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Japan offers drought support

    ISLAMABAD

    The Japanese government has pledged 481 million yen (about $4.5 million) in emergency grants to help areas of Pakistan affected by the prolonged drought in central Asia, the German Press Agency (dpa) reported on Tuesday. This sum adds to 41 million yen in emergency grants and drought relief supplies - tents, medical supplies and water tanks - given in June, it cited the Japanese foreign ministry in Tokyo as saying.

    Japan has maintained sanctions against Pakistan since it conducted unilateral nuclear tests in May 1998, freezing new grants and loans to the country, except for humanitarian purposes, the report said. The current drought has hit the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan and Sindh particularly, causing hardship for an estimated 2.2 million people.

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