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Iran to Provide Shelter for over 30,000 Pakistanis
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to bring the number of its medical camps in Pakistan to three as part of its broader plans for helping the flood-hit Pakistani nation.
"The [Iranian] Red Crescent plans to set up two more medical camps and to dispatch more than 1,350 tons in medical and food supplies for the [flood] victims," President of Iran's Red Crescent Society Abolhassan Faqih said Sunday.
Faqih added that the relief body has already set up one camp capable of treating and sheltering up to 10,000 people in the southern Sindh Province which has been hit worst by the month-long floods.
The new camps will be raised in Punjab region and the provincial capital of Pakistan's Balouchestan Province, Quetta. Overall, the camps will have the capacity to shelter and treat more than 30,000 people.
Faqih added that national donations to the society had reached $2 mln.
He noted that the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) backed relief efforts, with the Air Force playing a major role in mobilizing aid supplies.
Last week, Iran's envoy to Pakistan voiced Tehran's preparedness to provide temporary shelter for the flood-hit Pakistani people.
"We are ready to provide temporary shelter for the people affected by the flood by sending more tents. Iran's Red Crescent Society is setting up a camp for the flood-hit people in the province of Sindh," Tehran's Ambassador to Pakistan Mashallah Shakeri said at the time.
Meantime, Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar pledged that Iran will continue its support for the people and government of Pakistan to help them overcome the damage and the negative consequences of the recent floods.
"I am here to assure the people and government of Pakistan that Iranian people and the government stood with the people of Pakistan,' Najjar told reporters after meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik in Islamabad on Friday.
On Tuesday, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei asked all the world Muslims to take immediate action to help the Pakistani people.
In a message to the Muslim world, Ayatollah Khamenei pointed to the extent of the damages caused by the recent floods in Pakistan, and said, "Under such vital circumstances, we should fulfill our duties in accordance with the principle of Islamic brotherhood and rush to help our disaster-stricken brothers and sisters."
Torrential monsoon rains have triggered massive floods that have moved steadily from north to south over the past month, engulfing a fifth of the volatile country and affecting 17 million of Pakistan's 167 million people.
Southern Sindh is the worst-affected province, with 19 of its 23 districts ravaged as floodwaters have swollen the raging Indus river to 40 times its usual volume.
Fars News Agency :: Iran to Provide Shelter for over 30,000 Pakistanis
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to bring the number of its medical camps in Pakistan to three as part of its broader plans for helping the flood-hit Pakistani nation.
"The [Iranian] Red Crescent plans to set up two more medical camps and to dispatch more than 1,350 tons in medical and food supplies for the [flood] victims," President of Iran's Red Crescent Society Abolhassan Faqih said Sunday.
Faqih added that the relief body has already set up one camp capable of treating and sheltering up to 10,000 people in the southern Sindh Province which has been hit worst by the month-long floods.
The new camps will be raised in Punjab region and the provincial capital of Pakistan's Balouchestan Province, Quetta. Overall, the camps will have the capacity to shelter and treat more than 30,000 people.
Faqih added that national donations to the society had reached $2 mln.
He noted that the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) backed relief efforts, with the Air Force playing a major role in mobilizing aid supplies.
Last week, Iran's envoy to Pakistan voiced Tehran's preparedness to provide temporary shelter for the flood-hit Pakistani people.
"We are ready to provide temporary shelter for the people affected by the flood by sending more tents. Iran's Red Crescent Society is setting up a camp for the flood-hit people in the province of Sindh," Tehran's Ambassador to Pakistan Mashallah Shakeri said at the time.
Meantime, Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar pledged that Iran will continue its support for the people and government of Pakistan to help them overcome the damage and the negative consequences of the recent floods.
"I am here to assure the people and government of Pakistan that Iranian people and the government stood with the people of Pakistan,' Najjar told reporters after meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik in Islamabad on Friday.
On Tuesday, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei asked all the world Muslims to take immediate action to help the Pakistani people.
In a message to the Muslim world, Ayatollah Khamenei pointed to the extent of the damages caused by the recent floods in Pakistan, and said, "Under such vital circumstances, we should fulfill our duties in accordance with the principle of Islamic brotherhood and rush to help our disaster-stricken brothers and sisters."
Torrential monsoon rains have triggered massive floods that have moved steadily from north to south over the past month, engulfing a fifth of the volatile country and affecting 17 million of Pakistan's 167 million people.
Southern Sindh is the worst-affected province, with 19 of its 23 districts ravaged as floodwaters have swollen the raging Indus river to 40 times its usual volume.
Fars News Agency :: Iran to Provide Shelter for over 30,000 Pakistanis
