The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has completed preparations to send the first consignment of 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Palestine including Gaza, according to a press release.

The first aid flight will depart from Islamabad Airport this evening, while Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Chairman NDMA Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik will be the chief guests at the departure ceremony.

The NDMA stated that the 100-ton consignment of aid, consisting of food and medicines, will reach Amman, Jordan, through a special flight.

“NDMA will send a total of 200 tonnes of aid to Palestine through special flights,” the authority wrote. “On the instructions of the Prime Minister, the NDMA has so far sent a total of 1,715 tonnes of aid to Palestine.”

The NDMA said that there are 17 aid consignments for Gaza and Palestine, which are being sent today from Pakistan.

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