Sunday, August 28th, 2022
Two aircrafts with relief goods from Turkiye to arrive on Monday: Marriyum
ISLAMABAD, AUG 28 (DNA) — Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that two aircrafts from Turkiye carrying relief goods would arrive in Karachi on Monday. “The Consul General of Turkiye in Karachi will hand over the relief goods to the Pakistani authorities at the airport tomorrow morning,” she said in a series of tweets on Sunday. The relief goods included tents, medicines and other items, the minister added. She said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif informed Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan about the devastation caused by flood inRead More
Millions need humanitarian aid, rescue, rebuilding: Experts
DNA ISLAMABAD, AUG 28: Millions of people hit by the worst floods in Pakistan’s history of six decades need huge humanitarian aid in terms of food and non-food items, tents, toilets, hygiene kits, sanitary pads, and cash for quick response, rescue and recovery. Pakistan also needs trained humanitarian workers with global expertise to bring people out of trauma and flood waters and help them rebuild. This was the crux of a discussion over twitter space organized by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) wherein experts with humanitarian background highlighted aRead More
Digital economy need of hour to meet emerging global challenges: Meher Kashif
ISLAMABAD, Aug 28 (APP):Fully equipping Pakistan with digital economy is now need of hour to meet the ever increasing emerging global challenges through result oriented digital connectivity with advanced countries especially with China. Speaking as a keynote speaker at a seminar on “Global Digital Governance”, which held under the aegis of Gold Ring Economic Forum (GREF) on Sunday Coordinator to Federal Tax Ombudsman Meher Kashif Younis said that China, the United States and the European Union with respective comprehensive strengthen and sci-tech capabilities,have become the three poles in theRead More
PCB to donate gate proceeds from 1st T20I against England to PM’s Flood Relief Fund
By Sohail Ali LAHORE, Aug 28 (APP):The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Sunday that the gate earnings from the first T20I against England would be donated to Prime Minister’s Flood Relief Fund 2022. The match will be played on 20 September at the National Stadium in Karachi and will begin at 7.30pm (local time). The PCB urged cricket fans and followers to purchase tickets in big numbers once they are made available online for sale next week to show unity with all those affected by the calamity, helpRead More
President reinforces appeal for int’l assistance
ISLAMABAD, Aug 28 (APP):President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday reinforced the Government of Pakistan’s appeal for international assistance and relief to support the flood affectees. On his Twitter handle, the president said that recent floods had devastated Pakistan as more than one thousand people had lost their lives with billions of dollars damages caused to infrastructure. The president also appealed to the people in the country to donate generously to help support the flood victims. “Floods have devastated Pakistan. More than 1K lives lost & billions of $s ofRead More
AIOU starts flood relief activities
ISLAMABAD, Aug 28 (APP):Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has established relief camps in different parts of the country for the flood affectees. Vice Chancellor AIOU Professor Dr Zia Ul-Qayyum has instructed AIOU’s Regional Directors to set up relief camps in flood-affected areas of the country to help the victims. It is pertinent to mention here that the university has 56 Regional Centres in different parts of Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir, and Gilgit Baltistan. The Vice-Chancellor has said, “we cannot leave them alone in this difficult time”.Read More