publish time

20/06/2023

author name Arab Times

publish time

20/06/2023

author name Arab Times

ISLAMABAD, June 20: The State of Kuwait on Tuesday donated nearly one million US dollars to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of Pakistan for the victims of recent devastating fl oods in the country.

People wait for their turn to receive free food distributed by volunteers outside a camp for internally displaced people from coastal areas, as Cyclone Biparjoy was approaching, in Sujawal, Pakistan's southern district in the Sindh province, Thursday, June 15, 2023. A vast swath of western India and neighboring southern Pakistan that suffered deadly floods last year are bracing for a new deluge as fast-approaching Cyclone Biparjoy whirls toward landfall Thursday. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)

This is part of the direct Kuwaiti financial contributions in addition to other financial contributions that were directed through the specialized agencies of the United Nations, Kuwaiti Ambassador to Pakistani Nassar Almutairi said in a statement to KUNA.

These donations come along with the various relief activities and the campaign by the people of Kuwait, citizens and residents in support of the fl ood victims of Pakistan, which exceeds the amount of USD two million that was distributed on time in the devastated areas by the Kuwait Red Crescent and NGOs, he said (KUNA)