Peshawar: Chinese government has handed over $ 100,000 emergency cash assistance to Pakistan for rain-hit areas in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Donation ceremony was held at Ministry of Foreign Affairs for emergency aid provided by Chinese government to rain-hit areas in Balochistan and KP.

On behalf of Chinese government, Ambassador Jiang Zaidong handed $ 100,000 emergency cash assistance over to Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Mohammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, an official statement read. China hopes that this cash donation can provide timely and necessary assistance to needy people, it added.

Chinese Embassy, consulates and Chinese enterprises in Pakistan have also taken active action, distributed 30,000 bottles of mineral water and 3,000 cans of food and other supplies to people in Gwadar and taken people into refuge at Gwadar Faqur School built with China’s aid.

In near future, an additional RMB 500,000 in material assistance will be provided through Consulate General in Karachi, it concluded.

Published in The Daily National Courier, March, 15 2024

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