Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's wife, Emine Erdoğan, was in Pakistan on a two-day visit to present officials with TL 3.5 million collected at a fundraising dinner in Turkey to help heal wounds of flood-stricken Pakistanis.

On Thursday, Erdoğan coordinated efforts for TL 1 million worth of humanitarian aid, including medicine, to be distributed to people in need in Islamabad. Pakistan was hit by torrential monsoon rains last month that triggered the country's worst natural disaster on record. Floods destroyed villages, bridges and roads and killed up to 1,600 people. More than 4 million people have been displaced by flooding and there is widespread concern about the country's recovery.Emine Erdoğan visited Pakistan to present officials with TL 3.5 million collected at a fundraising dinner in Turkey to help heal wounds of flood-stricken Pakistanis. On Thursday, Erdoğan coordinated efforts for TL 1 mln worth of humanitarian aid, including medicine, to be distributed to people in need in Islamabad Erdoğan coordinated a fundraising dinner last week where a group of Turkish businesswomen raised TL 3.5 million for Pakistan's flood victims. She flew to Pakistan on Wednesday to personally deliver aid to some of the victims. She was accompanied by State Minister Egemen Bağış, State Minister for Family and Women's Affairs Selma Aliye Kavaf, Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputies Ayşenur Bahçekapılı and Fuat Bol, singer Muazzez Ersoy and her daughter, Sümeyye Erdoğan.The Turkish delegation was welcomed by a group of Pakistani state ministers and Turkey's ambassador to the country, Babür Hızlan.Erdoğan traveled to the Nowshera region yesterday, the area worst affected by the floods. She met with flood victims in the houses built by the Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) in the region. She received a heartfelt welcome at the houses, called “Mevlana Evleri” (Mevlana Houses), which were named after world-famous Muslim poet Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi. She chatted with flood victims there for some time and presented them with gifts. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's wife, Emine Erdoğan, paid a two-day visit to flood-stricken Pakistan. She held a fundraising dinner last week in which a group of Turkish businesswomen raised TL 3.5 million for Pakistan's flood victims. She flew to Pakistan on Wednesday to personally deliver aid to some of the victims. She later returned to Islamabad to visit the National Disaster Management Authority in the city.In the evening Erdoğan met with Pakistani Parliamentary Speaker Fehmida Mirza. She also paid a visit to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and had dinner with Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani.Singer Ersoy told reporters before she left for Pakistan that she decided to accompany Erdoğan to help her with the aid efforts for Pakistan. “We all know the level of the disaster there. I am going to help Emine Erdoğan with the aid efforts. I hope everything will be better in Pakistan soon,” she noted. Novsera Cihan 03 September 2010, FridayOSMAN EROL  NOVSERA