KP Government dispatched Relief Package Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
On the instructions of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, relief supplies have been sent to Port Qasim for the earthquake victims of Turkey and Syria.
According to Director Provincial Disaster Management Authority Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sharif Hussain, 20 thousand standard razees have been purchased on the instructions of the provincial government.
He said that relief goods are being sent to the affected countries through NDMA. DG, PDMA Sharif Hussain said that another 12 thousand consents will also be sent soon.
On the other hand, at least 24,600 people were killed and more than 80,000 injured by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Monday, Türkiye’s disaster management agency.
The 7.7- and 7.6- magnitude earthquakes, centered 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 mobilize all possible resources to help the earthquake victims of Syria. Pakistan has already sent the first batch of relief goods to Syria.
Jamat-e-Islami Pakistan, a mainstream religious party, is setting up camps across southern Sindh province from Sunday to collect relief items for the earthquake-hit people of Türkiye and Syria, the party's provincial secretary general, Kashif Saeed announced.
The party's 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 Türkiye.