Two More Aircrafts Carrying Tents Arrive At Adana from Pakistan

Press Release

Ankara, 14th March 2023

TWO MORE AIRCRAFTS CARRYING TENTS ARRIVE AT ADANA FROM PAKISTAN

Two consignments comprising of 2400 tents arrived at Turkiye’s Adana via two chartered planes on 13th March 2023. In last 48 hrs ,this was the fourth plane that had arrived from Pakistan, each carrying 1200 tents. The Government of Pakistan has launched a special chartered flight operation to expedite transport of 50,000 tents to Turkiye by third week of March.

Former Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly , Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan accompanied the plane from Pakistan. Speaking to media, he said that Pakistan Turkiye relationship is a heart to heart relationship that transcends the boundaries of time and geography. It is unique in a sense that strength of one country makes other stronger and pain of one country is felt by the other. Whether it be floods in Pakistan or earthquake in Turkiye, Pakistani and Turkish people have always stood by each others’ side.

Ambassador Burcu Çevik from Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanked the government and people of Pakistan for quick response and solidarity with Turkiye in this testing time.

Under the directions of the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, earthquake relief supplies mainly winterized tents are being transported to brotherly Turkiye through air, land and sea routes.

From 7th February 2023 till date ,14 aircrafts have brought relief assistance goods to Turkiye . It includes three Pakistan Air Force (PAF) C-130, one PAF IL-78 , one Turkish Military aircraft, two Turkish cargo, three PIA chartered flights and four other chartered flights . Additionally, relief goods have been sent through belly space available on regular PIA flights to Istanbul. Also, a 21- truck convoy carrying approx 275 tons relief goods arrived at Malatya on 25th February 2023. Three ships carrying earthquake relief supplies are enroute to Turkiye, which will arrive at Mersin in third week of March.

The relief operations will continue from Pakistan till the complete recovery and rehabilitation.

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Pakistan Civil Awards Investiture Ceremony Held In Ankara

January 5, 2024

MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT DR. ARIF ALVI ON THE OCCASION OF THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION DAY

Every year, on the 5th of January, we renew our support for the right to self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. On this day in 1949, the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan (UNCIP) unanimously adopted a resolution affirming the right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people through a free and impartial plebiscite under the auspices of the United Nations.

The right to self-determination is a cardinal principle of international law, upheld in numerous core United Nations Treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. For decades, it has been reaffirmed by the UN General Assembly in its annual resolution on self-determination. However, the last 76 years of India’s occupation of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) are a sad story of repression of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

India is trying to consolidate its occupation of IIOJK. The Indian Supreme Court’s judgement of 11 December 2023 on the status of this disputed territory is the latest step in this direction. India is trying to subjugate the Kashmiris through such oppressive tactics further. It continues to deny their inalienable right to self-determination and live with freedom and dignity.

Today’s commemoration is aimed at reminding the international community of its responsibility towards the oppressed Kashmiri people. The United Nations must honour the commitments that it made 75 years ago and support the Kashmiri people’s struggle for self-determination.

Pakistan remains determined to play its role in supporting the right to self-determination of Kashmiris through a free and impartial plebiscite as per the United Nations Security Council resolutions. Our strong and steadfast moral, political and diplomatic support for the Kashmiri people will continue till the realisation of this inalienable right.

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The Embassy of

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Ankara, Türkiye