ISLAMABAD: The The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) continued dispatching relief goods for earthquake victims of Turkiye and Syria and sent 5 tons of relief goods, including blankets, and winterized tents through a PIA plane and 1,650 tonnes of relief goods through 21 trucks the National Logistics Cell (NLC).
According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), another consignment of nearly 5 tons of relief goods, including blankets, and winterized tents was dispatched through a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight.
Islamabad has established an air, sea, and road corridor to dispatch relief goods to the earthquake victims of Turkey and Syria.
At least 24,600 people were killed and more than 80,000 injured by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Turkey on Monday, its disaster management agency said on Saturday.
The 7.7- and 7.6- magnitude earthquakes, centred in Kahramanmaras province, affected more than 13 million people across 10 provinces, including Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Sanliurfa.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has already set up a relief fund for the collection of funds and relief goods for the earthquake victims of the two countries, aside from forming a cabinet committee to coordinate and oversee the countrywide relief efforts.
Sharif also telephoned his Syrian counterpart Hussein Arnous to condole the human losses in last week’s massive earthquakes. He assured that Islamabad will continue to mobilise all possible resources to help the earthquake victims of Syria.
Pakistan has already sent the first batch of relief goods to Syria.
Jamaat-e-Islami is setting up camps across Sindh from Sunday to collect relief items for the earthquake-hit people of Turkey and Syria, the party’s provincial secretary general, Kashif Saeed, announced.
Its relief wing, Al-Khidmat Foundation, has already sent rescue teams and trained volunteers to join the ongoing relief and rescue operations in quake-hit areas of Turkey.
NDMA, NLC mobilise 21 more relief trucks for earthquake affectees
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and National Logistics Cell (NLC) on Sunday mobilised some 21 more trucks of NLC containing over 1,650 tonnes of relief goods being sent to the affected brothers and sisters of Turkiye and Syria.
The NDMA and NLC continued relief efforts for earthquake victims in Turkiye and Syria after it’s decision to speed up relief efforts for earthquake victims in Turkiye and Syria.
The relief supplies included 2,084 tents and 27,280 blankets.
It added that Pakistan would not leave its affected brothers and sisters in Turkiye and Syria alone in this hour of difficulty.
Pakistan Army, people and government institutions were always ready to serve their affected brothers and sisters in Turkiye and Syria, it added.
Azad Kashmir government fund
Across the Line of Control (LoC) that divides the region between occupied and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Islamabad has set up a “special relief fund” for the earthquake victims of the two countries.
Prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sardar Tanvir Ilyas, announced the formation of the fund following a cabinet’s approval on Saturday.
Ilyas called upon philanthropists and common people to donate generously to their Turkish and Syrian brethren.
“When AJK was hit by a disastrous quake in 2005, the government and people of Turkey were the [first] to rush to our aid. Today, it’s time to reciprocate the favour,” he said in a tweet.
His cabinet and assembly members, as well as civil servants, will donate their five-day salary to the quake victims.
