Tag: Relief

Gilani’s visits to ‘fake’ relief camps need immediate policy review

With the floodwaters inundating most parts of Sindh, the heartland of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), reports about Prime Minister (PM) Yusuf Raza...

Nawaz needs to focus on flood relief, says Firdous

Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has advised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Mian Nawaz Sharif to assist in the relief and...

US delegation visits Badin, distributes relief goods

An eight-member delegation of US officers and experts headed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Pakistan Country Director Dr Andrew Sisson...

PIA airlifting relief goods for rain-hit people free-of-charge

In view of the devastating rains and floods in Sindh, the Pakistan International Airlines has launched its relief operation and started airlifting relief goods...

Writers dissatisfied with flood relief work in Sindh

Islamabad based Sindhi writers and poets, through a resolution, have expressed dissatisfaction over equitable distribution of relief goods among flood affected people in Sindh...

Islamic Relief taking care of orphan children

Islamic Relief Pakistan’s Child Welfare Programme (CWP) has been carrying out One to One (OTO) Orphans Sponsorship Programme in both rural and urban areas...

S Korea to provide $200,000 in flood relief aid

South Korea will offer emergency relief supplies worth 200,000 U.S. dollars to flood victims in Pakistan, the foreign ministry said here on Tuesday. Heavy rains...

SMIC sets up relief camp

The Sindh Madressatul Islam College (SMIC) set up a two-day relief camp for the rain-affected people of Sindh at its premises on Monday. According...

Zardari orders flood relief on war footing

Highest priority must be given to save human lives in the flood-affected areas by ensuring that food and safe drinking water is supplied to...

Caritas provides relief to flood victims

Caritas Pakistan, a non-governmental organisation, is providing food, tents, beds, blankets, water hygienic kits, mosquito nets, seed and fertilizers to around 48,232 families in...

Gilani made to visit ‘bogus’ relief camp

The relief camp that PM Gilani visited was “artificial” and set up in a hurry in a high school in Kathri after evicting “genuine”...

Gilani made to visit ‘bogus’ relief camp

The relief camp that PM Gilani visited was “artificial” and set up in a hurry in a high school in Kathri after evicting “genuine”...

5 PDMC personnel arrested, stolen relief goods recovered

The police arrested five persons and recovered huge quantity of stolen relief goods sent by a foreign country for flood affectees of last year. According to...

Allama Iqbal Open University sets up flood relief camp

Academic Staff Association and Project Directorate of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) have jointly set up a relief camp for the flood-affected people of...

EOBI officers to donate 7 days’ salary for relief

Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) Chairman Zafar Iqbal Gondal on Thursday announced that officers will donate their salary of seven days while staff will...

Merck steps up healthcare relief efforts in rain-hit areas

Merck, one of the leading international pharmaceutical companies in the world, on Thursday announced providing free healthcare services to rain-affected persons in Sindh by...

Armed forces continue rescue, relief in rain-hit province

At the end of the 33rd day of the rescue services of the Pakistan Army in the flood-affected areas of Sindh, 2,500 people were...