ISLAMABAD: Senate has decided to purchase and distribute relief goods among flood affectees in Sindh.
Senator
Ishaq Dar from PML-N told the house Wednesday 24 senators attended the
senate meeting held on Wednesday and they decided that every senator
would donate Rs 25,000 each to Flood Relief Fund (FRF). This way Rs
13.1 millions have been collected and a committee has been constituted
for utilisation of this fund , he said.
Committee will purchase
relief goods for flood affectees and distribute among them in the shape
of packs. However these goods would not be handed over to any DCO or
district administration, he pointed out. Relief goods would be
despatched in the name of senate only rather than in any other name, he
added.
Opposition leader Senator Abdul Ghafoor Haidri said that
29 billion rupees were lying in Prime Minister (PM) Discretionary Fund
(DF). If the house meets PM collectively and requests him to provide
maximum amount out of his DF to flood affectees, he added. .
He
went on to say when blood carnage was continuing in the country and
mosques and Madaris were being targeted then only scourge of Almighty
Allah will overtake the country. .
Mushahid Ullah Khan of PML-N
urged that every senator should donate 15 days income to flood FRF so
that no one could dare to criticise.
Senator Kazim Khan said all the senators were making coordinated efforts for providing assistance to flood affectees. Online
