Ghafoor, the director-general of the ISPR, the army chief had directed army personnel to completely cooperate with the civil administration of AJK.
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army's aviation helicopters have completed aerial survey, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release issued late Tuesday, after Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa directed troops to participate in rescue activities due to the earthquake in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and other affected areas.
The Army's helicopters "have completed aerial survey for damage assessment in Mirpur, Jarikas and Jatlan areas", the statement read. "Army teams have reached in earthquake hit areas of Mirpur, Jatlan and Jarikas."
The ISPR further said that rescue efforts in the earthquake-affected areas had been initiated.
According to Major General Asif Ghafoor, the director-general of the ISPR, the army chief had directed army personnel to completely cooperate with the civil administration of AJK.