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Hamid Asghar Updates Community Regarding Relief Efforts From Government of Pakistan
THE ACTING CONSUL GENERAL OF PAKISTAN IN SYDNEY INFORMED SADA-e-WATAN THAT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAD SET UP AN EMERGENCY CELL IN THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HEADED BY A SENIOR OFFICER IN ORDER TO COORDINATE AND FACILITATE THE INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE IN THE WAKE OF THE UNPRECEDENTED FLOODS IN PAKISTAN.
THE CELL MAY BE REACHED AT TEL NO: 051-9205494, 051-9207788 & 9207575. THE FAX NO IS: 051-9202518
OFFICERS OF THE EMERGENCY CELL MAY ALSO BE CONTACTED ON CELL NO: 0333-5699910, 0331-5566505 & 0334-5154010
THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ALSO BRIEFED FOREIGN ENVOYS IN ISLAMABAD REGARDING THE TREMENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE, PROPERTY AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND THANKED THE ENVOYS WHO'S GOVERNMENTS HAD COMMITTED AID AND ASSISTANCE FOR THE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION PROCESS WHICH IS WELL UNDERWAY.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY IS ALSO UPDATED PAKISTANI CITIZENS ABROAD AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS REGARDING THE ITEMS REQUIRED .THIS INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED DIRECTLY FROM THE NDMA WEBSITE: www.ndma.gov.pk
THE ACTING CONSUL GENERAL FURTHER ADVISED THAT CASH DONATIONS COULD BE DIRECTLY SENT TO THE PRIME MINISTERS NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT FUND DETAILS OF WHICH ARE:
AC NO 000294-2, BRANCH CODE 1732, NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN, PM SECRETARIAT BRANCH ISLAMABAD FOR
PAK RS & AC NO 9901526, BRANCH CODE 0341, NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN, MAIN BRANCH ISLAMABAD for US DOLLARS
FOR THE MOMENT DONORS OF RELIEF ITEMS WOULD NEED TO BEAR TRANSPORTATION COSTS UP TO PAKISTAN THEMSELVES WHEREAS THE GOVERNMENT WOULD UNDERTAKE FURTHER TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE COUNTRY. ALL CONSIGNMENTS MAY BE ADDRESSED TO DIRECTOR GENERAL, EMERGENCY RELIEF CELL, CABINET DIVISION, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN ISLAMABAD.
THE ACTING CONSUL GENERAL AGAIN APPEALED TO THE PAKISTANI COMMUNITY IN AUSTRALIA TO DONATE GENEROUSLY FOR THEIR NEEDY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THIS HOUR OF NEED AND ALSO SAID THAT THE RECEIPT OF SIGNIFICANT AND TIMELY ASSISTANCE FROM ABROAD WAS HELPING THE HECTIC AND VALIANT RELIEF EFFORTS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS THE PAKISTAN ARMY.
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