Govt dispatches food rations to Pakistani students in Wuhan
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – The federal government has dispatched the stockpile of Pakistani cooked food rations to country’s students residing in Wuhan.
This was told by Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Zulfikar Bukhari in his tweet.
He said that as promised, Pakistani cooked food rations and supplies for our people in Wuhan, Hubei province have been dispatched. “We are under strict instructions from the prime minister to ensure all students in China are especially taken care of.
Bukhari also maintained that the government is trying to facilitate the students in each and every way possible, he revealed that such amenities along with monetary grants have been sent to them in the past as well.
“As promised, Pakistani cooked food rations&supplies for our ppl in Wuhan, Hubei prov have been dispatched. We are under strict instructions from PM @ImranKhanPTI to ensure all students in China are especially taken care of. Thanks to PAF, NDMA &all who came together & made it possible,” the special assistant tweeted.
It is noteworthy that the plane being sent with the stockpile of ration weighing 17 tonnes will return from China with coronavirus testing kits and other healthcare items essential to deal with the deadly coronavirus. The ration being sent is for almost 1300 Pakistani students which include edibles and everyday use items, Bukhari also said that the government of Pakistan was in constant contact with the Chinese officials and were keeping abreast of the situation amid the global coronavirus outbreak. On the other hand, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan have jumped to 448 after Balochistan, Punjab, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa announced an increase in their provincial tallies. According to the details garnered, seven cases have been reported from the federal capital while one case in Azad Jammu Kahsmir. However, four patients of coronavirus also have been recovered. Meanwhile, 23 patients of coronavirus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have surfaced and two deaths reported.As promised,Pakistani cooked food rations&supplies for our ppl in Wuhan,Hubei prov have been dispatched. We are under strict instructions from PM @ImranKhanPTI to ensure all students in China are especially taken care of.Thanks to PAF,NDMA &all who came together&made it possible pic.twitter.com/IjO28uqtGH
— Sayed Z Bukhari (@sayedzbukhari) March 20, 2020