Relief Supplies From Pakistan Arrive In Earthquake-hit T�rkiye

ADANA, T�rkiye, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Mar, 2023 ) :A plane carrying humanitarian aid from Pakistan arrived in southern T�rkiye early Sunday following deadly earthquakes last month.

The plane departed from Lahore and landed at Adana airport loaded with 1,200 tents sent by the Pakistani government as part of a special cargo flight operation to transport 50,000 tents.

It carried winter and fire-resistant tents and was welcomed by Mahroo Arshad, press attach� at the Pakistani Embassy in Ankara and Counsellor Syed Atif Razay.

Three ships carrying nearly 13,600 winter tents are also headed to T�rkiye and will arrive in Mersin province later this month.

Pakistan was among the first countries to send search and rescue teams to T�rkiye as the government immediately dispatched a 33-member Pakistan Army Urban Search and Rescue Team on Feb. 6.

More than 47,900 people were killed in T�rkiye in the quakes that struck Feb. 6, according to official figures.

More than 13 million people in T�rkiye have been affected by the powerful quakes that rocked 11 provinces, including Kahramanmaras, Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Elazig and Sanliurfa.