Re: Saudi Arabia to provide $100 million flood relief aid to Pakistan
Yes, that is correct. Saudi Arabia’s aid has mainly gone to Pakistani agencies. The Saudi Development Bank has now allocated $20 million for Pakistan flood relief raising the Saudi aid total to an unprecedented $238 million.
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Abdul Aziz Alghadir, the Kingdom’s Ambassador to Islamabad, said that the distribution of the Kingdom’s donations in kind and cash would be made in coordination with the regional office of the donation campaign based in Pakistan, the Saudi Embassy and other relevant authorities in Pakistan.
He said that the Saudi Development Fund (SDF) on Wednesday signed a contract with a United Nations body under which the SDF would provide $9 million worth of financial support to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Pakistan. He said the SDF has allocated $20 million for Pakistan’s flood victims