Pakistani people value India’s $5m aid offer. Indian govt shd send thru fastest channel, even if Pakistan govt under pressure hesitates to accept. No time for games. There’s no problem at people level. Indo Pak peace march (Amn ke Badhte Qadam) 20 Indian marchers donated INR 30K for flood relief in Lahore Aug 15; Indian artists, doctors are volunteering help.
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KarachiRelief, reliable organisation, since 2007 cyclone in Balochistan, Sindh. Working w flood victims across Pakistan, donation links/info at http://bit.ly/azDeu7
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60 Pakistan artists have donated their works at a silent auction at Koel cafe in Karachi. Ends today (Aug 18) 6.30 pm. All proceeds will go to Pakistan flood relief work. See Express Tribune report at http://bit.ly/b8jeFG
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Please see email below from friend and activist Naeem Sadiq re Aitemad Pakistan, an organisation formed for flood relief. This is a highly trustworthy (Aitemad in fact means ‘trust’) group of people most of whom I know personally, including the sender, Naeem Sadiq, Justice Fakhruddin Ebrahim, his son Zahid Ebrahim, Dr Samrina Hashmi, Dr Sher Shah Syed, Nazim Haji and others. Please spread the word. They are putting together and distributing 24,000 dry ration bags, to provide approximately two million meals (6000 families for 4 weeks). Each bag costs approx Rs.1500 (less than US $ 20 a bag).
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KARACHI, Aug 15: Aslam Khwaja, a friend working in the Sukkur area with Faisal Edhi, sent a message yesterday with a list of the medicines they need (see below). A team of doctors from the Pakistan Medical Association has also joined them. Those wishing to donate, please coordinate with me at the earliest. Will send to Hyderabad where another friend will receive & send on to Sukkur. Thanks.
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Flood displaced people in Nowshera, KPK. Photo: Reuters/ Adrees Latif
Information compiled from email received this morning from Maqsood Ali Joyo (grandson of Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo), Petarian 2k007 Jinnah House, Junior Engineer ACE (Pvt) Ltd. Tel. +92 333 2760276:
Floods have forced thousands of people to migrate from Ghotki, Sukkur, Larkana, Shikarpur and Jacobabad. In the latest development 90% of Jacobabad has been evacuated. Special trains have been mobilised for the refugees, heading towards Hyderabad and Karachi. There may be some other camps but so far our civil society teams, political parties and media friends have identified four camps in Karachi: Continue reading
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Information on flood relief fund set up by The Citizens Foundation (TCF), a leading non-profit organisation formed by Pakistanis for Pakistanis. This is a reliable NGO with a long track record in education, and also in relief work during the 2005 earthquake. TCF provides formal education to 92,000 less privileged children throughout the country and in AJ&K. TCF will use its network of 660 purpose-built school units in hundreds of rural areas and urban slums located in 68 towns and cities across Pakistan to provide 20 million meals in 30 days to flood affected people.
TCF is putting together ration bags containing flour, rice, cooking oil/ghee, lentils, dried milk, sugar, salts and spices, dates etc. Each bag will feed a family for a month and is worth approx PKR 2,500 (USD 30) including transport. Any amount of donation is welcomed. Donations can be sent to TCF in several ways. Email info@thecitizensfoundation.org for more info or see this link for more information including direct online link for donations.
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Adnan Mufti, a young chartered accountant I know in Karachi, sent information about relief efforts by a group of educated, dedicated and committed individuals he knows working in parts of Charsadda, Nowshehra, Pubbi and Peshawar motorway areas. Charsadda, incidentally, was the home of Bacha Khan, the ‘Frontier Gandhi’ (see report Charsadda lies in ruins). >
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A brave man. You will be missed.
From: Foqia Khan
To: undisclosed-recipients
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010
Subject: FC Commandant Safwat Ghayyur- a cousin’s memoir (by Kiran Nazir Ahmed)
The whole country is mourning the brutal death of FC Commandant Safwat Ghayyur in Peshawar two days ago in a suicide bomb attack. His excellent leadership skills in times of crisis in Peshawar used to calm raw nerves around the country. He was an excellent officer, always leading from the front and putting his life in danger. His TV appearances always showed his professional distinction and cultured personality. He was my dear friend Kiran Nazir Ahmed’s first cousin and below is a touching memoir by her. Continue reading
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APPEAL from Pakistan Medical Association, Karachi, very credible organisation run by dedicated, committed doctors many of whom I know personally: Please Help Urgently
We need a large amount of money to buy food for the flood affected brothers and sisters. It is estimated that to feed 500 families for five days (average family has five members each) we need 27,00,000/= 27 Lac Rupees, Hence we need large donations. Please donate so that we can buy
Ø Dates Ø Dry Milk Ø Channa Ø Biscuits Ø Water cans
Donate by cheques or cash to Pakistan Medical Association or contact the following
Dr. Shershah Syed, Dr. Habib Soomro, Dr. M Idress Adhi, Dr. S. Amir Raza, Dr. Salamat Kamal, Dr. Samrina Hashmi, Dr. Nighat Shah, Dr. Ismail Memon, Dr. Wajahat Malik, Dr. Kiran Ejaz
PMA bank account info:
Pakistan Medical Association
Bank National Bank of Pakistan ,M.A.Jinnah Branch
Branch Code 0027
Account no. 000014-7
Swift code NBPAPKKA
Contact:
PMA, House, Sir Aga Khan III Road, Garden, Karachi
Phone no: 021-32251159, 021-32231534, 0300-2275831
Email: pmamoderator@ yahoo.com
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