Re: Muslim states send condolences and aid to Pakistan
If you checked through the thread you will see all the Muslim countries that have promised aid, are now actually delivering to Pakistan i.e. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Egypt, Syria, Indondesia etc. Living abroad I have seen many Muslim communities donate to Pakistan, in fact very generous with their money.
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I am not too optimistic about the future of the aid that is being given. The money will change many hands before it actually gets to the victims.. and who knows if they would get their fair share of that or not??? you see the general pattern of things in Pk has always been that the money disappears quietly after all the hype dies down and nobody ever questions. and that's why i believe in donating directly to the victims, its either them or no one. The people of Pk are very generous and have done their best to help the victims, but i don't want to see any idiot pocketing even a single peny from that money.
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I doubt it as Mush is a very greedy man with greedy Govt.
its the ppl who suffer the poor ppl.
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**MIDEAST PLEDGES AID TO PAKISTAN QUAKE VICTIMS **
Middle Eastern countries are sending monetary aid and rescue teams to Pakistan to help victims of last week’s earthquake. According to the latest reports, the death toll from the earthquake, which hit the Pakistani-Indian border on Saturday, may be as high as 50,000.
Iran sent a plane carrying 34 tons of relief goods to the area on Tuesday. The shipment included tents, blankets, mattresses, medicinal goods and food items. It also sent a 15-member rescue team with three sniffer dogs. A major earthquake hit the Iranian city of Bam in December 2003, killings tens of thousands.
Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have each donated $100 million for relief assistance in the aftermath of the earthquake. A UAE official said they sent a 26-member rescue team with sniffer dogs to help detect survivors who may be trapped under rubble.
Saudi Arabia announced a nationwide fundraising campaign to collect money for the quake victims in both Pakistan and India. Saudi’s King ‘Abdallah ordered the government to extend aid to Pakistan and the first relief plane left for Pakistan on Monday, loaded with 70 tons of food and relief items.
Jordan’s King ‘Abdallah ordered to dispatch a field hospital to Pakistan to help the victims. A team of 52 doctors, surgeons, nurses and other medics from the Royal Medical Services left for Pakistan on Tuesday. Earlier, Jordan sent two military cargo planes with rescue teams and relief aid.
Israeli Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom sent a letter to his Pakistani counterpart extending Israel’s condolences and said Israel is ready to help in any way possible. There has recently been a thaw in relations between Israel and Pakistan, an Islamic republic with a mainly Muslim population, after Israel withdrew troops and civilians from Gaza. The two foreign ministers met last month for the first time and made their meeting public. If Pakistan allows Israelis to enter the country it will be a sign that ties between the two are on a positive track.
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The Muslim world and the non-Muslim world united in aid to Pakistan.
Another 110 relief flights with 1,800 rescue workers, doctors and paramedic staff reached Islamabad from Poland, Singapore, Jordan, Canada, India, Thailand, Belgium, Baku, Yemen, Malaysia, UAE, France, Turkey, Russia, Iran, UK, Spain, China, Tunisia, Germany, The Philippines, Syria, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Kenya, Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Korea, Australia, Finland, Norway, Mexico, Uganda, Holland, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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**Turkish Cypriot team heads to Pakistan **
A GROUP of 21 Turkish Cypriots left the island to join the global rescue effort to save victims of the Pakistani earthquake yesterday. The group, including three doctors, six nurses and 12 members of the north’s civil defence team specialising in search and rescue operations, would also be taking along “large amounts” of medication plus 2,500 blankets, the north’s ‘health minister’ Esref Faiz said yesterday. They were due to leave yesterday aboard a jet provided by the north’s main carrier Cyprus Turkish Airlines (CTA), which Faiz said would possibly fly directly into Pakistan. Sending the team, Faiz said, was an expression for of sympathy for the Pakistani people in their time of need. Head of the north’s civil defence team Ilhan Birol said yesterday the search and rescue team would be taking along listening equipment and heat sensitive cameras. They would also be accompanied by a building engineer specialising in earthquake damage, he said.
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Our Muslim brothers rushing in aid to Pakistan, just as they have promised.
