Pakistan sends more relief assistance to quake-hit Nepal

Pakistan sent more relief assistance to the earthquake-hit people in Nepal on Saturday, officials said.

"At the instructions of the prime minister, two plane loads of relief items were dispatched to Kathmandu on Saturday," the foreign ministry said.

Two C130 aircrafts of the Pakistan Air Force carried over 600 tents, 4 tons of medicines and dry food items while about a dozen Nepalese post-graduate medical students in Pakistan were also airlifted to serve their countrymen during the hardship of Nepalese nation.

The prime minister has approved provision of 20000 tents, 20 tons of rice and medicines to help quake-hit Nepal, as requested by the Nepalese authorities, a Foreign Ministry statement said.

The planes were seen off at the airport by the Ambassador of Nepal to Pakistan Bharat Raj Paudyal, officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Disaster Management Authority, Military Operations and Pakistan Air Force.

The ambassador deeply appreciated the much needed support and assistance from Pakistan, the statement said.

An extensive relief operation is likely to continue in the next few days, the foreign ministry said.

The death toll of a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Nepal on April 25 has climbed to 6,841 and more than 14,000 have been reported injured.