In order to aid the victims of a catastrophic earthquake in Turkey that has killed more than 3,000 lives, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to create a relief fund.
After a jet carrying aid supplies and a rescue crew from Pakistan arrived in Turkey on Tuesday, information minister Marriyum Aurangzeb announced that prime minister Shahbaz Sharif had made the painful decision to establish the PM Relief Fund.
According to the minister, the federal cabinet has pledged to donate one month’s salary, and the prime minister has asked for assistance from benefactors.
A terrible earthquake of a magnitude of 7.8 struck Turkey and Syria, leaving approximately 5,000 people dead and countless others injured.
