COAS directs troops to launch rescue operation in quake-hit areas of AJK

• This direction by COAS came soon after the news about earthquake, which struck the areas of AJK where it had presumably caused devastation.
• Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor in a Tweet.

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday directed troops to immediately launch relief and rescue operation in aid of respective civil administrations in the quake-stricken areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

"Army troops with aviation and medical support teams dispatched for operation in aid of civil administration for victims of earthquake in AJK.," said Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor in a Tweet.

"Army troops with aviation and medical support teams dispatched", the Tweet added.

This direction by COAS came soon after the news about earthquake, which struck the areas of AJK where it had presumably caused devastation.