*ISLAMABAD – The total amount in the PM-CJP Diamer Bhasha Dam fund hascrossed Rs 3.7 billion.*
*Earlier Pakistan Football Federation has donated prize money of 1.2million rupees, won in the recently concluded South Asian FootballFederation (SAFF) Cup in Bangladesh, to the dam fund.*
A delegation of the federation called on Chief Justice of Pakistan SaqibNisar in Islamabad on Wednesday and presented a cheque. The chief justicegreatly appreciated their gesture.
The ‘Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand Dam Fund 2018’ was established by thefederal government in pursuance of a Supreme Court order for raising fundsfor the construction of the two dams.
CJP Nisar was the first to donate money for the fund as on July 5 bydepositing ten million rupees. The fund also collected over Rs3.7 billionto date.
The fund was merged with PM’s fund created by Imran Khan on September 7,and can receive donations and contributions from both domestic andinternational donors, individuals and companies and the general public.