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Chinese Embassy donates PKR 7 million to Pakistan for quake relief

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$235,420
Commitment Year•2005Country of Activity•PakistanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PakistanSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

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Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2005
Start (actual)
Oct 1, 2005
End (actual)
Oct 18, 2005

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The project donated funds to the Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir, which was hit by the 2005 earthquake. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3780130

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Pakistan

Loan desecription

Chinese Embassy donates PKR 7 million to Pakistan for quake relief

Narrative

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Project narrative

Following the earthquake that hit Pakistan on October 18, 2005, the Chinese Ambassador Zhang Chunxiang presented a donation of 7 million rupees and 2,055 US dollars (personal donation from diplomats) for the President's Earthquake Relief Fund, an earthquake relief fund set up by the government of Pakistan, on behalf of the Chinese companies working in and around Islamabad and personnel of the Embassy to the Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan.