Day: February 11, 2023

A cargo aircraft of Pakistan Air Force carrying tents and relief goods from PAF Base Lahore has landed at Adana in Turkiye.

According to the PAF spokesperson, the Ilyushin-78 aircraft is carrying 16.5 tons of humanitarian assistance relief goods from people of Pakistan for the earthquake affected brethren of Turkiye.

Pakistan Air Force is also making all out efforts to repatriate stranded Pakistanis in coordination with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Pakistan Embassy in Turkiye.

Moreover, eight Pakistani passengers will also be evacuated by the PAF aircraft on its way back to Pakistan.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assured to extend every possible help for the earthquake victims of Syria.

In a telephonic conversation with the Syrian Prime Minister Hussein Arnous, he expressed deep grief and sorrow over the death and destruction caused by the earthquake in Syria.

He also expressed his condolences on the death of the Syrian Prime Minister's family members in the calamity.

Shehbaz Sharif said the government and people of Pakistan are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of precious lives and massive damage to property in the severe earthquake.

Apprising the Syrian Prime Minister of the relief efforts undertaken by Pakistan for the Syrian quake victims, Shehbaz Sharif said he immediately instructed the relevant departments to provide all possible help and support to Syrian brothers in this difficult time.

He said Pakistan's Ambassador to Syria is in close contact with the Syrian authorities in this regard and Pakistan will soon send a convoy of trucks with relief goods for the earthquake victims.

Pakistan has already sent a special plane containing tents, warm clothes and blankets to Syria . In addition, a medical team from Pakistan will also arrive in Syria very soon to provide medical aid to the injured.

The Syrian Prime Minister thanked Pakistan for demonstrating solidarity with the Syrian people at this difficult time.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has emphasized the need to change the system to make Pakistan progress.

He was addressing a ceremony in Lahore today after inaugurating work on the Baab-e-Pakistan project and laying the foundation stone of extension and widening project of Walton Road.

The Prime Minister urged the intelligentsia of society to work hard to make the progress possible. He said all of us will have to work day and night for the country's prosperity.

Shehbaz Sharif said the Baab-e-Pakistan project reminds us of the great sacrifices rendered by Muslims during migration from India to Pakistan after the partition.

He said thousands of migrants stayed at Walton Migrants Camp after the partition where local people welcomed them with open hearts and arms. He said that Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah had also visited this Camp during 1948.

The Prime Minister said this is his eighth visit to the site of the Baab-e-Pakistan project in the last twenty five years. He regretted that one point one billion rupees had been spent from the national exchequer on this project but that is not visible on the ground.

He said that NAB should make those people accountable, who were responsible for delaying this important project.

The Prime Minister said that this project will be completed without any further funds from the government and it will include the Central Business District to generate its own income.

In his address, the Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique said that the Bab-e-Pakistan project was properly launched in 2010, however no serious work could be done so far.

Source: Radio Pakistan