Qatar Affirms Solidarity With Pakistan In Overcoming Devastation Caused By Floods
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) QNA
Geneva: Qatar has affirmed its solidarity with Pakistan, government and people, in countering the devastation caused by floods and torrential rains that have recently hit the country.
Under the directives of Amir H H sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD) provided the first batch of emergency relief aids for those affected by the floods in Pakistan.
This came during the remarks delivered by Permanent Representative of Qatar to the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva H E Hind bint Abdul Rahman Al Muftah during her participation in the joint launch of 2022 Pakistan Floods Response Plan organised by the government of Pakistan and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva.
On behalf of Qatar, the Permanent Representative expressed the sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery for the injured.
Her Excellency stressed that 35,000 of the affected persons from the brotherly people of Pakistan will benefit from these emergency aids which are considered part of an urgent relief campaign.
The aids included 21,000 food baskets, 5,000 tents and 5,000 hygiene kits.
The Permanent Representative noted that Qatar Red Crescent Society had allocated funds to support flood victims in Pakistan, where the urgent relief intervention plan requires the provision of emergency shelters and domestic equipment for 200 families affected by floods that include roughly 1.400 persons.
She pointed out that Qatar Charity has undertaken to distribute urgent relief aids to the Afghan refugees and the host community from those affected by floods in Balochistan province of Pakistan, in cooperation with the Pakistani Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).
Over 9,000 persons from among the Afghan refugees and the host community had benefited from these aids.
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