UAE donates hand sanitisers to institutions
Embassy launches Let’s Give Everyone a [Clean] Hand programme
The UAE Embassy yesterday launched the “Let’s Give Everyone a [Clean] Hand” programme for the schools, colleges, universities and orphanages of Islamabad.
The programme features mainly distribution of hand sanitisers, Covid-19 awareness material, books etc.
In this regard, the embassy chose Pakistan’s top university Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) for handing over some 4,000 hand sanitisers and 200 books.
UAE Ambassador Hamad Obaid Ebrahim Al Zaabi while speaking at the handing-over ceremony of hand sanitisers expressed the UAE government’s resolve to strengthen relations with Pakistan in all areas.
Pakistan, he said, was like a home to the late Founder of the UAE, Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the bilateral relations between the two countries are established on mutual love, regard and trust.
Landmark achievement
Over 1 million Pakistanis are contributing to the economy of the UAE and of Pakistan as well, and the UAE leadership highly valued their positive role, he said.
The UAE envoy said the hygiene campaign under the “Let’s Give Everyone a [Clean] Hand” aims at assisting Pakistan’s government in efforts to combat Covid-19. Pakistan has already done well against the pandemic and even the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised the country’s landmark achievement against the virus including it among the seven countries the world should learn from in the fight against coronavirus.
Ambassador Zaabi said the UAE leadership has always given importance to assist Pakistan (besides economic cooperation) in health care and education sectors as they establish people-to-people strong ties and are meant for generations.
Even presently, the UAE government-run projects are underway in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), South Waziristan and Balochistan, said the ambassador.
In far and wide of Pakistan, numerous educational institutions and state-of-the-art hospitals reflect the UAE government’s commitment to contribute to Pakistan’s development, said the ambassador.