Qatar Charity sends first consignment of aid to Pakistan
Qatar yesterday sent the first consignment of aid to the quake-hit areas in Northern Pakistan and other regions. The aid, routed through the Qatar Authority for Charitable Activities, the official body coordinating charitable works in the country, includes blankets, medicines and tents. The Authority, under the instruction of the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, is coordinating with government bodies, charitable and humanitarian associations and Central Tenders Committee to assist the quake victims in North Pakistan and Kashmir. Speaking on behalf of Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, chairman of the Authority, Khalid Aljaber, director of Public Relations and Media, said at a press conference yesterday that Qatar was among the first countries to send urgent aid to Pakistan including essential materials in a response to Pakistan’s call for help. Aljaber said the Authority has been conducting a survey in the affected areas to have a clear picture of the most urgent needs of the victims. He called upon all people in Qatar to support the cause by donating in cash and kind. Faraj Jawhar Alabdulla, manager of Rescue Department at the Authority, said, the priority was on sending the most essential items like food , medicine, blankets and tents. This aid will be sent to the isolated areas in Northern Pakistan, he added. Meanwhile, the Sheikh Eid bin Mohammed Al Thani Charity Association, in co-operation with Pakistani charitable groups, has sent assistance worth QR500,000 to Kashmir, said a press release issued yesterday. The assistance included food stuff, medicine, tents and blankets.
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Mercy team gets to work
The first rescue team of Mercy Malaysia reached Islamabad in Pakistan at 1pm yesterday. The team, comprising four medical and three logistics officers, will later leave for Muzaffarabad where tens of thousands of people were hit by the massive weekend earthquake, said its chief operating officer Shareen Shariza Datuk Abdul Ghani. “They will set up a base at the affected area where aid is needed most. We will send more than 80 volunteers to help,‘’ she said. She said Mercy Malaysia emergency medical relief and rapid assessment teams could be expected to be in Pakistan for at least six weeks. “We need to have at least RM1mil in the emergency phase to purchase medical supplies, hygiene items, food and drinking water as well as relief items such as winter blankets, winterised tents and sleeping bags,” she added. Shareen appealed to the public to donate only cash which could be used to buy medicine and necessary items. She also appealed to orthopaedic surgeons, general surgeons, trauma specialists, emergency medical teams and nurses to volunteer. “The impact of the disaster is immense so we hope more volunteers will come,‘’ she said. In another development, Mercy Malaysia will send a second mission team to Pakistan following their first deployment two days ago.
The eight-member team comprises three orthopaedic surgeons, a paediatric surgeon, an anaesthetist, a nurse and two logisticians – all of whom have either served in previous Mercy Malaysia’s missions in crisis areas or are specialists in their fields. Dr Ahmad Faizal Perdaus, Mercy Malaysia exco member in charge of the South Asia Earthquake Relief, said the second deployment was because the situation in Pakistan was “very bad” and there were many areas to cover. Meanwhile, slight tremors were felt in Penang when an earthquake measuring 5.9 on Richter scale hit the west coast of Sumatra at 11.05pm yesterday. The epicentre of earthquake was 176km from Bandar Acheh and 866km from west of Kuala Lumpur. According to a Meteorolo- gical Department spokesman, tremors could have been felt on the West Coast of the peninsula.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/10/12/nation/12297313&sec=nation
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King Abdullah urges Saudi people to donate generously for earthquake victims
The custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz presided over a special meeting of the Saudi cabinet to discuss the earthquake situation in Pakistan that has devastated large areas of Pakistan causing colossal devastation. It was decided in the meeting that the custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah will issue a special appeal for the Saudi people to donate generously towards the massive relief operation that has been launched. It will be the third such effort by the Saudi people after their generous support for the Palestinian cause (2002) and the tsunami disaster (2004).
The Saudi Red Crescent has announced a donation of dollars 10 million to provide immediate assistance to the earthquake victims. A special committee has also been constituted to further speed up the rehabilitation effort. It has also been announced by the Saudi Embassy that six planes carrying ambulances, tents, medicines, clothes and other items will be landing at Islamabad airport on Thursday. Similarly, six planes carrying relief goods will continue to land at Islamabad every night as part of the Saudi effort to help its Pakistani brothers and sisters. A modern, fully equipped field hospital with 60 doctors, nurses and support staff is also being flown on Thursday to provide on-the-spot medical relief to the earthquake victims.
