PM Shehbaz directs to expedite funds collection campaign for earthquake affected people of Turkiye & Syria across the country

LAHORE, Feb 12 (SABAH): Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has directed the concerned authorities to expedite funds collection campaign for earthquake affected people of Turkiye and Syria across the country. Prime minister directed that the fund established for the earthquake affectees will also be used for affectees of Syria along with Turkiye.

Presiding over a meeting in Lahore on Sunday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan is not only sending relief goods for Turkiye and Syria but will also 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.

The meeting was attended by Federal Ministers Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Ahsan Iqbal, Rana Tanveer Hussain, SAPM Syed Tariq Fatemi, Chairman NDMA Lt. General Inam Haider Malik, Foreign Secretary Dr. Asad Majeed Khan and others attended the meeting.