According to the latest statement of AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency), 45,089 people lost their lives. 115,000 people were injured, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported.
As the rest of the world raced to aid Turkey, Pakistani institutions and leaders were seen taking advantage of the tragedy to forward their own agenda on divisive subjects like Kashmir.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that the decision-making at multilateral organizations like the United Nations doesn't reflect the realities of present-day politics, economics, or aspirations of the people at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting (G20FMM) held here.
The G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting commenced with a minute's silence observed for those who lost their lives in the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
Turkish Foreign Ministry stated, "At the meeting, ministers will exchange views on key issues on the global agenda, chiefly, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, food and energy security, counterterrorism, strengthening multilateralism and development cooperation."
The death of an Uyghur refugee has raised concerns about the treatment of the more than 50 Uyghur refugees who have been held at the centre since 2014.
These elections may turn out to be the most symbolic, dramatic and important in Turkey's modern history, as they will mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, will decide the course the country will take in the coming decades.
Without any formal orders by the Pakistan government or the provincial governments, officers of the Balochistan government have found a fifty per cent cut in their salaries this month on the grounds that they are required to contribute to the Turkey relief aid, as per the report by the As
A year ago, the Narendra Modi led-government at the centre undertook what looked like a massive challenge- to rescue Indian students from Ukraine which was in the middle of a war with Russia.
"It was a timely decision and the excellent interagency coordination between all the stakeholders due to which they (60 Para field hospital team) were amongst the first few medical teams that reached Turkey," General Pande said.