Expats donate Rs370m for dam fund

Pakistani community in South Africa has donated Rs 3,70,000,00 for dam fund in the biggest fund raising event by the Pakistani community in South Africa ever.

An autographed bat and ball of Prime Minister Imran Khan has been auctioned for 0.3 million Rand (South Africa Currency) and 70 thousand Rand respectively. National cricket teams signed bat has also been auctioned for 1.5 lac Rands. Fundraising event was arranged by PTI South Africa chief organizer Zahid Afzal, said a press release received here on Tuesday.

Event was attended by Former captain and commentator Ramiz Hasan Raja and Pakistan cricket team Captain Shoiab Malik, M. Hafeez, Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Shahdab Khan, Usman Shenwari, Mohammad Ramzan, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, bowling coach Azhar Mehmood, Team Management Talat Ali and Mansoor Rana.

Speaking at the occasion, the chief guest Senator Faisal Javed thanked Pakistani community for generously donating in the dam fund.

He said that with this passion, Pakistan could overcome every challenge.

“We all have to work hard together to steer the country on the path of progress”, he added. He said that it has been more than 40 years now, not a single Dam was built and presently, the country has the water storage capacity of one month only. Faisal Javed said that Diamer Basha and Mohmand Dams will help solve water crisis in the country. Pakistan receives around 145 million acre feet of water every year but can only save 13.7 million acre feet. Pakistan needed 40 million acre feet of water but 29 million acre feet of floodwater was wasted, said Faisal Javed.