In-focus

Pakistan Army team rescues two trapped under debris for 48 hours in Turkiye

Pakistan Army team rescues two trapped under debris for 48 hours in Turkiye

Pakistan

'Our teams will keep doing everything possible to assist in rescue and relief,' says embassy

LAHORE (Web Desk) – A rescue team of the Pakistan Army have evacuated two survivors, who were trapped under the debris for more than 48 hours in an area of the earthquake-hit Turkiye.

The development was shared by the Pakistani Embassy in Turkiye on Twitter where it also posted videos showing the Pakistani rescuers recovering the victims from the rubble and providing them first aid.

The two survivors were recovered from the debris of a multi-storey building in Adyıaman, Turkiye, the embassy said, adding: “Our teams will keep doing everything possible to assist in rescue and relief”.

Read More: Turkiye's Erdogan acknowledges earthquake relief problems as death toll passes 15,000

On Feb 7, the Pakistan Army “dispatched two contingents -- Urban Search & Rescue Team comprising rescue experts, sniffer dogs, search equipment and a medical team comprising army doctors, nursing staff and technicians along with 30 bedded mobile hospital, tentage, blankets and other relief items -- to Adana, Turkiye via special aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF).

The teams, which have been sent on the instructions of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Syed Asim Munir, is undertaking relief efforts for Turkish people while working in close coordination with the Turkish government, armed forces and their embassy in Islamabad. The contingents will stay there till the completion of relief and rescue operations.

The death toll from Monday’s deadly earthquake in Turkiye and Syrian rose past 15,000 while rescue efforts are underway to save those stranded under the rubble as hundreds of building flattened after the earthquake.




Advertisement