Pakistan to send 171,000 tents to Turkiye: PM

• PM Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan would send 171,000 tents to Turkiye
• He constituted a committee to determine the quality of tents
• He asked tent manufacturers to fully take part in relief efforts

LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said Pakistan would send 171,000 tents for the earthquake victims of Turkiye.

During a meeting with a delegation of tent manufacturers, the prime minister said it should be ensured that tents being sent to Turkiye were of international standards.

He said consultations should be held with Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) of Turkiye on the specifications of the required tents.

The prime minister also constituted a committee headed by Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal to determine the quality of the tents.

He said tents should be sent via the air route to meet the immediate needs of Turkiye. He said a third-party validation should be conducted to ensure the quality of tents before sending them from Pakistan.

He asked the tent manufacturers to fully take part in the relief efforts for the quake victims in Turkiye and provide tents at lower rates.

PM Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan was sending food, warm clothes and dry milk for the earthquake victims in Syria. He added said the rescue teams from Pakistan were fully taking part in activities in the earthquake-affected areas in Turkiye.

Pakistan and Turkiye had longstanding ties spread over decades, and despite its economic difficulties Pakistan would wholeheartedly help brothers and sisters in Turkiye, he added.

The prime minister was told that Pakistan had enough capacity to make tents for the quake affectees of Turkiye and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) was in contact with Pakistan Tent Manufacturers Association in this regard.

It was told that NDMA had 21,000 winter tents which would reach Turkiye in the first week of March by air and road.

PM Shehbaz directed that immediate steps should be taken for delivering tents in Turkiye and food and warm clothes in Syria.

Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal, Minister of State for Finance Ayesha Ghous Pasha, Chairman NDMA Lt General Inam Haider Malik, secretaries and Pakistan’s ambassadors in Turkiye and Syria attended the meeting.

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