ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan has donated 10,000 metric tons (MT) of rice to Sri Lanka to assist the people affected by drought.
Maj Gen (R) Syed Shakeel Hussain, Pakistan High Commissioner to Sri Lanka offered rice donation symbolically to President Maithripala Sirisena during a ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Friday, according to a message received here from Colombo.
Sri Lanka has received 7,800 metric tons of rice out of the total donation of 10,000 metric tons from Pakistan.
Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan was also present on the occasion. (APP)