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  • Feb 23rd, 2005
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Hilal Ahmer Organisation (Red Crescent Society) has supplied the first instalment of the relief goods worth Rs 17 million for rain, snow and flood affected people in Balochistan. Organisation's delegation leader, Khamis Muhammad Al Suwaidi, briefing the newsmen about its activities to help calamity victims in Balochistan, on Monday said the relief goods had been distributed among the affected people of Hingol area while the people of Ormara and Pasni would be provided those goods on Thursday and Friday next.

The delegation leader said the first instalment of the relief goods was included 1,000 tents, 5,000 blankets and 150 tons of essentials edible items including flour, cooking oil, rice etc.

"Pakistan is our brother Muslim country and it was our responsibility to provide help in this period of trouble", he added.

Over condition of affected areas and people, he said the infrastructure had been destroyed, rendering hundreds of people homeless, adding the people of those areas in Balochistan needed immediate help for survival.

He said more than 500 families were affected alone in Hingol area of Balochistan and 25 kilometer long road in that area was totally washed away.

The leader said after the first instalment of the relief goods, UAE Hilal Ahmer Organisation would arrange more relief goods to the rain and flood affected people in Balochistan, as much they required.

"We enquired about necessities of the affected people to prepare a list of most needed things, he said and assured the society would provide more relief goods to the affected people after coming back here in next few days.

He thanked the Hilal Ahmer Pakistan and the UAE Consulate here in Karachi for providing them all the required assistance.

The members of the delegation including Abdullah Salmes Al-Dahky, Salem Al-Junaibi, Saif Bin Khadim Al-Manssuri and others were also present on the occasion.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2005


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