The Siemens Pakistan announced that their main shareholder, Siemens AG, has donated their entire shares of the interim dividend of Rs 26,857,872 (Approx. US $0.5 million) for earthquake victims of Pakistan, said a Siemens press release.
This amount will be used for the 'Light for Life' program set up by the Siemens Pakistan under the umbrella of the "Caring Hands" program to provide power to the quake-hit areas, and will be in addition to Rs 5.5 million already generated by employees of regional Siemens companies and matched equally by their management for that purpose.-PR