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Muslim countries which have so far offered/sent aid to Pakistan - so far.
'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus'
Re: Muslim states send condolences and aid to Pakistan
When people are suffering, what is the use to scrutinize Aid thru religious spectacles.
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**Indonesia sends aid to Pakistan **
Indonesia sent on Wednesday 12 tons of food, medicine and blankets to help survivors of last week’s earthquake in Pakistan. Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Indonesia was committed to helping foreign countries facing humanitarian crises. Indonesia canceled a plan to dispatch a mobile military hospital to Pakistan after Islamabad said it preferred food, medicine and blankets. Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare Alwi Shihab symbolically presented the aid to Pakistan’s Ambassador to Indonesia Syed Mustafa Anwar Husein in a ceremony on Wednesday. The earthquake left some 30,000 people dead and tens of thousands of others injured.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20051013.C06&irec=5
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Visits Pakistan Next Week
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Pakistan on October 20th, AFP reported, citing information of Anadolu Agency. Erdogan will mark Turkey’s support of Pakistani authorities and will visit the areas destroyed by the earthquake, the agency added. According to latest information, the number of victims of the 7.6 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale reached 25,000 people. 63,000 were reported injured, AFP reported today, citing a statement of the Pakistani Army spokesman, General Shaukat Sultan.
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=127&newsid=74237&ch=0&datte=2005-10-13
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Orissa Muslims pray for their relatives in Pakistan
Separated by a border and 58 years of partition but inextricably linked by strong family ties, scores of families here fearfully watch footage of quake hit areas on Pakistan Television (PTV) for some news of their relatives. Like M.H. Rahman, 30, of Fakirabad village near Kendrapada who is glued to the television watching PTV as well as other news channels as details of the Oct 8 tremors that killed about 24,000 people in Pakistan and 1,300 in India pour in. His grandfather, Mirza Aishar Beg, has been in Pakistan since 1948 and the intervening years have not dulled the familial spark. “Every gory footage of the devastation on TV leaves my heart pounding in fear and anxiety,” Rahman told IANS. “My grandfather’s family is staying in a town 45 km from Muzaffarabad (in Pakistan administered Kashmir) for more than five decades. I have been unable to speak to any of them since the day the earthquake struck in Pakistan,” he said. The ties have just recently been reinforced. Rahman had visited Pakistan for three months last year. “Last year, I had visited Pakistan and stayed for three months with my grandfather and other relatives. Now, we can only pray for their safety.”
There are at least 75 other families like Rahman’s in the area whose relatives moved to Pakistan at the time of partition in 1947. In this holy month of Ramzan, special prayers are being held in mosques in the district to pray for the victims of the disaster. Many have been running from pillar to post hoping for some information about their families in Pakistan after the massive earthquake. Abuta from Dilarpur village, for instance, is anxious for news about his aunt Tahera Khatun who lives near the Pakistan capital Islamabad. The Eid fervour has been dampened. Said the 58-year-old: “I came to know from my son about Saturday’s 7.6 quake that struck Pakistan. I am frantically trying to know the whereabouts of my mother’s sister and her family members. This is the holy month of Ramzan. The disaster has shattered our hopes for a happy Eid.” The scenes of devastation unfolding on TV has made people nervous. Telephone lines can perhaps restore their confidence - and faith that all is well with their families on the other side of the border.
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEQ20051014082407&Page=Q&Title=&Topic=0
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More than 2/3 of this aid is from Muslim countries.
