ISLAMABAD: Upon the request of the Government of Pakistan, the Government of Japan has decided to provide emergency relief goods, containing tents and plastic sheets, through Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in response to the damages caused by the flood disaster.
“In light of the humanitarian perspective and the close relations between Japan and Pakistan, Japan has decided to provide emergency assistance to Pakistan to support the people affected by the flood disaster,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan said in a press release.
Earlier, the UN and Islamabad have launched a formal appeal for $160 million to fund emergency aid for Pakistan amid catastrophic floods in recent history.
Through its National Disaster Management Authority, the Pakistani Government – which has declared a national emergency – is leading the response in coordinating assessments and directing humanitarian relief to affected people.
Since June, flooding and landslides caused by heavy monsoon rainfall have brought widespread destruction across Pakistan, creating its “biggest challenge” in decades, according to Julien Harneis, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country.
He has called for “burden-sharing and solidarity” internationally in the wake of the “climate-change driven catastrophe.”
