The Pakistan Army teams are busy in search and rescue operations in more than 50 quake-hit areas in Turkiye and pulled out a boy and little girl from the rubble after six days, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The Pakistan Army’s search and rescue teams have won the hearts of the people of Turkiye and the international media, too, is all praise for them.
These teams, which have been busy in the rescue efforts for the last six days, have succeeded in pulling out more than six persons from the rubble alive.
These persons also include a 14-year-old boy, who was rescued after a passage of 138 hours and a 9-year-old girl who was rescued after 102 hours.
Talking to TRT World, a Pak Army officer said that despite difficult circumstances, these teams managed to pull out the boy from the rubble alive. “Besides that, Pak Army teams also detected the presence of five persons underneath the rubble, who were later rescued by the local rescue teams,” he elaborated.
Similarly, he went on to say, Pak Army teams pulled out 80 bodies from underneath the rubble, which were later handed over to their families.
On the other hand, on the instructions of the prime minister, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has dispatched sixteen National Logistics Cell (NLC) containers, carrying relief goods to quake-hit Turkey and Syria.
The relief goods include tents and blankets as they are the most-sought after items owing to the winter season in the affected areas.
Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique, Federal Education Minister Rana Tanveer and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Ata Tarar saw off the consignment.
Reporter: Ahmad Mansoor