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Elahi calls Donors’ Conference a success

Staff Report

LAHORE: The Donors’ Conference has proved successful and pledges of financial assistance to Pakistan by many countries are reflective of the world’s confidence in the government, Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi told a ceremony to distribute gifts among earthquake-affected families at Township Social Welfare Complex on Sunday.

The chief minister said the Punjab government had sent relief goods worth Rs 2 billion to earthquake-hit areas so far and the process of relief supplies to these areas was continuing. He said the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank would give Rs 1 billion each for relief to quake-hit people.

Elahi said that ‘Support a family’ project would help rehabilitate earthquake survivors. He said that efforts were being made to rehouse and school earthquake-affected children. He said that Child Protection Bureau was working to rehabilitate earthquake-affected and beggar children and added that the bureau was setting up a hostel for 500 children. He said that the scope of the bureau was being extended to other major cities of the province.

Lahore District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood, Punjab Minister for Social Welfare Ashifa Riaz Fatiana, Dr Faiza Asghar, advisor to chief minister, Saba Sadiq, advisor to chief minister for social welfare, Social Welfare Secretary Raja Abbas, Director General Raees Abbas Zaidi and Parks and Horticulture Authority Director General Shabbir Ahmed were also present.

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