Sportpersons to go on streets to raise funds for flood victims

Karachi, Aug 24 (PTI) Top cricketers and hockey Olympians of Pakistan will go out on the streets of major cities to raise funds for the millions of flood affected people of the country. Former Test captain Moin Khan told a press conference yesterday that many former and present players have given their consent for the fund collection and raising drive that would start next week. "All the players want to play their role in collecting funds for the flood victims and we will go out on the streets and implore with the people to donate funds and anything else they can to make life easier for the millions affected in the devastation," Moin said. Many former and present cricketers and hockey stars of Pakistan have been working under the umbrella of the Islamic Relief Fund, which has offices in many parts of the world to raise funds for noble causes. Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi, Rashid Latif and Moin have also attended the Islamic Relief Fund charity events in Dubai, the UK and US in recent past to gather funds for different causes. "When the earthquake struck our country five years back we launched a similar fund raising drive by going on to the streets and the response was overwhelming for us," Moin said. Former Test player Jalaluddin said the sporting fraternity wanted to play its part in raising funds for the flood victims as they commanded lot of respect, love and credibility among the Pakistani people. Former player and a leading official of the Islamic Relief Fund, Haris Khan said that sportspersons would go on the streets in walkathons and set up camps to collect funds and goods. "We will then ourselves travel to the flood affected areas and distribute these among the deserving victims of the devastating floods," he said. The Pakistan Cricket Board has already announced its intentions to organise some charity matches to raise funds for the flood victims. The national team players have also announced that they would give part of their match fees for the flood victims. PTI Cor SSC