3,000 metric tons of rice being dispatched to Sri Lanka

In order to express solidarity and compassion with the brotherly people of Sri Lanka, the Government of Pakistan is dispatching three relief ships containing 3,000 metric tons (03 million kgs) of rice, to alleviate the effects of severe drought in Sri Lanka.
This relief tranche is a part of total 10,000 metric tons (10 million kgs) of rice approved by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for drought affectees of Sri Lanka. The remaining 7,000 metric tons rice will also reach Colombo within April 2017. Earlier, in February 2017, the Government of Pakistan had already sent a relief flight to Colombo containing 25 metric tons of rice for drought affected people. The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka Major General Syed Shakeel Hussain (R) will hand over the relief consignments to Sri Lankan authorities at Colombo Port in first week of April.