UAE’s Khalifa Foundation announces four million dirhams for Pakistan flood affectees

ISLAMABAD: The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, United Arab Emirates charity organization, has announced (AED) 4 million dirhams or $1.089 million for Pakistanis affected by floods in the Sindh and Balochistan provinces, the UAE embassy in Pakistan said on Wednesday.
Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Al Zaabi, the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Pakistan, said in a statement that the Foundation, in coordination with the UAE Embassy in Islamabad, would implement an emergency relief program worth 4 million dirhams which would reach around 75,000 people.
“Emergency assistance provided by the Khalifa Foundation comes to strengthen the concept of UAE’s humanitarian and charitable role and persistence of its relief and development initiatives in many brotherly and friendly countries,” Zaabi said, adding that emergency assistance included in the first phase medicines, tents, blankets and food items for affectees in the southern Sindh province, especially cities and towns near the Indus River.
Zaabi said the humanitarian support bolstered the UAE’s commitment to stand consistently with the people of Pakistan, adding that the donation was the implementation of the directives of President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with the support of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
According to data from Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued on Tuesday, between June 15 and August 31, 176 people were killed and 101 injured in rain-related incidents around the country. The southern Sindh province has been the worst-hit, with 72 dead, including 17 children.