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Lord Mayor Sydney Clover Moore Announced Aid for Pakistan's Flood Relief
IN RESPONSE TO THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY UNPRECEDENTED FLOODS IN PAKISTAN AND AN OFFICIAL REQUEST FROM THE PAKISTAN CONSULATE GENERAL IN SYDNEY, THE HONOURABLE CLOVER MOORE, COUNCILOR AND MAYOR OF SYDNEY TABLED A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE GRANT OF $100,000/- FOR RELIEF ACTIVITIES IN PAKISTAN. THE RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS AMOUNT HAS SPECIFICALLY BEEN EARMARKED FOR REBUILDING OF SANITATION AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE WORST HIT AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. THE AMOUNT SHALL BE DISBURSED TO A CHARITABLE ORGANISATION WHICH HAS THE CAPACITY TO DELIVER ON THE GROUND IN AN EFFICIENT AND TRANSPARENT MANNER, IN ORDER TO DERIVE MAXIMUM BENEFIT FROM THE DONATION.
THE ACTING CONSUL GENERAL OF PAKISTAN IN SYDNEY, MR HAMID ASGHAR KHAN HAS WRITTEN TO THE HONOURABLE MAYOR, FORMALLY THANKING HER ON BEHALF OF THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE FOR THE DEEP CONCERN SHE AND HER FELLOW COUNCIL MEN AND WOMEN HAVE SHOWN FOR THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY THE FLOODS.
MR KHAN WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE PROCESS OF SELECTING A CAPABLE CHARITABLE ORGANISATION WOULD BE CONCLUDED SPEEDILY SO THAT THE FUNDS GENEROUSLY DONATED BY SYDNEY CITY MAY BE PUT TO USE FOR ESSENTIAL RELIEF AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMS WITHOUT DELAY.
MR KHAN ALSO HOPED THAT AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES WOULD COME FORWARD AND DONATE RELIEF GOODS INCLUDING FOOD AND MEDICINES IN LARGE QUANTITIES AT THE COLLECTION SITE BEING MADE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY. TENTS, DRY FOOD SUCH AS BISCUITS AND PROTEIN BARS, BOTTLED WATER, MEDICINES AND PURIFICATION TABLETS ALL REQUIRED IN HUGE QUANTITIES.
