Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has said China has always stood with Pakistan in times of need.

Addressing an event in Islamabad on Thursday, he said the Chinese enterprises while feeling the sufferings of flood affected people of Pakistan have donated fifteen million rupees in the Prime Minister's relief fund.  He said China is giving twenty-five thousand tents to provide shelter to the flood victims while Red Cross Society of China has offered three hundred thousand dollars to Pakistan Red Crescent.

He said we are grateful to the Chinese brothers who felt the pain of Pakistani nation and this is the true spirit of Iron brotherhood.