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.
UAE’s Khalifa Foundation announces four million dirhams for Pakistan flood affectees
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UAE’s Khalifa Foundation announces four million dirhams for Pakistan flood affectees
- The emergency relief program will reach around 75,000 people in the first phase, UAE ambassador to Pakistan says
- The humanitarian support bolsters the UAE’s commitment to stand consistently with the people of Pakistan, embassy says
Pakistan arrests suspect arriving from Cambodia amid crackdown on human smuggling
- Suspect worked at an “online fraud company” in Cambodia, later started smuggling people from Pakistan, says FIA
- Pakistan has intensified crackdown against human smugglers after hundreds of migrants drowned near Pylos in 2023
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Sunday said it had arrested a key suspect involved in smuggling humans who had arrived from Cambodia, alleging he was also part of an international fraud network.
The suspect, identified as Zainullah, was arrested by FIA officials when he arrived in the southern port city of Karachi from Cambodia.
Zainullah had traveled from Pakistan to Cambodia in September 2024, a press release issued by the agency said.
“He worked at an online fraud company in Cambodia and later became involved as an agent in recruiting individuals from Pakistan,” the FIA said.
The FIA said it recovered images of multiple individuals’ passports, payment receipts and bank transaction records after extracting data from Zainullah’s phone.
It said the suspect received money through personal bank accounts and a cryptocurrency account.
“The suspect has been handed over to the FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle, Karachi, for further legal proceedings,” the FIA said.
“Further investigation is underway.”
Pakistan intensified action against illegal migration in 2023 after hundreds of migrants, including 262 Pakistanis, drowned when an overcrowded vessel sank off the Greek town of Pylos, one of the deadliest boat disasters in the Mediterranean.
Authorities say they continue to target networks sending citizens abroad through dangerous routes, following heightened scrutiny at airports and a series of arrests involving forged documents.
Pakistan’s interior ministry said this week illegal migration to Europe has declined by 47 percent this year after its nationwide crackdown, saying that more than 1,700 human smugglers have been arrested in 2025.
