UAE sends 20 tons of dates to Pakistan

UAE sends 20 tons of dates to Pakistan
UAE’s Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation on Thursday sent 20 tons of dates to Pakistan. (AFP)
Updated 24 May 2018
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UAE sends 20 tons of dates to Pakistan

UAE sends 20 tons of dates to Pakistan

ABU DHABI: The UAE’s Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation on Thursday shipped 395 tons of dates to 26 countries, including 20 tons to Pakistan. 
This is part of its Ramadan initiative to distribute dates to the poor in Muslim communities, as well as to charities, hospitals, mosques, schools, Islamic centers and elderly homes.
Out of the 395 tons, 20 are being distributed in Bahrain; 15 each in Egypt, Morocco, Germany, Japan, Bangladesh and Malaysia; 30 each in Lebanon and the Yemeni island of Socotra; 24 in Somalia; and 40 in Kazakhstan, among other countries.