Web desk: The Pakistan Army has launched a relief mission in Tero, a remote village in Phander tehsil of Gilgit-Baltistan, at the directions of Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir.
According to details shared on Sunday, a field hospital has been set up in the area where a specialist medical team has arrived.
The team includes a paediatrician, gynaecologist, medical specialist and a general duty officer, who are providing much-needed healthcare to the residents.
The village had been cut off after floodwaters blocked road access, leaving people without medical help. Doctors have begun treating patients, distributing medicines, and announced they will stay in the area to provide round-the-clock care.
Four critically injured persons were also airlifted by helicopter to the hospital for urgent treatment.
The army has also delivered relief supplies, including flour, rice, lentils, drinking water and other essentials. Military officials said the welfare mission will continue until the community fully recovers.
At the same time, heavy flooding has caused widespread disruption in other parts of the country.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla, the Engineer Corps restored a main road that had been blocked by landslides. Army engineers, supported with heavy machinery, are still working on the Aloch-Chakesar road, which remains blocked in several stretches.
In Buner, clearance and recovery efforts are underway in Bishnoi, Gokand and Pir Baba. While operations are being monitored from the Relief and Rescue Headquarters in Daggar.
Officials confirmed that these activities will continue until normal connectivity is restored.
Meanwhile, under the instructions of Field Marshal Asim Munir, the army is distributing food and rations among flood-hit families in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Troops remain engaged in relief operations in Buner, Shangla and Swat. Where helicopters are being used to airlift supplies and evacuate the injured, women and children from remote areas.
In Khawaza Banda, helicopters delivered flour, rice, lentils, milk powder, salt, tea leaves and cooking oil. Rations were also distributed in Mingora.
At the same time, army doctors have set up medical camps. Where patients are being treated free of charge and given medicines.
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