The relief assistance includes a state of the art 30 bed field hospital, which is equipped with operation theatres, X- ray systems and Labs, as well as variety of relief items including Medicine, Electricity Generators, Tarpaulins, Tents, in heavy quantities.

As well, 17 Pakistani doctors will also be arriving in Sri Lanka for providing health care assistance to the flood victims.

The authorities in Pakistan following the directions of the Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif have sent those materials and equipment to Sri Lanka as emergency relief for flood victims.

The two special cargo air crafts with the flood reliefs will be reaching Colombo very soon. According to documents, these relief goods are being dispatched by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the transportation arrangements of the Ministry of Defence and Pakistan Air Force.

Pakistan has also expressed their condolences to the Government and people of Sri Lanka and the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed to provide all necessary assistance to Sri Lanka as required for the rescue and relief operations.

Issuing a press release, the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo said, “The people of Pakistan stand with the brotherly people of Sri Lanka at this time of grief.”

Even earlier, the government and the people of Pakistan have extended their support for Sri Lanka at Tsunami situation, and landslide in Koslanda . The Sri Lankan government and public also supported victims of the deadly earthquake of October 2005 which claimed over 73,000 lives in northern Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir as well as during dengue epidemic and floods in Pakistan.