ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has extend his support and sympathies to the people of India who are grappling a severe coronavirus crisis.
“We express our support to the people of India in the wake of the current wave of #COVID19 infections, that has hit our region hard. On behalf of the people of Pakistan, I extend our heartfelt sympathies to the affected families in #India,” he wrote on Twitter.
The foreign minister said Covid-19 is another reminder that humanitarian issues require response beyond political consideration. He said Pakistan continues to work with the SAARC countries to foster cooperation to tackle the pandemic.
#COVID19 is yet another reminder that humanitarian issues require responses beyond political consideration. Pakistan continues to work with SAARC countries to foster cooperation to tackle the pandemic. https://t.co/hgpp0vxjSM
— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) April 24, 2021
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry tweeted, “In these difficult times our prayers are with people of #India may God be kind and may these difficult times gets over soon. #coronavirus.”
Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari said it is painful to see the suffering of our neighbours, ordinary Indian citizens as they grapple with Covid 19 and oxygen shortages.
“We are all in this struggle to stem massive surge of deadly third wave. Unfortunate that many in West have sought to only seal their borders rather than help,” she said.
In these difficult times our prayers are with people of #India may God be kind and may these difficult times gets over soon. #coronavirus
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 24, 2021
It is painful to see suffering of r neighbours, ordinary Indian citizens as they grapple with Covid 19 & oxygen shortages. We are all in this struggle to stem massive surge of deadly third wave. Unfortunate that many in West have sought to only seal their borders rather than help
— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) April 24, 2021
A day ago, Pakistani social media have also urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to lend support to India as the country scrambled for supplies of oxygen and other emergency assistance.
Hashtags like #IndiaNeedsOxygen were trending on Pakistani Twitter, with users requesting Khan’s government to put aside its political differences and help India to tide over the crisis.
Faisal Edhi, son of renowned Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi and chairperson of the Edhi Foundation, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, offering help in the form of “a fleet of 50 ambulances” and other services.
“We, at the Edhi Foundation, have been closely following the current impact that the Covid-19 crisis has had on the people of India,” Edhi said. “We are very sorry to hear about the exceptionally heavy impact that the pandemic has had on your country, where a tremendous number of people are suffering immensely.”
Edhi personally offered to lead and manage the humanitarian team from his organisation. He said the Edhi foundation will send a team of emergency medical technicians, office staff, drivers, and supporting staff to India.
