Pakistan military to rescue stranded tourists

Rawalpindi: Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor has said that Pakistan Army and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) have been sent to rescue tourists stranded due to heavy snow in Tauheed Abad area near Nathia Gali. DG ISPR said that a rescue workers from Pakistan Army and PAF with medicines and food items for stranded people has been sent to support the civil administration in the area to carry out the rescue operation. The DG ISPR on Monday tweeted: “On media reports of stranded tourists at Toheed Abad near Nathia Gali a rescue team each of Army and PAF sent in support of civil administration. Rescue teams carrying medicines and food items. Road blocked due to heavy snowfall and broken down vehicles. Approach being cleared.”