Kathmandu, Sept. 13
The
Government of Nepal has sent humanitarian relief materials containing food
items, medicines, garments and other household items for the flood affected people
of Pakistan on a chartered flight of Nepal Airlines on Tuesday.
On
behalf of the government, Sewa Lamsal, Joint Secretary and Spokesperson of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) handed over the relief materials to Sajid
Jokhio, Provincial Minister for Social Welfare of Sindh Provincial Government
amid a brief ceremony organised at the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi on
Tuesday.
Likewise,
on behalf of Pakistan, Provincial Minister for Social Welfare Jokhio expressed his
sincere gratitude to the GoN for the valuable humanitarian assistance to the
people affected by floods in Pakistan.
Jokhio
also mentioned that the materials would be helpful in the relief, rescue and
rehabilitation efforts of the Government of Pakistan at this trying time.
The
GoN had decided to send humanitarian relief assistance to Pakistan as a
goodwill gesture of Nepal to the government and people of Pakistan severely
affected by devastating floods, MoFA said in a statement.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 14 September 2022.
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