*CENTURIAN: The Pakistani community in South Africa contributed Rs37mn fordams fund within two hours during the biggest fund-raising event inCenturion.*
According to the details, a bat and ball signed by the Prime Minister ImranKhan generated 3 lac (Approximately Rs 30 Lakh) Rand and 70,000 Randrespectively during the fund raising-ceremony organized by PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) South Africa chapter.
PTI’s senator Faisal Javed, Captain Shoaib Malik ,former cricket teamcaptain Ramiz Raja and the whole cricket cricket team were present at theevent.
T-shirts sighed by the national cricketers generated 70,000 rand for thedams fund in the event.
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Senator Faisal Javed applauded the passion of overseas Pakistanis and theircontributions towards the dam funds. He also thanked the Pakistani cricketteam and paid a tribute to former CJP Saqib Nisar for initiating the damfund.
Faisal Javed underscored the need of new dams to overcome the waterscarcity in the country. He said that PTI government would overcome all thechallenges in collaboration with the people’s support. The senator saidthat so far Rs9.6 bn had been collected for dams fund.
