PM directs to expedite funds collection campaign for Turkiye-Syria quake victims

Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has directed the concerned authorities to expedite funds collection campaign for earthquake affected people of Turkiye and Syria across the country.

Presiding over a meeting in Lahore on Sunday, the Prime Minister said the government will bear all the cost incurred on the transportation of the consignment of relief goods.

He also directed Ministry of Planning and Religious Affairs to mobilize fundraising campaign by contacting educational institutions and take scholars on-board.

The Prime Minister said fund raising appeals should also be spread in religious institutions for the help of earthquake victims in Turkiye and Syria.

The Prime Minister was informed that a substantial part of relief items including winterised tents, blankets, quilts and warm clothes have been sent through air bridge.

It was informed that sixteen hundred tons of ration will be sent to Turkiye and Syria by land and sea in next few days.

In a view of the blistering cold in Turkiye and Syria, the meeting was apprised that overall eleven thousand winterised tents are being sent immediately and further fourteen thousand tents will be dispatched next week.

Meanwhile, a 10-member medical team from Pakistan left for earthquake-affected Turkiye today to take part in the ongoing relief operations in the quake-hit areas.

According to the health ministry spokesperson, a separate 10-member doctors’ team will leave for Syria tonight.

The medical teams will serve the earthquake victims with full dedication and commitment.