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9.35 pm: Nawaz Sharif thanks PM Modi for offering help in Azad Kashmir rescue ops
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for offering help in flood relief efforts in Azad Kashmir and said closer collaboration in disaster management should be a part of their agenda of peace and development in the region.
"I gratefully acknowledge your letter of 7 September, conveying deep sympathies for the people affected in Pakistan by unprecedented monsoon rains and consequent flooding. The offer for assistance in our relief efforts is equally thoughtful. Such solidarity in the face of adversity is indeed valuable," he said in reply to Modi's letter of assistance.
Prime Minister Modi yesterday wrote to Sharif offering assistance to victims of the devastation caused by the torrential rains and floods in Azad Kashmir.
In his reply, Sharif said he was aware that the Kashmiris on the Indian side of the Line of Control have also faced heavy loss of life and material damage.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families in this difficult time, and we remain prepared to extend a helping hand, in whatever way possible, to the efforts for their relief and rehabilitation," Sharif said.
8.50 pm: Digvijaya, Ghulam Nabi Azad praise Modi's prompt action
Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh and Ghulam Nabi Azad today lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "prompt action" and "quick response" in dealing with the massive flood crisis in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Commend the rescue by DMRF, Army, Police and Security Forces in J&K and also GOI and PM for prompt action and reaching out to people in Azad Kashmir," Congress general secretary Digivijaya Singh, a known detractor of Modi, said on Twitter.
Talking to PTI, Azad, who had spoken to Modi on the matter on Saturday, said, "I had spoken to the Prime Minister. I am very happy with his response.
"He (Modi) was very quick to visit the state and announce a package of Rs 1,000 crore."
Modi announced the special assistance package for J-K after undertaking a day-long visit to the state yesterday to review the situation in the flood-affected areas there.
Azad, the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and a former J-K chief minister, said he hoped the Centre would continue to support the relief and rehabilitation measures with unwavering enthusiasm.
He said that the relief package was welcome but, given the scale of the devastation, the state would require many thousands of crores of rupees for the reconstruction of the infrastructure which has been destroyed in the flood.
"I am sure the initial response by the Prime Minister to the flood situation will continue to hold. I hope, trust and believe in that.
"We expect the Prime Minister's support will continue with the same enthusiasm," said Azad.
He said that whatever infrastructure was created in the state over a period of 18 years since the 1996 elections -- which had brought an end to the long spell of Governor's Rule in J-K -- seems to have been totally destroyed in the floods.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for offering help in flood relief efforts in Azad Kashmir and said closer collaboration in disaster management should be a part of their agenda of peace and development in the region.
"I gratefully acknowledge your letter of 7 September, conveying deep sympathies for the people affected in Pakistan by unprecedented monsoon rains and consequent flooding. The offer for assistance in our relief efforts is equally thoughtful. Such solidarity in the face of adversity is indeed valuable," he said in reply to Modi's letter of assistance.
Prime Minister Modi yesterday wrote to Sharif offering assistance to victims of the devastation caused by the torrential rains and floods in Azad Kashmir.
In his reply, Sharif said he was aware that the Kashmiris on the Indian side of the Line of Control have also faced heavy loss of life and material damage.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families in this difficult time, and we remain prepared to extend a helping hand, in whatever way possible, to the efforts for their relief and rehabilitation," Sharif said.
8.50 pm: Digvijaya, Ghulam Nabi Azad praise Modi's prompt action
Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh and Ghulam Nabi Azad today lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "prompt action" and "quick response" in dealing with the massive flood crisis in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Commend the rescue by DMRF, Army, Police and Security Forces in J&K and also GOI and PM for prompt action and reaching out to people in Azad Kashmir," Congress general secretary Digivijaya Singh, a known detractor of Modi, said on Twitter.
Talking to PTI, Azad, who had spoken to Modi on the matter on Saturday, said, "I had spoken to the Prime Minister. I am very happy with his response.
"He (Modi) was very quick to visit the state and announce a package of Rs 1,000 crore."
Modi announced the special assistance package for J-K after undertaking a day-long visit to the state yesterday to review the situation in the flood-affected areas there.
Azad, the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and a former J-K chief minister, said he hoped the Centre would continue to support the relief and rehabilitation measures with unwavering enthusiasm.
He said that the relief package was welcome but, given the scale of the devastation, the state would require many thousands of crores of rupees for the reconstruction of the infrastructure which has been destroyed in the flood.
"I am sure the initial response by the Prime Minister to the flood situation will continue to hold. I hope, trust and believe in that.
"We expect the Prime Minister's support will continue with the same enthusiasm," said Azad.
He said that whatever infrastructure was created in the state over a period of 18 years since the 1996 elections -- which had brought an end to the long spell of Governor's Rule in J-K -- seems to have been totally destroyed in the floods.
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