Pakistan stands embarrassed again for sending aid back it got from Turkey in 2022

Turkey was hit by a devastating earthquake earlier this month. Over 45,000 people were killed and millions left homeless

The cash-strapped nation of Pakistan is in the news once again and this time it is about the aid that Islamabad had sent to Turkey.

Authorities in Turkey have accused Pakistan of sending back the aid it had sent them during the floods of 2022. The authorities have said that Pakistan had repacked the aid they had received during the floods and sent it back following the earthquake that hit Turkey in which over 45,000 persons had lost their lives.

According to a report in CNN-News 18, authorities in Islamabad had changed the box outside, but had forgotten to change the boxes inside.

This revelation comes just days after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid a two day visit to Turkey as a special gesture to show solidarity and support.

Reports said that the message inside the box read that these materials were sent by the people of Turkey to the people of Pakistan to help them fight the devastating floods. However the message on the boxes outside carried the message that these materials are sent by the people of Pakistan to help the people of Turkey cope with the devastating earthquake.

Pakistan-based journalist, Shahid Masood had claimed on GNN news channel that Islamabad had sent C-130 planes with relief materials to Turkey. The relief materials sent by Pakistan were the ones that Turkey sent to the Sindh province when the region was hit by floods in 2022.

Turkey earthquake:

Nearly 45,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria earlier this month. Scores have loScreenshot 2023-02-20 at 1.31.47 PM.pngst their lives and many have been left homeless following the earthquake.

India has sent rescue teams to Turkey to help deal with the crisis. A lot of appreciation has come India's way for the manner in which the rescue teams had helped the people of the country deal with this huge humanitarian crisis.

Turkey is located in an area that is probe to earthquakes due to its location at the boundary of the African, Arabian and Eurasian tectonic plates. Turkey has over the years experienced numerous earthquakes and many of them have been devastating in nature.

Pakistan floods:

In Pakistan nearly 1,739 people were killed in the floods that took place between June and October 2022. The cause of the floods were due to a heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers that followed a severe heat wave, both of which are linked to climate change.

On August 25 2022, Pakistan declared a sate of emergency due to the flooding.

The floods were the deadliest since the 2020 South Asian floods. The Pakistan floods have been recorded as the costliest natural disasters in history.