Khan held an international telethon for flood victims
Monday: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan held an international telethon and was able to collect Rs. 5 billion in 3 hours for Pakistan’s flood victims.
The event was moderated by Senator Faisal Javed Khan who confirmed that the former PM had collected more than Rs. 5 billion in a three-hour telethon held for the flood victims.
Imran Khan was accompanied by a number of celebrities and politicians at the event, including the CM Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Mahmood Khan, Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, actor Hamza Ali Abbasi, and the former Special Assistant to the PM (SAPM) on Social Protection, Sania Nishtar.
Amir Khan, the renowned British-Pakistani boxer, also announced Rs. 5 million of donations during the telethon, and PM Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Ilyas Khan also contributed Rs. 30 million.
The recent monsoon-induced floods have affected the entire country, the death rate has reached over 1,000 people, and the damages are likely to exceed Rs. 1,000 billion.
He asserted that he will work with the Government of Sindh and the federal government to assist as many flood victims as possible despite being charged with 18 cases, including the terror charges just recently.
“The sole solution to prevent the catastrophes caused by a flood is to construct dams,” Khan said advising that more dams should be built to save people from such calamities in the future.
