UAE's air bridge operation to provide aid to flood victims in Pakistan

The Joint Operations Command, which is the Ministry of Defense's representative, has started running an air bridge to deliver humanitarian aid from the UAE to Pakistan.

In order to contribute in attempts to lessen the suffering of individuals affected by torrential rains and floods, the relief aid includes shelter supplies, humanitarian necessities, food, and medical parcels.

President HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan directs support to areas affected by torrential rains and floods in #Pakistan. #UAE Ministry of Defence Joint Operations Command begins operating urgent humanitarian aid air bridge to the Pakistani people. #UAEAid pic.twitter.com/O102b1be7s

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  The action is in accordance with President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan's orders to support the friendly people of Pakistan in any way possible in light of the effects of the most recent floods.

The first Emirati relief jet arrived in Pakistan this morning, according to Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Al Zaabi, the UAE Ambassador to Pakistan. Other relief flights will arrive in Pakistan over the next few days to give the necessary help, he added.

The UAE has helped Pakistan during the past few years to lessen the severity of numerous humanitarian crises, particularly those related to natural catastrophes, he continued, and this action shows the strength of relations between the two nations.

Based on the worldwide humanitarian role of the UAE, whose values were established by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Al Zaabi emphasised that Emirati solidarity extends to giving a helping hand to all impacted populations around the world.

As international aid started to trickle in following the cash-strapped government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's desperate appeal for assistance to deal with the crisis that has forced 33 million people, or one-seventh of the country's population, into displacement, the death toll from the devastating floods in Pakistan approached 1,100 on Monday.

Sherry Rehman, Pakistan's minister for climate change, referred to it as the "monster monsoon of the decade," and Miftah Ismail, its minister for finance, estimated that the floods cost the country's economy $10 billion.