Turkish specialists to assist flood-stricken Pakistan

Istanbul Municipality issued a statement saying that it will send a 48-member team to flood-hit Pakistan to help infrastructure works and health authorities, rbk.ru reported.

In a written statement, the government said that the 48-member team would be sent upon a report prepared by the first group that went to Pakistan from Istanbul after floods hit Pakistan recently.

So far, Turkey has sent 10 million US dollars financial aid and 244 tons of relief support that included vaccines, medicine, medical stuff to Pakistan.

Pakistan’s worst-ever floods killed at least 1,600 people and displaced more than 20 million. As many as 17 million acres of farm land have been submerged and billions of dollars of crops destroyed, Pakistani authorities announced earlier.