{"id":12957,"date":"2022-01-08T16:40:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T16:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=12957"},"modified":"2022-01-08T16:40:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T16:40:06","slug":"army-starts-evacuating-tourists-stranded-in-murree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/01\/08\/army-starts-evacuating-tourists-stranded-in-murree\/","title":{"rendered":"Army starts evacuating tourists stranded in Murree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RAWALPINDI:  Army troops were engaged in evacuating the stranded tourists in Murree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cArmy engineers have also reached to open the main roads. While soldiers of the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) along with machinery are busy in opening the roads,\u201d said the ISPR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ISPR said those trapped in traffic were being provided food, water, tea and other necessary items including safe shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan Army has established four camps at military college Murree, Jhika Gali, Army Public School Kuldana and Station Supply Depot, Sunny Bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Army troops were engaged in evacuating the stranded tourists in Murree. \u201cArmy engineers have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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