**Pakistan received $ 360 million from foreign aid: Sh. Rashid **
Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad Friday said that Pakistan has so far received 360 million dollars in aid from foreign countries for the quake victims. He was speaking before dispatching eight-truck relief caravan of Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and Pakistan Television to Mansehra, Muzaffarabad and Rawalakot. Sh. Rashid thanked the world community for generous contributions for the quake victims and said the government and people of Pakistan see this generosity with high respect. He said the foreign assistance would greatly help relief and rehabilitation in the devastated areas. Chairman PRCS Gen.(R) Jahan Dad Khan said the convoy contains 300 tents, 850 blankets, 500 edible items, medicines, dry fruit and water bottles. He said PRCS has so far sent 51 relief trucks to the quake- hit areas. PTV Managing Director Arshad Khan said that PTV has set up relief cells at federal and provincial headquarters to collect help in cash and kind for quake-victims. He said on Saturday a “Caravan Mohabbat (affection)” will be organized in the twin cities to garner assistance for quake sufferers.
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**Jordanian king in Islamabad to express commiseration with Pakistan **
Jordanian King in a meeting with President General Pervez Musharraf discussed host of bilateral and international issues covering progress on Indo-Pakistani dialogue process, Pakistan-Israel contact as well as rescue and relief efforts in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit large swathes of Pakistan, an official source told KUNA on Friday. King Abdullah welcomed the Pakistan-India composite dialogue process for the resolution of all disputes, including the Kashmir issue. The two sides also stressed the need for an early solution of the Palestine issue as well as mobilization of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). Source said President Musharraf briefed the King on Pakistans first formal contact with Jewish state of Israel and the destruction caused by the killer quake. The King assured him of his countrys full support, said the sources.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=778958
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UAE to construct 100 to 200 bed hospital in Muzaffarabad
By Hanif Khalid
The UAE government has announced to construct a hospital in Muzaffarabad with its own funds within three months. The construction work will start next month and this medical complex will start functioning in February 2006. The construction will be quake proof. The hospital in the Azad Jummu Kashmir capital will have 100 to 200 beds. The consultation, engineering, architectural and other spadework for the construction has been started on war footings. On behalf of the United Arab Emirates President, UAE Envoy Dr Ali Mohammad Al-Shamshi made this announcement on Friday while talking to The News. He further said that the hospital will be equipped with operation theatres, laboratories and houses for the doctors and nurses. “Our president, who treat Pakistan as his second home, has decided to equip this hospital with the state of the art medical machinery and equipment,” the envoy said.
He said while the international community is planning to start the construction work within six months in Pakistan, my government has decided to start constructing houses for the devastated people of 11 districts of NWFP and Azad Kashmir and buildings for educational institutions next month. For the construction work we have earmarked $100 million. Dr Shamshi went on to say that Inshaullah the UAE would be the first country to handover free homes to the affected people through the government of Pakistan.
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/oct2005-daily/15-10-2005/main/main7.htm
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10 Saudi relief flights reaching Pakistan daily
The number of daily royal Saudi flights, carrying relief goods for the earthquake victims, which are landing in Pakistan, has gone up to ten. Saudi Ambassador Ali Awadh Asseri has thanked the leadership and the government of Pakistan for having allowed the increased number of flights from Saudi Arabia in spite of immense congestion at Islamabad airport because of the relief goods arriving from other countries. The diplomat said that subject to availability of space at the airport, the number of flights could increase even further. As a matter of fact, this had been the desire of the Saudi authorities from the very beginning, but it could not be fulfilled because of non-availability of landing space at Islamabad airport.
Asseri said the state-of-the-art Saudi Field Hospital had been despatched to Mansehra along with doctors, nurses and other personnel. He hoped that the hospital would become operational in the next couple of days to bring medical relief to the earthquake victims.
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/oct2005-daily/15-10-2005/main/main22.htm
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After shocks!
