LONDON: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting with the former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo Nawaz Sharif in London on Sunday and exchanged views on different matters including the country’s economic and political situation.

The premier arrived at the office of Hasan Nawaz in London to meet his brother. Former finance minister Ishaq Dar, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and his son Suleman Shahbaz also accompanied him.

Later talking to the reporters, the premier said that the government was determined to complete the rehabilitation of the flood affectees at the earliest, adding that friendly countries were extending assistance to the flood affectees.

The premier said the relief goods were arriving on aeroplanes, trains, and ships, adding people of Pakistan were also giving donations and the federal and provincial governments were performing their roles in the relief and rehabilitation of the flood-hit people.

The coalition government had allocated Rs 70 billion and was giving Rs 25000 each to the affected families, through the Benazir Income Support Programme, he informed.

Shehbaz Sharif said the government was providing clean water, food, tents and other essential items to the flood victims through national and provincial disaster management authorities.

“The whole nation and the armed forces are helping the flood affectees.”