ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has raised more than 5 billion rupees for flood-affectees during a three-hour long international telethon being held on Monday night.
The former premier collected over Rs5 billion in donations in 3 hours long flood telethon, said Senator Faisal Javed Khan, who moderated the event.
Shukriya Pakistan, InshAllah we will win this challenge as a Nation ????????#عمران_خان_ٹیلی_تھون_مہم #TelethonByImranKhan pic.twitter.com/te1Yp2PaZw
— PTI (@PTIofficial) August 29, 2022
According to the National Disaster Management Authority the calamitous floods in recent history so far have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced some 33 million. It said this year’s floods were comparable to 2010 —the worst on record —when over 2,000 people died and nearly a fifth of the country was under water.
During the telethon, Chief Ministers of Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa — Pervaiz Elahi and Mahmood Khan — former premier’s ex-assistant on social protection Sania Nishtar joined Imran Khan’s telethon. Several featured in the telethon.
“Despite 18 cases against me, despite putting terror charges on me, we will talk to Federal Govt and Sindh govt to take them in loop so maximum help can be given to people affected with floods”-@ImranKhanPTI #عمران_خان_ٹیلی_تھون_مہم pic.twitter.com/cx8k0OJyjT
— PTI (@PTIofficial) August 29, 2022
During the live telethon, PTI chairman Imran Khan said entire Pakistan had been affected by the floods generated by back-to-back monsoon rains. “More than 1,000 people have died due to devastating floods and the damages are expected to cross Rs1,000 billion,” he said.
Live Telethon was telecast by a number of TV channels.
The former prime minister 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 a flood is to construct dams.”
British-Pakistani boxer Amir Khan also 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 overseas Pakistanis participated in the telethon and spoke directly to Imran Khan via telephonic calls to offer their donations for the flood-hit victims.
