ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has dispatched the second relief consignment to the flood-affected people of Afghanistan.
The relief goods were sent through C-130 aircraft. The consignment consists of family tents, flour, rice and sugar. The humanitarian assistance is being provided at the directive of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Pakistan’s Consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif will hand over the consignment to relief organisations.
Today, Pakistan dispatched 2nd relief consignment to flood affected areas for people of Afghanistan. This humanitarian assistance is being provided at the directive of PM Shehbaz Sharif.
Pakistan Consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif will hand over the consignment to relief organizations. pic.twitter.com/xC8XPgRuwX— Mohammad Sadiq (@AmbassadorSadiq) May 10, 2022
On May 8, Pakistan sent the first batch of relief assistance to the flood-affected people in Afghanistan on the directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
The assistance load was delivered through a special aircraft of Pakistan Air Force. These items included 100 tents, 2 tonnes wheat, 1 tonne rice, and 450 kgs sugar. The prime minister said that Pakistan would extend all possible support to the flood-hit people of Afghanistan.
The Foreign Office Spokesperson said Pakistan dispatched one C-130 plane to Mazar-e-Sharif, carrying emergency relief items for the people of Afghanistan hit by flash floods. The items included tents, flour, rice and sugar.
“Pakistan as a neighbouring country has been at the forefront of efforts for provision of humanitarian assistance for the Afghan people and hopes that the international community would also play its active part in providing timely relief and economic assistance to the affected people in Afghanistan,” it was added.
The spokesperson further said that a second plane load of food and shelter items would be sent in a few days as a gesture of goodwill for the flood victims in Afghanistan.
According to Afghan media reports, recent heavy rains and flash floods have killed at least 29 people, injuring scores of others and damaged properties across 12 provinces of Afghanistan.
