RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is continuing to send relief supplies to Pakistan for the victims of the recent devastating floods that displaced around 20 million people. Dr. Khaled Bin Mohammed Ottoman, Director for Relief Supplies, said the Kingdom dispatched 220 trucks with 2,200 tons of foodstuff as part of a fourth convoy of food supplies. The relief supplies will be distributed among people living in 11 different districts affected by the floods. The relief supplies consist of food baskets, each one containing flour (20 kg), rice (five kg), lentils (five kg), cooking oil (five liters), sugar (two kg), milk powder (one kg) and tea (500 grams). The food baskets are distributed among families living in makeshift camps. The relief supplies are part of the extension of humanitarian efforts as instructed by King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. The Saudi Embassy in Islamabad, in coordination with the Pakistani authorities, is supervising the relief works in the flood-affected areas, especially in remote districts, where people are still facing great hardships. A total of 600 trucks laden with food aid have arrived so far as part of four relief convoys. Dr. Ottoman said the relief aid will continue to areas of the country hard-hit by the floods. “The Pakistanis are all thankful to King Abdullah and the people of Saudi Arabia for their generosity and humanitarian aid,” Dr. Ottoman quoted Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Al-Ghadeer as saying. Al-Ghadeer has been supervising the distribution of food aid dispatched from Saudi Arabia to the flood-affected population.
