“Army soldiers met this tragic accident in the line of their duty in the most difficult and rough terrains — a duty that makes us feel safe and secure in our homes. May Allah accept their martyrdom and grant speedy recovery to their injured colleagues. My condolences to the bereaved families and Pakistan Army,” he tweeted.Pak Army soldiers met tragic accident in the line of their duty in most difficult and rough terrains-a duty that makes us feel safe & secure in our homes.May Allah accept their shahadat&grant speedy recovery to their injured colleagues. My condolences to bereaved families &🇵🇰Army
— Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan (@SardarTanveerIK) August 21, 2022
Pak Army soldiers met tragic accident in the line of their duty in most difficult and rough terrains-a duty that makes us feel safe & secure in our homes.May Allah accept their shahadat&grant speedy recovery to their injured colleagues. My condolences to bereaved families &🇵🇰Army — Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan (@SardarTanveerIK) August 21, 2022
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A Pakistan Army aviation helicopter en route from Quetta to Karachi with important personalities aboard has gone missing on Monday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed in a tweet.
A Pakistan army aviation helicopter which was on flood relief operations in Lasbela, Balochistan lost contact with ATC. 6 individuals were on board including Commander 12 Corps who was supervising flood relief operations in Balochistan. Search operation is underway.DTF
— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) August 1, 2022
Taking to Twitter, the military's media wing said that the aviation helicopter was on a flood relief operation in Lasbela, Balochistan when it lost contact with air traffic control (ATC).
"Six individuals were on board, including Commander 12 Corps who was supervising flood relief operations in Balochistan," the tweet said, adding that a search operation is underway.
According to details available with Geo News, Corp Commander Quetta Lieutenant General Sarfaraz Ali, who was supervising the flood relief operations in the province, was also on board.
Per the details aired by Geo News, Major Syed was the pilot while Major Talha was the co-pilot of the helicopter. The Director-General of Coast Guards Brigadier Amjad, Engineer Brigadier Khalid, and chief naik Mudassir were also onboard.
The civil authorities and the Pakistan Army are currently busy with relief programmes in the province as the heavy rain spell has wreaked havoc there, claiming 147 lives.
Following the incident, the district administration said that a helicopter crashed in the vicinity of the Sassi Punnu Shrine, located near the Windar area, however, the ISPR is yet to confirm whether it was the same helicopter.
Local residents say that the helicopter was seen flying low after which it disappeared. Meanwhile, it was reported that the incident took place minutes before sunset (Maghrib prayers).
Deputy Inspector-General Khuzdar Pervez Imrani said that local police teams are also trying to find the helicopter. The area consists of mountain ranges which are creating difficulties in the search operation.
He further said that despite the difficulties caused by the terrain, police teams are trying to search the helicopter on motorcycles as well. A joint rescue operation of police and Frontier Corps has been underway for the last five hours.
Expressing concern over the disappearance of the helicopter, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tweeted: "The disappearance of Army Aviation helicopter from Balochistan is alarming. The entire nation prays to Allah Almighty for the safety, security, and return of these sons of the country who came out to help the flood victims. Insha Allah."
PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan also expressed his concern and prayed for the missing.
"Disturbing news of army aviation helicopter missing and praying for all those on board," he tweeted.
A Pakistani army helicopter flying in a rescue and relief mission in the country's flood-stricken southwest has lost contact with a regional control tower and was missing, the military said.
The fate of its six-member crew, including a top commander, was not immediately known.
The military said on Monday a search was under way for the aircraft, without saying whether it had crashed.
The regional commander on board, Lt. Gen. Sarfraz Ali, was supervising relief operations in the flood-affected southwest.
The development came hours after authorities said flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed 140 more people over the past week.
The fatalities raised the overall death toll from rain-related incidents since June to 478 in Pakistan.
READ MORE: Heavy flooding caused by monsoon rains in Pakistan kills dozens
Rescue workers backed by the military have evacuated thousands of marooned people, including women and children, from the southwestern Balochistan province, in the northwest and elsewhere since last week, when the government deployed helicopters to expand ongoing relief and rescue operations.
Deluges have completely destroyed or damaged nearly 37,000 homes in the flood-hit areas since June 14, according to a report released by the National Disaster and Management Authority.
On Monday, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited Balochistan, and in a televised speech promised financial support to those who have lost their homes in the floods.
More rains are expected this week in Pakistan, where the monsoon season runs from July through September.
READ MORE: Monsoon rains leave dozens dead in Pakistan
Source: TRTWorld and agencies
6 people on board helicopter on mission to oversee rescue, relief operations in rain-hit Balochistan province
The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday confirmed that there has been contact between Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman.
At a weekly briefing today, after confirming Gen Bajwa’s contact with the US official, Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said that the FO wasn’t aware if the two officials talked about the economy.
“Our understanding is that ISPR (Inter-Services Public Relations) will be able to comment on it,” he added.
The FO’s statement comes amid reports that the COAS reached out to Washington requesting help in securing an early loan dispersal from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
According to a report published in Nikkei, Gen Bajwa spoke on the phone with Sherman earlier today.
“The sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said Bajwa made an appeal for the White House and Treasury Department to push the IMF to immediately supply nearly $1.2 billion that Pakistan is due to receive under a resumed loan program,” it stated.
Pakistan has been mired in economic turmoil with depreciating rupee, sky-rocketing inflation and a spiralling energy crisis, and officials hope the revival of the IMF programme will help bring stability to the country.
Last month, the Fund confirmed it had reached a staff-level agreement with Pakistan on the combined seventh and eighth reviews for a $6 billion loan facility, a development that paves the way for the release of the much-awaited $1.17bn.
However, the tranche will only be released after an executive-level agreement, which has been delayed till late-August.
RAWALPINDI: A Pakistan Army soldier embraced martyrdom during an intense exchange of fire between the troops and terrorists in district Dera Ismail Khan’s Daraban Tehsil on Saturday, July 23, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Sunday.
The military’s media wing added that the troops effectively engaged the terrorist’s location. However, the 31-year-old resident of Lakki Marwat Lance Naik Mujeeb Ur Rehman fought gallantly and embraced martyrdom.
The ISPR stated that the military is determined to sanitise the area to ‘eliminate any terrorists’.
