ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Liu Jian in meeting with Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday told her that the Chinese government would be providing $5 million in cash to the flood-hit people in the country, Foreign Office said.
China has already donated $4.7 million for the flood victims while supplying an additional 7000 tents recently, Foreign Office statement said.
Khar appreciated China's timely assistance and this bears testimony to the time-tested friendship enjoyed by the two countries.
China was the first to announce assistance for flood-hit Pakistanis days before President Asif Ali Zardari launched international appeal for aid.
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China's $5M = all weather friend; USA's $7.2B = permanent enemy! That says it all.
Did they specify who's account this is going to?
@bangash! do not forget the Chinese investment along with Chinese direct cash. Atleast investment give benefits to common people. China is real friend. We are spoiled child who needs direct money to buy books, but not books bought by our father.
$5000000 for 20000000 people affected by floods and rains in Sind comes to $0.25 per affectee.In terms of rupees it comes to approx.Rs.22/- per affectee.Indeed a huge sum from a lofty friend. Thank You.
@Jameel: how shamelessly you are claiming for others money !!! its not other's responsibility to provide money for pakistan's carelessness, its your duty to secure your own people,
" This is an amount with which you would get a 3 bedroom flat in South Bombay".
Sorry state of affairs.
Thank you China for singlehandedly wiping Pakistan's deficit !! With your generous $5 million aid, Pakistan can now build a few mega-powerplants and solve the energy crisis in one bold stroke. You, my dear All-Weather Friend, are the epitome of generosity. I can now see why the people of Pakistan place so much faith on you in their hour of need.
Pakistan, as usual, is a beggar nation. And judging by some of the comments, ungrateful as well!
A gupt dan would have at least saved the blushes all around
$4 million will be divided up between politicians, bureaucrats and generals.
lol! China knows exactly how to place pakistan in its rightful place.
@Hina Mussarat:
You are very correct China just want to become a "violent super power"in future and using every instrument to buy poor people in the region against petty amount. To be very honest it wants to buy entire Ballochistan to spread communism in the region.
Shamta Parsad Benaras
The last people to end up in Chinese embrace were the North Koreans and the Burmese.
@Jameel: What do you expect from the communists who dont believe in God but only in the Dollar
China is really kanjoos, this amount is peanuts.
Pakistan-China friendship is said to be higher than the Himalayas. Height of Mt. Everest is 8848 meters.
Thickness of US$ 1 bill is 0.11 mm. Stack of 5 million US$1 bills will be 550,000 mm or 550 meters tall.
Doesn't seem like the friendship is quite as high as Pakistani leaders claim. For ~$80 million it may start to measure up.
that is total waste of money of China. NEVER give cash, as it will directly go to swiss banks.
How will Pakistan pay back such a huge amount to its all weather friend? To demonstrate its gratitude, Pakistan should lease the Gwadar port to China for the next one thousand years, without any rental or service charge!
This shows the depth of relationship between China and Pakistan. This also shows what would happen after the US and Western aid is stopped. This amount must be "enough" to alleviate poverty from Pakistan. While a tiny country like Greece is getting hundreds of billions of $$ in aid from its neighbors, Pakistan is more than happy to receive "high five".
@Jameel so how much you want.... $3000 billion ???
oh man, that is hard earned money of the country... and u want it for free ?... please talk sense
China was the first to announce assistance for flood-hit Pakistanis.
and
MAY BE THE LAST ONE TOO.
Pak-China friendship is lofty than Himalayan mountains and deeper than Atlantic Ocean or the Sea of China.
Why China is interested in giving such a 'HUGE GRANT' to Pakistan when it is itself in dire economic situation. If he is so generous and sincere to Pakistani brothers why don't it helps Pakistan in overcoming energy crisis or help support Solar Energy Projects or the small amount of money is being paid just to take control of "Gwadar Port".
Hina
credit again goes to china :D.. it makes pakistan to left the kashkol..
What a paltry sum offered by the all weather friend of Pakistan? India's offer of 10 millions during last year's floods was reluctantly accepted by Pakistan.
Hmm what about US aid.
Is PAK going to mint coin to commemorate the US assistance of the past and present ?
5 million dollars?? From China?? what a joke !!! it is pittance in terms of International aid.
Wow, a whopping $5 million from China's $3000 billion reserves. How can we ever thank China enough?