Re: Muslim states send condolences and aid to Pakistan
Like Iran and Saudi Arabia, Turkey has started public fund raising campaigns as well as direct aid, to help Pakistan.
**Turkey sends more aid to Pakistan **
ANKARA - Turkey has dispatched additional aid to help Pakistan cope with the aftermath of last weekend’s killer earthquake, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, pledging that more would follow. “A military plane left this morning with 40 doctors, an ambulance, a jeep and various medical equipment on board,” Erdogan told lawmakers from his Justice and Development Party (AKP). A second plane is scheduled to leave on Wednesday with 13 tonnes of food, thousands of blankets and tents as well as medicine, he said. **“We will continue to increase the aid flow,” Erdogan said. **
The Turkish Red Crescent, meanwhile, said that it had launched a fund-raising campaign that included donations into a special bank account and text messages to a dedicated number that would charge each caller five Turkish Lira (about three euros or 3.7 dollars). Turkey has already sent search-and-rescue teams, doctors, 10 tonnes of food and 250,000 dollars (about 207,000 euros) a day after an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale shook Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Saturday. Authorities say the quake may have killed up to 40,000 people.
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