ISLAMABAD – The fund dedicated for the construction of Diamir Bhasha andMohmand dams has so far received over Rs 276 million from variousindividuals and groups.
According to the latest update issued by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP),the “Supreme Court of Pakistan’s Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand Dams Fund”received Rs 17.5 million on July 20, Rs 33.263 million on July 19 and Rs40.1 million on July 18.
Similarly, total donations received in the fund through various public andcommercial banks on July 17 was Rs 60.43 million, on July 16 Rs 34.3million, on July 13 Rs 26.14 million and on July 12 Rs 30.2 million.
The Fund has been established by the SBP on the directions of the SupremeCourt. All the commercial and microfinance banks, and field offices of SBPBanking Services Corporation have opened the Fund account to receivedonations in cash, and through cheques, pay orders and demand drafts at alltheir branches across the country.
The donors can also make online donations to the Fund through internetbanking, automatic teller machines (ATM) and other alternate deliverychannels (ADC) using IBAN of their respective bank. The banks have sent theIBANs of the Fund account to their clients through SMS alerts, while thebank-wise list of IBANs is also available at the SBP’s web page.
The general public can also make donations in cash at over 400,000branchless banking agents of commercial and microfinance banks across thecountry against proper receipt in electronic or paper form duly confirmedby the SMS alert.
The donations can also be made through credit / debit cards from anywherein the world by clicking the “Online collections for Supreme Court DiamerBhasha & Mohamand Dams Fund” on the SBP’s web page.
The overseas Pakistanis may deposit their contributions to the Fund incash, cheques, pay orders, demand drafts etc at the Pakistani missions inthe relevant country. They can also make the contributions through credit /debit cards from anywhere in the world.
The overseas Pakistanis having PKR accounts in Pakistan can also makedonations in the Fund through the internet banking facility of theirrespective banks. – APP