{"id":6872,"date":"2025-08-08T19:05:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=6872"},"modified":"2025-08-08T19:05:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:05:51","slug":"pakistan-dispatches-18th-aid-shipment-to-gaza-amid-deepening-humanitarian-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/pakistan-dispatches-18th-aid-shipment-to-gaza-amid-deepening-humanitarian-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan dispatches 18th aid shipment to Gaza amid deepening humanitarian crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Friday, August 8, 2025 : Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on Friday oversaw the departure of Pakistan\u2019s 18th humanitarian aid consignment to Gaza, carrying 200 tons of food and medical supplies on the directive of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to support Palestinians facing worsening hardships.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Speaking at a send-off ceremony at Islamabad International Airport, Tarar said the shipment comprised two consignments of 100 tons each, containing dry rations, essential food items, and life-saving medicines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pakistan dispatches 18th aid shipment to Gaza amid deepening humanitarian crisis\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TOtzRQdzmhI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He noted that the aid was being dispatched at a time when the ongoing blockade had severely hindered the delivery of relief by many international organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren and innocent civilians in Gaza are suffering from severe malnutrition. The situation has become a grave humanitarian crisis,\u201d the minister told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Tarar said Pakistan has so far sent 1,800 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza since the recent escalation of hostilities. He praised the Al-Khidmat Foundation and Jamaat-e-Islami leadership for their contributions and for consistently advocating the Palestinian cause on various platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Reaffirming Pakistan\u2019s unwavering solidarity with Palestine, Tarar said the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) had acted swiftly on the prime minister\u2019s directive to ensure the urgent delivery of relief to the besieged territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Friday, August 8, 2025 : Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on Friday oversaw the departure of Pakistan\u2019s 18th humanitarian aid consignment to Gaza, carrying 200 tons of food and medical supplies on the directive of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to support Palestinians facing worsening hardships. Speaking at a send-off ceremony at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diplomacy","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}