Japan extends $20m grant for quake affectees
By Adnan Rafique

ISLAMABAD—The Government of Japan decided to provide an emergency grant aid of 20 million US dollars for the disaster relief to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. This announcement was made by Mr. Shuzen Tanigawa, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Government of Japan to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz during their meeting this morning. The Government of Japan will determine the details of the emergency grant aid.
The Government of Japan had immediately dispatched relief goods worth 25 million yen (approx. US$ 238,000) which consists of 30 tents (each accommodating 6 people), 2000 blankets, 20 water filters, 20 electric generators, 20 rolls of electric wire, 768 handy water tanks, 500 sleeping mats, 20 rolls of plastic sheet and 5 large water tanks (35,000 liters capacity). These relief goods were formally handed over, yesterday, by His Excellency Mr. Nobuaki Tanaka, Ambassador of Japan to Mr. Ishtiak Abroad Khan, Additional Secretary of Cabinet Division.
A ‘Japanese Disaster Relief Team’ is already participating in relief efforts being carried out in Battagram, N WFP. The Japanese team is composed of a Rescue team (49 rescue operation specialists) and a medical team (21 medical experts) who are now actively involved in evacuation and provision of emergency health-care services to those suffering from the recent disaster.