Pakistan People's Party has set up earthquake relief fund for the rehabilitation and relief of quake-affected victims and called upon the people to generously donate towards the fund.
Following the directions of PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto, an emergency meeting of the Party leaders was held here on Sunday that decided to immediately set up the PPP Relief Fund for victims of the earthquake.
PPP Vice Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim presided over the meeting while Raja Pervez Ashraf MNA, Nayyar Bokhari MNA, and Naheed Khan MNA as well as Senators Safdar Abbasi and Farhatullah Babar attended.
After the meeting Makhdoom Amin Fahim said in a statement that party chairperson had approved that the Fund would be operated and managed by a two-member committee in accordance with a criterion to be laid for disbursement.
The Fund would also be subjected to external audit by auditors.
Meanwhile, Benazir Bhutto has made an impassioned appeal to the people to donate generously in cash and in kind to help their grief stricken brethren in this hour of calamity.
Makhdoom Amin Fahim said a separate Bank account number of the PPP Relief Fund would be announced on Monday. In the meantime donations in the form of bank drafts and cheques payable to PPP Relief Fund might be sent to the address of Raja Pervez Ashraf MNA, General Secretary at the PPP Central Secretariat.
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