Pakistan dispatches relief assistance to earthquake affectees in Iran
A C130 airplane carrying relief assistance landed in Iran to help people in earthquake affected area
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Islamabad dispatched a C130 plane carrying relief assistance for the affectees of the deadly earthquake that struck Iran-Iraq border area last week, the Government of Pakistan told in an official press release on Friday.
Over 400 were reportedly killed after the quake that hit Iran on November 12. It wreaked havoc particularly in the Western Iranian province of Kermanshah.
The relief assistance consists of the items identified by the Iranian side in accordance with the relief requirements in the earthquake affected area. The consignment will reach Tehran tonight where it will be handed over to Iranian authorities, Foreign Office told.
Recalling Iran s help to Pakistan in the aftermath of the earthquake in 2005 and floods in 2010, the Pakistani government said it is deeply grieved at the immense loss of lives and destruction caused to our Iranian brothers in the earthquake that jolted the bordering regions of Iran and Iraq.
President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbais had earlier sent their messages of solidarity with the Iranian people and offered all possible support by Pakistan in this hour of need.
Foreign Office added, “The two brotherly countries have a tradition of helping each other during the natural calamities.”
