Imran Khan Foundation & MKRF join Hands
Addressing a press conference, Imran Khan said the programme has been launched in collaboration with “Pukar”, a social welfare organisation of the Mir Khalilur Rehman Foundation, to provide relief to flood victims by collecting donations in cash and kind. Imran Khan said that the country is facing the biggest natural calamity faced by any nation in modern history.

He said that it is unfortunate that lack of trust in the government’s ability to properly utilise relief funds is resulting in the loss of monetary support, both from domestic and international donors.

Assuring proper utilisation of donations by Imran Khan Flood Relief (IKFR) programme, Imran Khan said that funds would be distributed in a transparent way. He said the programme would devise short and long term strategies, adding that, in the short term, necessary items would be distributed among the flood victims, while the long-term strategy would focus on rehabilitation of the displaced people. The PTI chairman said that volunteers are being invited to assist in relief activities.

The recent floods in Pakistan have caused devastation of enormous proportions, leaving at least 1600 dead and millions homeless. An area the size of England stretching from Pakistan’s north to south has been destroyed. The ravaging floods wiped out thousands of houses, schools, shops, markets, hotels, parks, crops, and billions of investment. The infrastructure including roads, bridges, power supply network, utility lines, pavements, etc., has been totally destroyed in the unprecedented floods in Pakistan’s history.

Foreign response in terms of aid for the flood victims has been slow while only a few of the pledges have so far been materialized.