Khalifa Foundation in UAE sends urgent relief to Pakistan

The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation in UAE has sent urgent aid to those affected by floods in southern Pakistan.

The Khalifa Foundation’s relief team distributed supplies including medicines, tents, blankets and baby formula to some 75,000 people in the southern regions of Sindh.

The assistance is in continuation of the Foundation's relief and development initiatives in many countries around the world. The donation comes in implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with the support of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the supervision of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and President of the Foundation.

The latest floods in Pakistan have been very serious. Karachi suffered the worst rains in almost a century, which left dozens of people dead. Pakistan's most populous city was affected by the heaviest rainfall since records began in 1931. These rains generated terrible floods that have killed dozens of people and left hundreds of thousands trapped, according to the Pakistani authorities. 

The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) fears that hundreds of thousands of people are still trapped in Pakistan's most populous city because of the flooding in the slums.

The army and the rescuers had to intervene in the last days to reach the victims, as Murad Ali Shah, chief minister of Sindh province, of which Karachi is the capital, confirmed.