Army Chief Visited Siachen To Personally See The Rescue Operation At Gayari Sector (08/04/12)
Pakistan Army:
April 8, 2012: Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Siachen, today, to personally see the rescue operation launched to recover 139 soldiers and civilians trapped under the avalanche. COAS was accompanied by Corps Commander Lieutenant General Khalid Nawaz Khan.
Major General Ikram ul Haq, Commander FCNA apprised the COAS about the details of rescue operation.
COAS, while visiting the site of rescue operation, said that avalanche of such a magnitude was unprecedented in last twenty years of this Battalion Headquarters existence at Gayari. COAS further said that Army has mobilized all available resources with the assistance of PAF to carry out full scale rescue operation. He appreciated the morale and efforts of troops who are braving the harsh weather and inhospitable terrain. COAS instructed the Commanders to optimally utilize all available resources at their disposal and leave no stone unturned to reach out to the entrapped personnel. COAS said that efforts are underway to acquire latest technical equipment for the rescue. COAS emphasized that calamity in no way should affect the morale of the troops defending the motherland at the highest battlefield. He said Pakistan Army has always risen to the occasion and will come through this challenge as well.
SKARDU: As many as 130 jawans of Pakistan Army including a Lt.Col were buried under avalanche of snow in Skardu's Siachen Gyari Sector—the army's highest battalion headquarters.
Pakistan Armed Forces kick-started rescue operation to winch the trapped soldiers as soon as possible.
The incident took place in today's wee hours at 6AM.
Names of persons buried under snow slide in Gayari sector near Skardu:
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