Friendly countries and international organizations have all poured in with immediate assistance for flood hit people of Pakistan following the appeal of Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

About 130 billion rupees have been collected so far from the United Nations member countries in one hour.

The United States gave six and a half billion rupees, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, World Health Organization, UNICEF, Red Crescent and Red Cross also responded positively to the foreign minister’s appeal.

China, Turkey, the United States, the United Kingdom, Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and other countries have also announced immediate aid.

Assistance of medicines, food items and other important relief goods is also being provided to Pakistan by various international organizations including the member countries of the United Nations.

Source: Radio Pakistan