ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has raised Rs5 billion in a second telethon for the flood-victims.
Later Sunday night, the former premier hosted a second fundraiser to collect donations from North America for flood survivors.
قوم کا اعتماد عمران خان !
29 اگست:پہلی ٹیلی تھون +500کروڑ
11ستمبر : دوسری ٹیلی تھون +521کروڑ pic.twitter.com/ypJKM7Xt0X— PTI (@PTIofficial) September 12, 2022
Over 33 million people have been severely affected by the floods, situations is worse than 2010 floods, the PTI Chief said at the outset of the telethon. The nation would have to come together in this difficult time, he added.
The PTI Chief said that Pakistan contributes less than 1% to the global carbon footprint but we are among the most affected countries by climate change. We have pushed ourselves into the calamity by not building more dams, said Imran Khan.
“جو لوگ ملک کی خدمت کرنا چاہتےہیں یہ حکومت ہی اسکا راستہ روک رہی ہے۔ یہ ٹیلی تھون سب چینلز پر آنا چاہئے تھا لیکن انہوں نے وہ نہیں آنے دیا اور جو تین چینلز دکھا رہے تھے انکو کیبل پر نہیں آنے دیا۔اس طرح کی بے حسی آج تک کسی حکومت نے نہیں کی”
چئیرمین عمران خان #TelethonByImranKhan pic.twitter.com/kbVT3PORh8— PTI (@PTIofficial) September 11, 2022
In the first telethon PTI Chief Imran Khan collected over Rs5 billion for the flood relief operations. According to Senator Faisal Javed Khan, who moderated the event, the former prime minister collected over Rs5 billion in donations in 3 hours long flood telethon.
During the transmission on Sunday night, a US-based Pakistani citizen pledged $10 million to the ex-premier’s fund, while a Florida-based Pakistani pledged $50,000 to the fund.
One resident of Canada pledged to donate $25,000, while another pledged $100,000. An Attock-resident pledged Rs2.5m, while Muslim Care UK also pledged 30,000 pounds to the fund.
A former European Parliament lawmaker said 64,000 pounds would be donated to the funds, while anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan said he and his friends had decided to contribute Rs36 million to the fund.
Sania Nishtar, who is in charge of the funds, said data from the Ehsaas program would be used to distribute the amount among the survivors and assured that there would be no discrimination.
