KARACHI- Mr. Iftikhar Ali Malik, Mr. Tanvir Ahmad Sheikh, Mr. Zafar Bakhtawari, Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig , Sh. Khalid Tawab others leaders and members of UBG have lauded the rescue work carried out by Pak Army at Murree saving lot of precious lives trapped in heavy snowfall.
While commenting on Murree calamity the UBG said that the death toll would have gone more high if Pak Army personal had not come in time to rescue the stranded tourists at Murree who were helpless there on roads.
The UBG said that unprecedented snowfall and rush of thousand of people to Murree had worsen the situation out of control. They said that for the last two days continue snowfall had blocked the roads leading to Murree due to which the rescue work had become even challenging consequently thousand of tourists including women and children were trapped on the roads without meals and water.
The UBG members expressed their heartfelt sympathies with the bereaved families who lost their lives in snowfall calamity at Murree.
They demanded indiscriminate action against all those found negligent in their duties in the tragedy. They also demanded for advance precautionary actions to avoid such situation in future. They suggested that the MET office should issue warning alerts on print and electronic Media to dissuade people from travelling to tourist destinations. The traffic police of the tourist destinations may be more equipped to play a important role in controlling such situation in snowstorm and adverse weather conditions.
The UBG further said that federal and provincial governments to take advanced precautionary measures for the coming rainy season to avoid any worst conditions.
