Army rescues 22 LUMS students

• The students were stranded at Rattu in Gilgit for the past five days.
• Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa had directed for their immediate heli-lifting after LUMS administration approached Army for help.

Pakistan Army on Monday rescued 22 students of LUMS stranded in snow-hit Rattu in Gilgit to Rawalpindi.

According to a statement issued by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the students were stranded at Rattu in Gilgit for the past five days and the LUMS administration had requested Pakistan Army for help. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa had directed for their immediate heli-lifting after LUMS administration approached Army for help.

All students including 13 boys and nine girls have reached Rawalpindi and on the way to their homes.