*ISLAMABAD – Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams fund reaches near Rs 2 billionmark.*
The account was opened following the Supreme Court orders to collectdonations from people across Pakistan and those living abroad.
The country wise data shows that within Pakistan an amount of Rs1,972,643,520 (Rs1.97 billion) was collected through bank branches,interbank transfers and mobile phone SMS service.
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Out of total donation received from within the country, Rs 56.8 millionwere collected through SMS service, Rs 29.2 million from Interbank transferservice whereas an amount of Rs 1.78 billion was collected at bank branches.
The Fund has been established by the SBP on the directions of the SupremeCourt. All the commercial and micro-finance 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.
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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 micro-finance 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.
