22 stranded students rescued from snow-hit GB

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RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army has rescued 22 students of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) who were stuck in the snow-hit area of Rattu in Gilgit-Baltistan’s (GB) Astore district, the Inter–Services Public Relations said on Monday.The students had been stranded in the area for the past five days with harsh weather conditions prevailing throughout. According to the ISPR, the university administration had approached the army after which Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa “directed for their immediate heli-lifting”. The “students had gone for skiing to Gilgit and were stuck there for the last five days due to heavy snow and landslides,” the army’s media wing said.

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