India’s 25 Million Dollars Aid to Pakistan

India has announced additional $20 million assistance to Pakistan which has been hit with the worst floods in recent time.

fanfare.External Affairs Minister S M Krishna made an announcement in the Lok Sabha which comes in the wake of Pakistan’s readiness to accept India’s initial aid offer of $ 5 million which is to be routed through the United Nations.

"As a more concrete assessment of the damage inflicted by this natural disaster and the urgent needs of the people of Pakistan emerges, the Government has decided to increase its assistance to Pakistan from $ 5 million, announced earlier, to $ 25 million," he said.

The latest UN figures state that 17.2 million people have been affected by the floods which have left 1,600 people dead. All the four provinces of Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir are suffereing.