ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former premier Imran Khan is holding a live telethon to raise funds from within the country and overseas Pakistanis for the flood victims.
PTI Senator Faisal Javed is hosting the telethon. Chief ministers of Punjab and Kyhber-Pakhtunkhwa — Perviaz Elahi and Mahmood Khan — and former premier’s ex-assistant on social protection Sania Nishtar were also present on the occasion.
Those interested in making donations from abroad and within Pakistan can call on +92 42 38872222.
Speaking during Live Telethon which is being telecast by a number of TV channels, including ARY News, the PTI chief said entire Pakistan had been affected by the floods generated by back-to-back monsoon rains. He said more than 1000 people died due to devastating floods and the damages are expected to cross Rs1,000 billion.
He said that the country would have to construct more dams to save people from such devastation in future. “The sole solution to prevent the catastrophes caused by flood is to construct dams.”
During the transmission, President and CEO of ARY Digital Network, Mr. Salman Iqbal, announced a donation of Rs30 million for the rehabilitation of flood affectees.
اے آر وائی نیٹ ورک کے صدر سی ای او سلمان اقبال کا تین کروڑ روپے عطیے کا اعلان#ARYNews #ImranKhan #FloodinPakistan #PakistanKiAwazARY pic.twitter.com/SawKvKrcpm
— ARY NEWS (@ARYNEWSOFFICIAL) August 29, 2022
British-Pakistani boxer Amir Khan joined the telethon and announced Rs5 million for flood victims. Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan, who attended PTI’s live telethon transmission, announced Rs30 million for flood affectees.
The telethon has so far raised Rs1.5 billion funds for flood victims.
Total fund raising from today’s telethon by @ImranKhanPTI has now crossed a 100 crore rupees #TelethonByImranKhan
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) August 29, 2022
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