Pakistan donates $1m to Palestine

Islamabad: Pakistan has donated $1 million (Dh3.67 million) for Palestinian refugees, the foreign affairs ministry said on Tuesday.

The Permanent Representative of Pakistan, Ambassador Masood Khan, handed over the cheque to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in New York on Monday.

Ambassador Khan, reaffirmed Pakistani government and people’s commitment to supporting the Palestinian cause as well as to helping the Palestinian brothers and sisters in their time of need.

He expressed the hope that the Israeli aggression in Gaza would not be repeated.