ISLAMABAD: Overseas Pakistanis have so far contributed around Over Rs1.5 billion to the Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams fund which includes Rs368 million donated by Pakistani expatriates living in Britain, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).A total of Rs10.11 billion was deposited in the fund in the last nine month, which included some Rs8.64 billion contributed by local residents and institutions, the fundraising status of Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Prime Minister of Pakistan Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams fund showed on Monday.The former chief justice of Pakistan, Mian Saqib Nisar, had launched the dams fund on July 6 that was later joined by Prime Minister Imran Khan, making it a joint venture to overcome the country’s water scarcity.Till March 25 of this year, according to the SBP, the overseas Pakistanis shared some 15 per cent of the total contribution for the construction of the dams.Most of the foreign donations, around Rs542 million, came from the Pakistanis living in the US while around Rs368 million from those living in the UK. Other major donations by the overseas Pakistanis came from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Switzerland, Norway, Turkey, Japan, China, Sweden, Russia, Brazil, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Austria, Brunei, Denmark, the Netherland, Belgium, Finland, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Fiji, Ireland, South Korea, Thailand, Oman, Jordan, the Maldives, Nigeria, Peru, Tunisia and the Philippines.
03-26-2019, 09:03 AM
Over Rs1.5bn donated by Pak expats for dam fund
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