The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Army Relief Force has started rehabilitation phase for the flood-affected people of Sindh and Balochitan. Briefing a group of journalists here on Monday Brigadier Abdur Rahman Ibrahim bin Abdul Aziz, UAE Commander, said this during the first phase 5,000 people will be helped to return their homes by Chinook planes in Dera Murad Jamal and Jacobabad districts as the water in these areas has receded.
Sufficient foodstuff and tents will also be provided to them so that they will not be confronting with any shortcoming, he further elaborated. According to the said plan, the UAE team will shortly conduct the survey and make assessment of the cost of the supply of basic necessities and reconstruction activities in these areas. He proudly mentioned that the UAE is the only country carrying out different organised rescue, relief distribution and rehabilitation programmes in Sindh and Balochistan.
He said in collaboration with the Armed Forces of Pakistan, the UAE Army Relief Force has been unstintingly working to evacuate people and bring them to safe places. Brigadier-General Abdur Rehman Commander said that after the appeal of the Government of Pakistan and orders of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the follow up of General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the team was sent to help the badly affected people of Pakistan in the time of national crisis caused by the super flood. So far, more than 1,800 people have been evacuated from the most affected areas.
He further elaborated that the UAE Army was one of the first to reach the most affected areas in Punjab and moved fast enough to jointly work with Armed Forces of Pakistan. He also said that the UAE Army's intensive relief operation in Pakistan once again proves its full commitment to humanitarian and ethical responsibilities and its keen interest to save lives and human dignity. Furthermore, it also shows the core strength of our brotherly bilateral relations. He shared that Pakistan Army Chief General Kayani made a special visit to Multan to meet the UAE military team. It was a great boost to our team.
We are also providing and extending our diversified but integrated health campaigns and programmes in Balochistan and Sindh. Moreover, a mobile medical hospital was currently engaged in the different areas of the Punjab to provide them proper medical care and medications in order to make them safe from the infectious diseases, he further added. About its team, he said it has professional doctors, well-trained nurses, and specialists working for a noble cause to help the needy people in the most affected areas.
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