New York (NY) Muslim Officers Society sent a relief goods for the flood victims in Pakistan on Sunday. Relief items include clothing and cleaning materials collected by the members of the society.
The relief package was dispatched from the John F. Kennedy International Airport through Turkish Airlines Cargo. Adeel Rana, the head NYPD Muslim Officers Society, said that millions of people have lost their homes or are underwater following the devastating floods across Pakistan. He said they would continue to relief aid following the first shipment.
Rana also expressed gratitude to Turkiye’s Consul General Reyhan Ozgur and Turkish Airlines for mediating a free delivery of the cargo to Pakistan. Society’s Vice Chairman Ali Hammutoglu said that they established three centers at different points in New York. He says they collected aid materials more than they expected in a short period.
Together with @PakinNewYork and @NYPDMuslim , we dispatched the first part of relief materials to the flood-hit Pakistan, with the sponsorship of Turkish Cargo at JFK today. Thanks to NYPDMuslim for donations.
Türkiye, as always, continues to support our Pakistani brothers. pic.twitter.com/FEvhXRRSlO
— Türkiye in New York (@TC_NewYorkBK) October 9, 2022
Adeel Rana, the head of the NYPD Muslim Officers Society, is also the first Pakistani-American deputy inspector of the New York Police Department last year. He was promoted from the post of precinct commanding officer. In 2020, Last year, he made history by becoming the first Muslim police officer to be appointed to a local precinct in the New York Police Department. Fausto Pichardo, the NYPD Chief of Patrol, confirmed the appointment of Captain Adeel Rana as the Precinct Commander.
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The next cargo will arrive with 20 tonnes of medical supplies for first aid activities for the flood disaster victims in Pakistan. Overseas Pakistanis are donating generously to facilitate the flood victims in Pakistan.
Earlier, former Prime Minister Imran Khan distributed cheques to the flood victims in Pakistan collected through fundraising. In a bid to help the flood victims, Imran Khan held three telethons to raise donations for the flood victims. Pakistanis donated generously. The first telethon raised over Rs5 billion in donations in just a 3-hour-long flood telethon. over Rs3 billion have been collected, and more continues to be collected.
A surprise visit by #HiraMani and Salman Saqib Sheikh both are not only beautiful couple but also great actors in #Pakistan#ThankYou for working on donations for people impacted by #PakistanFloods & highlighting our initiatives to help the people in need@PakinNewYork @PakinUSA pic.twitter.com/CgEIG1zqgH
— NYPDMOS (@NYPDMuslim) October 8, 2022
The first consignment of relief goods by NYPD Muslim Officers’ 4 🇵🇰floods @JFK airport! Tk @TurkishAirlines 🇹🇷4 free transportation! A big shoutout 2 Turkish Consul General @reyhanOzgurTR @AdeelRanaNYC,@ahsannyc,@kashif4progress 4 making it happen🙏 pic.twitter.com/c5Z4RpbPcS
— Pakistan Consulate General New York (@PakinNewYork) October 9, 2022
Addressing the flood victims at Dera Ismail Khan, Imran Khan said that it is a big responsibility to spend the donations transparently collected from the public. He said that PTI had decided to give money to the victims only for building houses.
“We have established a comprehensive verification system to distribute money to the flood victims. Under this system, the victims will give a check to the bank, and they will get the money because it is against my religion to humiliate the victims and give them money,” he said.