ISLAMABAD – The Prime Minister and Chief Justice of PakistanDiamer Bhasha and Mohmand Dam Fund has received over Rs 11.325 billion sofar.
The countrywide contribution to the fund stood at Rs 9.6 billion while theremaining Rs 1.7 billion were contributed by the expatriate Pakistanis,according to an update issued by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
Pakistanis living in US remained the top among the foreign countries whodonated Rs 591.811 million followed by UK from where a sum of Rs 474.25million had been transferred to the dams fundlink so far.
Similarly, the fund also received Rs 150.503 million through the SMSservice of various cellular companies in Pakistan. According to detailsissued by the SBP, the top ten institutional donors include Employees ofgovernment of Punjab with contribution of Rs 1.09 billion, Pak Army Rs582.071 million, HQ CWO SPD Rs 201.093 million, Bahria Town, Rs 110.12million and PAF with Rs 100.28 million.
Meanwhile, the SBP in a circular directed the banks not to charge anyservice fee including interchange fee, merchant discount rate, transactionfee etc on the donations/payments made to the dam fund through paymentcards (debit, credit or prepaid cards).
The Chief Justice of Supreme Court established a Supreme Court of PakistanDiamer Bhasha and Mohmand Dam fund on July 10, 2018 to raise funds for theconstruction of Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand Dams.
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The Court supervises the Fund and its Registrar operates its accountdirectly.
Later, the Prime Minister of Pakistan announced to join efforts with theChief Justice of Pakistan for this cause.
Accordingly, the fund was renamed as “Prime Minister and Chief Justice ofPakistan Fund for Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand Dam.
