The Royal Air Force has transported a UK military aid package to support Pakistan following the recent national floods.
According to a news release, an Atlas A400M aircraft delivered the Ministry of Defence provision of eight general-purpose boats with outboard engines and repair kits, and ten portable electricity generators.
“The heavy lift aircraft flew from RAF Brize Norton and landed in Pakistan Air Force Base Nur Khan, where the military aid package was received by Pakistan’s ground crews. The provision followed a multinational request from the Pakistan authorities for additional aid. This military aid was provided in addition to the UK government’s further commitment to flood relief in the country. The UK is continuing to provide assistance through international organisations working with victims of the disaster, including the World Bank and the UN.”
James Heappey MP, Armed Forces Minister, was quoted as saying:
“Our thoughts remain with all those impacted by the flooding in Pakistan. Responding to humanitarian crises across the globe, helping our partners in their hour of need, is what our Armed Forces do best and I’m proud that we were able to respond to Pakistan’s request for help rapidly with the assistance of the RAF.”
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“And thanks for all the Shell-fish” 😏
Well done Britain 🇬🇧! Keep on being a great force for good in this crazy world! 🇦🇺 🇳🇿
Hope we and the rest of the West can keep on supporting Ukraine 🇺🇦 to help them well and truly kick the Russian’s out of their country too! Looks like there’s still a need GBAD their to stop those bloody missiles raining down or better, to take out their launch sites! Strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦, its people, its forces and their President! 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇳🇿
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No you were right first time.
Crazy world ? It’s plain bat shit bonkers ! only in the U.K. is it considered sane to deliver aid (over and above the 300 odd million this year) to a nation that funds a Nuclear weapons programme 🙈
This subject is apparently going to feature in season 4 of The unexplained with Willy Shatner…….
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I’ll tell you what I find interesting about Pakistan is that it is skint, in Aug 22, it went cap in hand to the IMF asking for $6 billion and it received $1.1 billion. Many reasons why Pakistan is bankrupt but the main one is when Khan came to power in 2018, Pakistan was one of the biggest benefactors of Saudi Aid, yet when SA and the UAE refused to side with Islamabad over Kashmir in 2019, both countries became the targets of much vitriol from the Pakistani parliament , which saw SA simply say, fine, no more money and… Read more »
I don’t know why we bother giving aid to Pakistan, their duplicity is breathtaking, they sheltered trained, and armed the Taliban, and gave refuge to Bin Laden. The whole country is a seething hotbed of anti western/ Deobandi Ideology.
Because you can bet your bottom dollar we are getting something in return.
Human Compassion…the people affected are mainly the very very poor..and deserve all the international help they can get…without Political interference.
Despite all the crazy buggers around you’ve still got to still have some compassion for their general population BoF. A third of the country underwater! Can you imagine that? The poor buggers and a lot of them are absolutely poor as! Britain is showing its humanity, leadership, helping hand, bloody good logistics abilities and flying the flag! Good to keep in with Pakistan even if partially in the Western fold. They’re a key Trade partner and export route for China’s Belt & Road with port access to the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean trade routes so we wouldn’t want to… Read more »
There’s also the less savoury but incredibly serious problem of the diaspora in this country, and the small but significant proportion of them who live as a fifth column.
The Security Service apparently has over 2,000 on file and has to prioritise which are assigned an A4 ST, obviously.
But Prevent and the Police CT programme generally has been diminished as we have to be PC and devote equal time to the far right white extremists as Islamic extremism. I don’t recall how many far right have blown up buses and tube trains and loathe the nation they’re in and won’t assimilate. Not many. Ho hum!
Since 1999 at least eight far-right extremists have been convicted of terrorism, such as bombings, in this country.
Lies, damn lies, and statistics
T wrote: “”Since 1999 at least eight far-right extremists have been convicted of terrorism, such as bombings, in this country.”” Break down for you: 17 April, 24 April, 30 April: 1999 London nail bombings: David Copeland set off three nail bombs in London targeting the black, Bangladeshi and gay communities respectively, killing three people (including a pregnant woman) and injuring 129. Copeland, a far-right extremist, was convicted of murder on 30 June 2000. 29 April 2013 to 12 July: Pavlo Lapshyn, a Ukrainian student and right-wing extremist, fatally stabbed Birmingham resident Mohammed Saleem on 29 April. Lapshyn later detonated a… Read more »
Farouk replied better than I ever could. But yes, yes, appalling. And the “scoreboard” on the other side makes even grimmer reading. My comment on prevent still stands, as does Levis 5th column point. How many more are being imported as we speak across the channel with no checks? Which only further fuels the situation. The PC aspect even spread to stop and search, encouraged by Abbott, Corbyn, and all. I don’t think elderly ladies in Tunbridge wells require stopping like gangs of blacks and Albanians in London who I’d confidently suggest kill each other more in a few months… Read more »
Bravo, as always.
Absolutley – I appreciate that Aid is often seen as soft power…but in the case of Pakistan I fail to see why this is given I do not trust them…at all.
However of course in this instance help with assisting specific flood victims is obvioulsy very much a neccessity.
Look a bit …and you’ll see any planes that go don’t come back empty…. Nice trips via Romania, cyprus ,😏
Romania, Cyprus? You’ve lost me.
Munitions. Been sending em to Ukraine via for a while now
Well said
Good afternoon Gentlemen The above comments confuse too many issues namely: 1. Humanitarian aid for people affected by biblical floods. 2. The removal of Imran Niazi as PM 3. Pakistan Military 4. Jehadis in UK. 1. Humanitarian Relief: The British armed forces should be complimented for providing much needed boats and Generators. The floods have affected mainly poor people in Sindh who have nothing to do with International Jehadi organisations. 2. Rwmoval of Imran Niazi is much a “International Conspiracy” as removal of Boris Johnson! To make martyr of Imran is rather pathetic! 3. Pakistan Military: Every country needs armed… Read more »
Why are the UK giving to these countries? Corrupt politicians, police, services etc, what aid do we get when needed?. British taxpayers should decide where our hard earned taxes go,, Pakistan is not in as much debt as the UK is.
Hopefully full of Soviet style ammunition for the return journey.
Tough times for some of the population just now. We are very lucky in the U.K. that we don’t really have these kinds of catastrophic events that devastate massive areas at one time repeatedly.
Sorry, bit with all due respect and concern for their plight, they can fuck off and whistle!
…mean while, back to the war going on in Ukraine…pity they didn’t blow an even bigger hole in the Kerch bridge! It’s a start at least!
Is this all the British Government has sent thus far?