Pakistan sends humanitarian assistance to Turkiye

Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif sent a special plane carrying humanitarian assistance for Turkiye on Monday night.

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

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane today (February 7), carrying 50 people and 15 tons of assistance would leave for Turkiye. The team will include personnel of Rescue 1122.

On the same day, a C-130 flight will take 15 tons of humanitarian aid from Lahore to Istanbul, Turkiye.

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

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

Teams from the Ministry of Health and army medical corps will also depart for the two earthquake devastated countries.