Pakistan sends rice to drought-stricken Sri Lankan brethren

Author: PPI

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed to provide all necessary assistance to the government and the drought affected people of Sri Lanka.

Consequently, an aircraft carrying 25 MT rice has left for Colombo on Wednesday. The government and the people of Pakistan stand shoulder to shoulder with the brotherly people of Sri Lanka in this hour of need and will continue to provide all possible support to them.

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