Chanzeb Admires Rescue 1122 for Saving Lives of Tourists

News Desk

Peshawar: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Adviser on Tourism and Culture, Zahid Chanzeb, has appreciated Rescue 1122 for immediately reaching the site of the boat capsize accident and saving the lives of tourists in the Kabul river near Kund Rest House at the junction of Nowshera and Swabi. 

He expressed the hope that a baby who went missing by drowning in this accident would be recovered soon for which the search and rescue operation is still continuing in that particular area. 

 In a statement, he paid tribute to the spirit of Rescue 1122 as well as the locals for rescuing seven people out of eight by timely reaching the spot. 

The Tourism Adviser also eulogized the role of the relief and rescue department in deploying rescue divers and medical teams at various water tourism spots in the province, including Nowshera, Charsadda, Swat, Kalam, Bahrain, Nathia Gali, Haripur, Kohat, and Hangu, as a precautionary measure on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. 

He hoped that, in this spirit, all the institutions, including the departments of tourism, relief, and local administration, would work side by side to give the tourists a sense of security and pleasure during their tours and travels, highlighting the best image of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa at national and global levels. 

He clarified that the provincial government is making Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa better and safer for tourists in every season, and all the available resources are being utilized for this purpose.