ISLAMABAD – Pakistani community in South Africa has donated Rs 3,70,000,00for dam fund in the biggest fund raising event by the Pakistani communityin South Africa ever.
An autographed bat and ball of Prime Minister Imran Khan has been auctionedfor 0.3 million Rand (South Africa Currency) and 70 thousand Randrespectively. National cricket teams signed bat has also been auctioned for1.5 lac Rands. Fundraising event was arranged by PTI South Africa chieforganizer Zahid Afzal, said a press release received here on Tuesday.Event was attended by Former captain and commentator Ramiz Hasan Raja andPakistan cricket team Captain Shoiab Malik, M. Hafeez, Babar Azam, ShaheenAfridi, Shahdab Khan, Usman Shenwari, Mohammad Ramzan, Hasan Ali, ImadWasim, Faheem Ashraf, bowling coach Azhar Mehmood, Team Management TalatAli and Mansoor Rana.Speaking at the occasion, the chief guest Senator Faisal Javed thankedPakistani 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 ofprogress”, he added.
He said that it has been more than 40 years now, not a single Dam wasbuilt and presently, the country has the water storage capacity of onemonth only.Faisal Javed said that Diamer Basha and Mohmand Dams will help solve watercrisis in the country. Pakistan receives around 145 million acre feet ofwater every year but can only save 13.7 million acre feet. Pakistan needed40 million acre feet of water but 29 million acre feet of floodwater waswasted, said Faisal Javed.
