• Federal cabinet approved donation for flood victims
• Indonesia provided humanitarian grant of $1 million
• Indonesia also sent aid during the super floods.

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved a humanitarian grant of one million dollars for flood victims in Pakistan.

The decision was made in the federal cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the approval was given a circulation summary. As part of the agreement, Indonesia will provide funds for the relief of flood victims.

Indonesia sent the draft of the agreement to Pakistan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Economic Affairs Division, Ministry of Law and Justice, and FBR had approved the draft.

Indonesia joined the international community in providing humanitarian assistance for the flood victims in Pakistan after the ravaging superfloods this year.

In September, President of Indonesia Joko Widodo dispatched humanitarian assistance by two special aircraft in the form of packages of medicines, tents, clothes, blankets, sleeping bags, mosquito nets, and generators.

In his remarks, President Jokowi expressed deepest condolences on his personal behalf and also on behalf of the Indonesian people to Pakistani brothers on the loss of precious human lives caused by heavy floods and landslides.

President Joko Widodo also pledged to provide humanitarian grant of $1 million and to send a medical team to Pakistan.

Last month, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reciprocated the gesture and offered condolence to the Indonesian President on the loss of precious lives and assets due to an earthquake in West Java, Indonesia.

In a telephone conversation held with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, the prime minister observed that the people of Pakistan could feel the anguish of their Indonesian brothers and sister, having recently suffered immensely due to natural calamities.

He thanked the Indonesian President for the assistance provided to the flood victims in Pakistan, and offered to extend Pakistan’s support for relief efforts underway in Indonesia.

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