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- Saudi official says supply will begin on Saturday via two planes carrying camps, food, medicines to Pakistan
- Besides the Kingdom, aid has also been pouring in from United Arab Emirates, Turkey, China and United States
ISLAMABAD: 抖阴短视频 has launched a campaign to provide humanitarian aid to flood-affected people in Pakistan, Saudi officials said on Monday.
Unprecedented rains and glacier melt in the north triggered massive floods across Pakistan, which have killed around 1,400 people, washed away livestock, crops and key infrastructure since mid-June.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced out of homes in the South Asian country, who desperately await aid and are forced to live under the open sky.
Pakistan has requested the international community to supply food, tents and other relief goods for the affected people as damages from the floods reached an estimated $30 billion.
"Today, we announced the launch of the Saudi campaign for flood-affected people in Pakistan," Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, supervisor-general of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), said in his televised comments.
KSrelief spokesperson Dr. Samer Al-Jutaily said the emergency relief supply to Pakistan would start on Saturday through two planes that would be carrying camps, food and medical equipment, according to the Saudi embassy in Pakistan.
抖阴短视频鈥檚 KSrelief last month announced it would be sending 100 trucks, carrying 950 tons of food items, to flood-ravaged districts in Pakistan.
Aid has also been pouring in from the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, China and the United States.