At a ceremony at Lahore airport where relief supplies will be sent to Turkiye, the Prime Minister said the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) will purchase relief supplies such as tents,clothing,blankets and dry food from Turkey and fund them after sending Turkiye.
A 7.8-magnitude quake in Turkey on Monday killed 17,674 people and killed 3,377 in Syria, bringing the total to 21,051 officials and medical sources said.
Speaking to the media alongside Turkey’s Consul General of Lahore Ozbay,Prime Minister Shebaz said thousands had died in the deadly earthquake in Turkiye and Syria, leaving millions homeless.
“You don’t often see destruction on this scale when parents lose children and infants become orphans.There are horrible images everywhere,” he noted.
However,the prime minister has ensured that the people of Turkiye will emerge from the crisis under the leadership of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and so are our brothers in Syria.”
