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P.R. No.260/2006

Date: 28/07/2006

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs sees off Relief Assistance for Lebanese People

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar today handed over Pakistan's relief consignment to the Lebanese Charge d' Affaires. The Government of Pakistan had announced earlier its plan to send two C-130 aircraft loads of food and medicines.

The relief goods, consisting of 14 Matric tons of food items and 8 Matric tons of medicines, medical supplies and surgical equipment were arranged by the Cabinet Division's Emergency Relief Cell at the directive of the Prime Minister to help our Lebanese brethren. On arrival at Latakia airport in Syria, the consignment will be handed over to the Lebanese Government's High Relief Commission by the Embassy of Pakistan in Damascus from where it will be transported to Lebanon.

Mr. Khusro Bakhtyar expressed his deep concern over the plight of the Lebanese people in the face of Israeli aggression.

Islamabad