PM Shehbaz urged the world to extend ‘tangible & timely’ material support to Turkey and Syria

Islamabad: (Staff Reporter) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged the world to extend tangible and timely material support to Turkey and Syria after devastating earthquake killed over 4,000 with several others trapped under the rubble of thousands of razed buildings.

According to the tweet, the premier wrote: “24 hours after the devastating earthquake hit Turkiye & Syria, scenes of death & destruction are mind numbing. It breaks the heart to witness sheer scale of unfolding human tragedy”. He said solidarity should translate into tangible and timely material support for suffering humanity.

As per details the confirmed death toll across the two countries has soared above 4,000 after a swarm of strong tremors near the Turkey-Syria border the largest of which measured at a massive 7.8 magnitude.

Meanwhile the premier and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari are expected to leave for Turkiye on Feb 8 to offer condolences amid the devastating earthquake.