Pakistan sends first shipment of relief goods to flood hit Iran

Pakistan has sent 32 tons of relief goods as humanitarian assistance to flood-affected Iran, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that added that “Pakistanis stand by their Iranian brethren at this difficult time.”
On Prime Minister Imran Khan’s directives, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) dispatched consignment comprises two shipments containing 500 tents, 3,300 blankets and emergency medical kits.
Foreign Office said that the first shipment has already been dispatched to the Iranian city of Ahwaz.
The development came after the prime minister on Sunday sympathised with the people of Iran and said that his government was ready to provide all possible humanitarian assistance to the neighbouring country.
A day later, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi conveyed to his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif that Pakistan would send two planeloads of relief goods.
Iran has been facing massive floods for the past three weeks in which nearly 70 people have lost their lives, while thousands have been displaced and large scale losses to infrastructures have also been reported.
Tehran says international assistance for the relief effort has been impeded because of US sanctions.