A spokesman has called for aid agencies to provide supplies to victims in order to avoid a "humanitarian catastrophe". The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society said that the organization was ready to provide relief, medical assistance and rescue efforts to the affected parties.[44] In Pakistan, trucks were expected to bring medicine, shelters, blankets and other relief goods across the border to Afghanistan on the orders of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the night of 22 June.[45] On June 23, Pakistan distpatched 8 trucks of aid containing tents, tarpaulin, blankets and medicine for the victims in Afghanistan.[46] The Turkish Red Crescent also provided aid in the form of food packs to 500 families.[47]