Pakistan dispatches humanitarian assistance for Iran quake victims

[Big Tank]

ISLAMABAD: On the directives of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has dispatched humanitarian relief assistance to the earthquake victims of Iran.

A full load of C-130 plane carrying 12 tons of relief goods left to Tehran from Nur Khan Airbase on Friday afternoon. The shipment included 165 tents, 1,050 blankets, 200 tarpaulin, 200 plastic mats, perishable items and other supplies.

The relief consignment was handed over by NDMA team to Iranian officials at Tehran airport.

Pakistan and Iran enjoy a long-standing friendship, which has been reflected in every hour of need. The government of Pakistan has reiterated the resolve to provide all possible assistance to help the bereaved families.

 

[django]

About time.

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

Interesting, Iran rejected foreign aid from other countries.

 

[Big Tank]

Interesting, Iran rejected foreign aid from other countries.

Really?

 

[The Diplomat]

Great news, human lives matter and we must play a positive role in good will.
Pakistan Zindabad!

Interesting, Iran rejected foreign aid from other countries.

Really?

Only from Israel, they offered aid and Iran rejected for obvious reasons.

 

[skyshadow]

Really?

Iran only rejected Israel's request for assistance.

But Iran is able to control the disaster. Today, it was announced that all the needs were provided, including food and supplies for the people. And only their houses should be built.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Great gesture and has to be done to help a brotherly neighbour

 

[skyshadow]

PAF C-130 aircraft airlifts relief goods to Iran
November 19, 2017
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By GEO NEWS
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Pakistan










ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) C-130 aircraft airlifted relief goods to Iran on Sunday.

The aircraft carried more than 12 tons of relief goods dispatched by theNational Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of Pakistan for the humanitarian relief assistance of Iran's earthquake victims.

The relief goods include 165 tents, 1050 blankets, 200 tarpaulins, 200 plastic mats, perishable items, and other supplies.

The PAF C-130 aircraft landed back today (Sunday) at the PAF Nur Khan airbase after delivering the goods.

Iran has only accepted aid from Pakistan after it was hit by the deadliest earthquake in more than a decade earlier on November 13.


Strong earthquake hits Iraq and Iran, killing more than 450
The quake rocked a border area 30 kilometres southwest of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan


Iran’s English-language Press TV had said that more than 450 people were killed and 7,000 were injured when the magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the country on Sunday.

The quake was felt in several provinces of Iran but the hardest hit province was Kermanshah. More than 300 of the victims were in Sarpol-e Zahab county in that province, about 15 km (10 miles) from the Iraq border.

Iranian state television had said the quake had caused heavy damage in some villages where houses were made of earthen bricks. The quake also triggered landslides that hindered rescue efforts, officials told state television.

Relief workers had said that while much aid had been pledged, there was an immediate need for blankets, children’s clothes, medicine and large cans to store drinking water. TV aired footage of some people weeping next to corpses shrouded in blankets.


Thank you very much to all the Pakistani brothers who were with us. And the Pakistani government.

 

[El Sidd]

This is our tradition.

 

[skyshadow]

I appreciated it so much.

This is our tradition.

 

[Big Tank]

This is our tradition.

I guess helping other people during a disaster is more like basic responsibility instead of tradition.

 

[El Sidd]

I guess helping other people during a disaster is more like basic responsibility instead of tradition.

Responsibility?

Dude it's aid. It's suppose to be voluntary

 

[The Diplomat]

Responsibility?

Dude it's aid. It's suppose to be voluntary

If we can help an ally then it’s a must. It’s a moral obligation.

 

[Babur The Uzbek Tiger]

God bless those who have suffered. It is good to see Pakistan helping Persian brothers. Turkey had sent 33 large trucks full of aid to Iran via Iraq, and a C-130 Hercules along with 50 trucks full of aid to the Kurdish part of Iraq through the northern border.

 

[Big Tank]

Responsibility?

Dude it's aid. It's suppose to be voluntary

As one of the other member said. Being a human we're obliged to even help our enemy in Pain. While these people are innocent and brothers in religion.