Chief Minister’s Flood Relief Fund inaugurated

PESHAWAR, Aug 13 (APP): The NWFP Government has opened a fund “Chief Minister’s Flood Relief Fund NWFP 2008 and both the domestic and international donors would donate in the fund.

The contributions from abroad will be received at all branches of nationalized commercial banks where such branches exist. In other foreign countries contributions will be received at Pakistan Missions and remitted to the State Bank of Pakistan.

It is worth mentioning that the recent flood and heavy rains had played havoc with most of the villages in the suburbs of Peshawar and other areas of NWFP. The floods caused huge damages to the lives and property of the people of the province.

The provincial government has appealed the donors, philanthropists and NGOs to generously deposit their donations in the said fund and wholeheartedly help the flood affectees in this hour of trial.