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PM Erdoğan set to visit flood-hit Pakistan after referendum
The prime minister will appeal for more international aid to the country, devastated by floods.
Floods that began in early August with torrential monsoon rain over the upper Indus River basin have killed over 2,000 Pakistanis and forced more than 4 million people from their homes. The Pakistani government says more than 20 million people need shelter, food and clean water.
Erdoğan also plans to attend a UN General Assembly in October and call the world to share responsibility to end the misery in Pakistan. The prime minister will deliver a speech there, asking world leaders to speed up efforts to send humanitarian aid to Pakistan.
Turkey has so far sent more than $10 million and humanitarian aid materials worth over $2 million to Pakistan to help authorities cope with the aftermath of the disaster. A countrywide aid campaign was launched in Turkey upon Erdoğan’s order last week. A circular bearing the signature of the prime minister was published in the Official Gazette. The prime minister called for national support to Pakistanis, underlining that it is next to impossible for a country to overcome such a disaster on its own.
Erdoğan’s wife, Emine Erdoğan, is planning to visit the deluge-stricken country before the prime minister. She will be accompanied by State Minister for Family and Women’s Affairs Selma Aliye Kavaf. The two will reportedly get in contact with Pakistani officials to take some Pakistani children orphaned by the floods to Turkey.
The children will be placed in Social Services and Child Protection Agency (SHÇEK) orphanages.
Emine Erdoğan is also planning to hold an iftar (fast-breaking dinner) at the Sürmeli İstanbul Hotel in the days to come. Donations collected during the event will be sent to those in need in Pakistan. Many Turkish celebrities are expected to attend the dinner.
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