PM sets up relief fund for Nepal quake victims

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Addressing a joint press conference with Nepal’s Ambassador in Pakistan, Bharat Raj Paudyal and National Disaster Management Authority Chairman Major General Asghar Nawaz in Islamabad on Sunday, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has set-up a special relief fund for the quake affectees of Nepal.

The foreign secretary said Pakistanis at home and abroad are sending the contributions to the fund. He said Pakistan was the first country which immediately responded to the call of help by the Nepalese authorities on the special directives of PM Sharif after the devastating earthquake.

He said Nepal’s Embassy in Islamabad has also played an effective role in coordinating relief efforts for the quake affectees. Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry said initial relief consignments including tents, medicines and food items have already been sent to Kathmandu through six C-130s flights. He said a 30-bed mobile hospital of Pakistan with 50 doctors is also working in Kathmandu.

Nepalese Ambassador to Pakistan said they are grateful to the government and people of Pakistan for generous support extended by Pakistan at this difficult time. He said 35 districts of Nepal have badly been hit by the 7.9 magnitude earthquake, killing over six thousand people and injuring fourteen thousand others.

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