PIA plane carrying humanitarian assistance sent to Turkiye

• The team will include personnel of Rescue 1122.
• Special air operation started by PIA for Turkiye and Syria.
• The relief goods have left in the special flight PK 707.

KARACHI: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane carrying 51 people and humanitarian assistance has left for Turkiye on Tuesday. The team will include personnel of Rescue 1122.

According to the details, a special air operation has been started by PIA for Turkiye and Syria.

The spokesperson of PIA said that on the instructions of the government of Pakistan, the relief goods have left in the special flight PK 707.

The spokesman says that PK 707 has departed from Lahore to Istanbul with the Pakistani rescue team and their special equipment.

From February 8, every day on a PIA flight 15 tonnes of humanitarian assistance will be sent from Islamabad and Lahore to Turkiye and Syria.

Teams from the Ministry of Health and army medical corps have also departed for the two earthquake hit countries

Earlier, on the instructions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif a special plane carrying humanitarian assistance left for Turkiye.

A C-130 plane which was carrying the search and rescue team of the army left the Chaklala airbase for the earthquake-affected areas in Turkiye.

The assistance will include winter tents, blankets, and other essential items.

On other hand, On the order of the caretaker Chief Minister Punjab, the 52-member team of Rescue 1122 left for Turkiye. Director General Rescue Dr Rizwan Naseer led the team.

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