Re: Saudi Arabia to provide $100 million flood relief aid to Pakistan
Saudi Arabia collects $27m for flood affectees
ISLAMABAD: On the directives of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday collected $27 million for the flood affectees through the Saudi Public Assistance Campaign.
Food items, quilts, clothes and items of daily use have also been collected during the campaign. King Abdullah donated 20 million riyals to the fund, Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz donated 10 million riyals while Saudi Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz contributed five million riyals to the assistance fund. It is worth mentioning that the Saudi Public Assistance Campaign would continue in Ramazan and Saudi citizens would donate generously.
The campaign coincides with the continuation of the air-bridge established between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan for quick and timely transportation of the relief goods to the flood-affected areas, including the contribution made by the Saudi Development Fund for distributing relief assistance in coordination with the UN agencies. The oil-rich kingdom has already sent 16 planeloads of relief supply.
Re: Saudi Arabia to provide $100 million flood relief aid to Pakistan
Saudi Arabia pledges $80 million more aid
**Saudi Arabia announces 300 mn Riyals more in Pak aid
**‘Pakistan Times’ Diplomatic Correspondent
ISLAMABAD: The Custodian of the two Holy Mosques Shah Abdullah has announced an extra aid of 300 million Saudi Riyals for the victims of unprecedented floods in Pakistan.
According to the spokesman of Saudi Embassy, that Saudi King Shah Abdullah has announced 300 million Saudi Riyals more for the brothers affected by the worst floods in Pakistan’s history.
He said that Saudi people have not only gathered aid in cash but also in kind for their Pakistani brothers suffering from the flood disaster of enormous proportions.
The assistance will be dispatched to Pakistan soon, Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Aziz Ibrahim Saleh Al-Ghadeer added.
He said a separate amount has also been given in aid to United Nations for the victims of flood.
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^Thats an excellent effort.
Yes it is. Saudi Arabia and it's people have now pledged/given** $218 million assistance + daily flights of material aid.** That is by far the largest amount of aid given by any country so far.
Re: Saudi Arabia to provide $100 million flood relief aid to Pakistan
The majority of the original $100 million aid that Saudi Arabia pledged has already been delivered. Since that first pledge the Saudi’s have more than doubled their aid commitment overall.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has so far received aid pledges for $466.11 million from a number of countries.
Saudi Arabia has promised to provide $124.29 million which is the highest donation offered by any country.
“Till today we have received aid commitments for $466.11 million for the flood-affected people,” Zafar Hasan Reza, a senior official of the economic affairs division, said on Wednesday.
Of the $100 million earlier committed by the Saudi government relief goods worth $60 million have already been delivered and goods worth $40 million are in the pipeline.
A total of $19 million has been raised by the general public in Saudi Arabia. In addition, $5.29 million has been handed over to National Disaster Management Authority.—APP
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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.
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
Re: Saudi Arabia to provide $100 million flood relief aid to Pakistan
Yaar like the BBC is an independent trustworthy organization. They pass off pictures of support for the Irani President as support against him. Its amazing that the NYTs and BBC openly state that Muslim countries are not doing enough when Pakistani news papers say they do the most. There is a disconnect there and it isn't based on lack of information.
Edit And I believe these are pledges to the UN while Saudi Arabia is giving directly to the government.
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Please read the disclaimer the BBC put at the end of the table, namely that there is a delay between some donations being announced and appearing in statistics.
Anyway, as stated already by CM and verified by Pakistani and Saudi spokesmen most Saudi donations are going directly to Pakistani authorities. I am sure you will also appreciate that with such huge and expansive disaster there are hundreds, probably thousands of agencies/groups people are donating to, rather just go through the UN.
