Two aircraft carrying relief goods sent to Nepal: ISPR

ISPR says a 30-bed hospital, army doctors and army search and rescue teams left from Noor Khan Base this morning

The army dispatched two C-130 aircraft carrying relief goods and a 30-bed hospital on Sunday to help with rescue and relief efforts to earthquake-hit Nepal.

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“Two C-130 with a thirty-bedded hospital comprising army doctors and paramedics and army search and rescue teams left from Noor Khan Base this morning for Nepal,” DG ISPR Major-General Asim Bajwa tweeted.

To provide relief to EQ victims in Nepal,4 C-130 acs with 30 bedded hosp,Army Drs,special search&rescue teams, food items left 4 Nepal-1/2

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 26, 2015

He further said, “Urban search and rescue team of Pakistan Army equipped with ground penetrating radars, concrete cutters, sniffing dogs and equipment have been sent to help rescue teams.”

Urban search&rescue team of Pak Army equipped with ground penetrating radars,concrete cutters,sniffing dogs &eqpt sent 2 help rescue teams-2

— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 26, 2015

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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday telephoned his Nepalese counterpart Sushil Koirala and extended his condolences on the deadly earthquake.

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“The people and the government of Pakistan extend their heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the people and the government of Nepal,” the premier was quoted as saying in an official handout.

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Relief goods, including medicines, tents and blankets, as well as doctors and nurses, were being sent to Kathmandu on Prime Minister Nawaz’s directives, it added.

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He was constantly in touch with authorities in Pakistan regarding the situation in Nepal and was informed that four aircraft were ready with relief goods and would leave as soon as Kathmandu airport was available for landing, the handout added.

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An earthquake on Sunday devastated the heavily crowded Kathmandu valley, killing at least 1,900, and triggering a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest.

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In Everest's worst disaster, the bodies of 17 climbers were recovered from the mountain on Sunday after being caught in avalanches, but hundreds, many injured, remain stranded on the mountain.