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- Consignment comprises 17 tons of supplies including tents, food tins, dry milk, rice, clothes, hygiene kits and medicines聽
- Pakistan vows to continue relief shipments in the backdrop of Israel鈥檚 military offensives in Gaza and Lebanon聽
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan鈥檚 National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) dispatched the 17th relief consignment for the war-affected people of Gaza and Lebanon on Tuesday, state-run media reported, vowing to continue relief supplies amid Israel鈥檚 ongoing military campaigns in the Middle East.
Pakistan has dispatched relief items including winterized tents, food items and hygiene kits to people in Lebanon and Gaza as Israel scales its military operations in both areas. Israel鈥檚 relentless bombing in Gaza has killed over 42,000 people, among them women and children, as UN agencies and humanitarian organizations warn of the outbreak of diseases and starvation in the area.
The NDMA dispatched the relief consignment in collaboration with the Pakistani charity organization, the Al-Khidmat Foundation, state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) said in a report. The consignment comprised 17 tons of supplies including tents, food tins, dry milk, rice, clothes, hygiene kits and medicines.
鈥淣DMA has dispatched the 17th relief consignment for the war-affected people of Gaza and Lebanon,鈥� APP said. 鈥淭he government has sent 17 aid consignments to Gaza, Palestine, with a total volume of 1610 tons.鈥�
Relief supplies for the people of Gaza and Lebanon are loaded onto a plane in Karachi, Pakistan, on October 29, 2024. (PID)
Representatives from Pakistan鈥檚 foreign ministry, the NDMA and Al-Khidmat Foundation attended the send-off ceremony held at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi.
Pakistan has also set up a special account titled: 鈥淧rime Minister鈥檚 Relief Fund for Gaza and Lebanon,鈥� under PM Shehbaz Sharif鈥檚 directions, for donations for the people of Gaza and Lebanon.
Pakistan does not recognize nor have diplomatic relations with Israel and calls for an independent Palestinian state based on 鈥渋nternationally agreed parameters鈥� and the pre-1967 borders with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
Since the beginning of Israel鈥檚 war on Gaza, Pakistan has repeatedly raised the issue at the United Nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and other multilateral platforms and demanded international powers and bodies stop Israeli military actions in Gaza.