‏إظهار الرسائل ذات التسميات Quetta. إظهار كافة الرسائل
‏إظهار الرسائل ذات التسميات Quetta. إظهار كافة الرسائل

Quetta isolated as land, airways shut after floods, heavy rainfall     

QUETTA: After being disconnected from land following heavy rainfall, the aviation authorities have also suspended flight operations to and from Quetta airport, ARY NEWS reported. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has suspended all its flight operations for Quetta after the aviation authorities faced technical issues following heavy rain and floods. According to sources privy to the matter, after disruptions in PTCL and other networks owing to floods, the aviation authorities faced difficulties in radar system and communication facilities. On Thursday, train service between Balochistan and other parts of the country was suspended after a British-built railway bridge collapsed near Bolan’s Machh town, ARY News reported on Thursday. According to details, the railway bridge collapsed in Balochistan’s Bolan district due to heavy rains and flash floods, which wreaked havoc across the country. The collapsed bridge is located between Machh and Kolpur at Hirak in the mountainous Bolan valley. All passenger trains were stopped in Quetta and Jacobabad after the collapse of the bridge. Meanwhile, torrential rains and flash floods swept away a gas pipeline in Machh town near Bolan district. The gas supply to Machh town has been suspended after the pipeline was washed away. Multiple highways connecting Balochistan and its capital have also been washed away in unprecedented rainfall and flash floods and the province remained the most affected and neglected area during the nationwide torrential rainfall.

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Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor appointed corps commander Quetta

Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor. — Twitter
Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor. — Twitter 
  • Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor was appointed in place of his predecessor Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali 
  • Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali was martyred in a helicopter crash Tuesday.
  • Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor previously served as the director-general of the ISPR.

Former director-general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lieutenant General Asif Ghafoor has been appointed Corps Commander Quetta, Geo News reported Wednesday citing the military's media wing. 

According to the ISPR, Lt Gen Ghafoor has been appointed to replace his predecessor, Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali who — along with five other Pakistan Army personnel — embraced martyrdom on Tuesday after an aviation helicopter of the army had crashed in Balochistan.

The military chopper had gone missing as it was en route from Quetta to Karachi at around 5:30pm Tuesday evening. The personnel in the chopper were overseeing the flood relief efforts in the southwest of the country.

Above normal monsoon rains and deadly flooding have hit Pakistan hard this year, killing hundreds of people so far and wreaking havoc, particularly in Balochistan.


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