Two Saudi relief cargo planes, part of an airlift ordered by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to extend urgent assistance to quake-hit people and areas, arrived at Quetta airport in the Pakistani Province of Bluchestan today. The planes, laden with 20 tons of foodstuffs, medical materials, tents, and blankets, arrived in Quetta Samagli airbase. Senior officials of the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan received the consignments, thanking the Kingdom, led by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, for its assistance to Pakistani people. For his part, Khalid Al-Sharhan, senior member of the Saudi relief delegation, told the Saudi Press Agency that the aid extended by Saudi Arabia comes within the principles of human values and duties towards its sister Islamic countries and peoples. He said the instructions of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to provide assistance to Pakistani needy people come as embodiment of the ties of fraternity and sincerity between the two countries.