MAG DATE UTC-TIME LAT LON DEPTH region
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
5.0 2005/10/14 19:37:42 34.830 73.101 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.9 2005/10/14 04:04:48 34.599 73.233 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.1 2005/10/13 23:25:05 34.393 73.636 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.9 2005/10/13 22:53:04 34.806 73.302 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.3 2005/10/13 20:49:23 34.684 73.153 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.8 2005/10/13 20:23:03 34.821 73.203 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.4 2005/10/13 18:46:49 34.724 72.995 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.4 2005/10/13 17:08:46 34.629 73.454 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.6 2005/10/13 11:19:14 34.582 73.355 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.4 2005/10/12 20:23:38 34.882 73.102 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.6 2005/10/12 06:36:00 34.536 74.069 10.0 SOUTHWESTERN KASHMIR
4.5 2005/10/11 17:35:50 34.918 73.392 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.6 2005/10/10 14:15:09 36.518 70.657 193.8 HINDU KUSH REGION
4.5 2005/10/10 13:28:17 34.534 73.400 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.6 2005/10/10 12:43:01 34.541 72.943 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.0 2005/10/10 12:38:12 34.735 73.072 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.6 2005/10/10 11:25:30 35.167 73.314 76.8 NORTHWESTERN KASHMIR
4.8 2005/10/10 10:49:06 34.799 73.725 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.8 2005/10/10 10:36:21 34.648 73.374 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.2 2005/10/10 06:54:32 34.729 73.761 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.8 2005/10/10 06:01:59 34.487 73.992 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.6 2005/10/10 02:48:43 34.437 73.460 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.4 2005/10/09 22:37:53 34.240 73.849 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.1 2005/10/09 19:47:01 34.696 73.006 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.4 2005/10/09 19:20:37 34.316 73.746 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.6 2005/10/09 18:28:19 34.258 73.619 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.0 2005/10/09 14:56:48 34.750 73.399 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.7 2005/10/09 13:35:00 34.820 73.481 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.1 2005/10/09 12:38:14 34.794 73.168 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.7 2005/10/09 11:30:43 34.405 73.849 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.0 2005/10/09 11:21:44 34.677 73.174 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.8 2005/10/09 09:26:36 34.489 73.268 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.9 2005/10/09 09:22:33 34.540 73.415 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.7 2005/10/09 08:58:48 34.703 73.229 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.7 2005/10/09 08:30:01 34.602 73.201 7.0 PAKISTAN
5.4 2005/10/09 07:09:19 34.572 73.180 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.1 2005/10/09 04:58:55 34.655 73.062 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.8 2005/10/09 04:49:28 34.697 73.291 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.4 2005/10/09 04:17:41 34.456 73.042 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.0 2005/10/09 03:21:33 34.654 73.393 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.5 2005/10/09 02:28:55 34.554 73.547 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.7 2005/10/09 01:26:03 34.631 73.306 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.9 2005/10/09 01:12:29 34.699 73.174 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.4 2005/10/08 21:45:10 34.684 73.219 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.7 2005/10/08 21:13:32 34.694 73.159 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.6 2005/10/08 21:08:26 36.684 70.794 144.7 HINDU KUSH REGION,
4.7 2005/10/08 20:16:34 34.607 73.371 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.0 2005/10/08 19:08:01 34.754 73.266 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.3 2005/10/08 17:53:10 34.706 73.403 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.5 2005/10/08 15:23:00 35.627 73.956 107.2 NORTHWESTERN KASHMIR
5.1 2005/10/08 13:46:01 34.611 73.161 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.3 2005/10/08 12:44:52 34.733 73.209 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.7 2005/10/08 12:25:22 34.785 73.141 20.3 PAKISTAN
5.7 2005/10/08 12:08:28 34.568 73.177 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.5 2005/10/08 11:33:34 34.702 73.173 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.3 2005/10/08 11:28:42 34.641 73.272 10.0 PAKISTAN
6.4 2005/10/08 10:46:29 34.735 73.149 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.8 2005/10/08 10:31:34 34.260 73.687 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.1 2005/10/08 10:16:58 34.706 73.069 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.0 2005/10/08 09:36:51 34.228 73.946 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.2 2005/10/08 09:01:55 34.601 73.234 10.0 PAKISTAN
5.2 2005/10/08 08:21:52 34.748 73.187 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.8 2005/10/08 07:57:00 34.490 73.310 10.0 PAKISTAN
4.7 2005/10/08 07:37:21 34.744 73.015 10.0 PAKISTAN
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Now the Muslim Central Asian state of Turkmenistan has dispatched aid to Pakistan.
Turkmenistan and South Africa have also sent special relief planes to Islamabad. Iran and Belgium have sent more relief goods for the quake victims. Nine Turkish military aircrafts for search and rescue operations.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005\10\15\story_15-10-2005_pg7_24