Former prime minister and Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Pakistani Chairman Imran Khan international fundraising telethon for in flood victims.
In your post at the beginning of telethon, Imran said goal of the telethon was supposed to raise funds for flood there are no victims government alone can deal with such a disaster.
“The whole country has suffered from this [floods]… according to the initial loss estimate of over 1000 billion rupees incurred due to floods and over 1000 people still dead,” he said.
He said he got a lot of calls from Pakistanis including expats who wanted to help in flood victims. former the prime minister said people I can donate for two bank accounts opened by the governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The funds will be directed to help in flood-hit people across the country, he said.
event moderated PTI leader Faisal Javed, while chief ministers of Punjab and Kihber Pakhtunkhwa – Perviaz Elahi and Mehmood Khan – and former former assistant to the premier on social protection Sania Nishtar were also gift on happening.
Initial economic losses from floods in Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said Pakistan could reach at least $10 billion. Reuters in interview earlier today.
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Unprecedented and historic flash floods caused abnormal monsoon rains washed away roads, crops, infrastructure and bridges, killing at least 1000 people in recent weeks and affects more than 33 million
“I think it will be huge. While (a) very early, the preliminary estimate is that it is big higher over $10 billion,” Iqbal said.
minister said it might take five years to rebuild and rehabilitate the South Asian nation of 200 million people who will facing spicy challenge of food shortage.
