Pakistan’s 20-member rescue, medical team leaves for quake-hit Syria

• Pakistan would continue assisting quake-affected brethren
• NDMA also dispatched relief items along with teams
• PM has directed the NDMA to purchase the required items

ISLAMABAD: As part of relief aid for quake-hit Syria, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) coordinated and sent skilled and professional rescue and medical teams on Tuesday.

Federal Minister for SAFRON, Senator Muhammad Talha Mahmood and Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) Hamid Hameed bid farewell to teams at Islamabad International Airport.

The NDMA also dispatched relief items along with teams including 131 winterized family size tents and 3,966 Kg wt essential medicines for quake affectees through special chartered flight of PIA Boeing 777 to Damascus, Syria.

The minister and SAPM assured that Pakistan would continue assisting the quake-affected brethren and sisters of Turkiye and Syria; and the NDMA will send more relief consignment to both countries.

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They said that the prime minister has directed the NDMA to purchase the required items keeping in view the needs of the quake victims. They highlighted that Pakistan is not only utilising the air bridge but also ensuring supply of relief assistance through land and sea routes.

The NDMA has also dispatched consignment consisting of 90 winterized tents for Turkiye through PIA from Lahore Airport today.

On February 12, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif had said that Pakistan would continue assisting the quake-affected brethren and sisters of Turkiye and Syria by sending the relief aid.

He had said that the fund established for the earthquake-affected people of Turkiye would also be utilized to support the quake victims of Syria.

The prime minister had chaired a meeting to review the ongoing relief efforts on part of Pakistan to provide succor to the quake-affected populace of Turkiye and Syria, PM Office Media Wing had said in a press release.

During the meeting, the prime minister had said that Pakistan would bear all the expenses on the supply of relief goods to these countries.

He had also directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to purchase the required items keeping in view of the needs of the quake victims, adding that Pakistan was not only utilising the air bridge but also ensuring supply of relief assistance through land and sea routes.