President monitors relief activities in flood hit areas

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday visited various flood-affected areas of Sindh through satellite video conferencing and interacted with the elected representatives and government officials to monitor flood relief activities in the province. The President focused on the drainage issue, availability of seeds for the Rabi crop 2011-12 and distribution of Pakistan Cards among the flood affectees. During video conferencing, the fifth in series, held at the special Flood Control Cell of Aiwan-e-Sadr, the President visited districts of Thatta, Badin, Hyderabad, Tando Allah Yar, Mirpurkhas, Matiari and Umerkot.Those who were present during the video conferencing included among others Information Minister Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan, Minister for Water and Power, Syed Naveed Qamar, Secretary General Salman Faruqui, Farahnaz Ispahani, Fouzia Wahab, Mehreen Anwer Raja, Secretary Information Taimur Azmat Osman, Chairman NDMA Dr. Zafar Iqbal Qadir, Chairman NADRA Ali Arshad Hakeem, Chairman PARC Dr.  Iftikhar Ahmed and other senior officials.Read More...

Meeting challenges by devastating floods huge undertaking : Dr. Firdous

ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (APP): Meeting the daunting challenges posed by the devastating floods on both socio-economic and human fronts is a huge undertaking and certainly beyond the capacity of any single nation.This was stated by Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting while speaking at a reception which was attended by a large gathering of Pakistani community members and media representatives at Mubarik Centre, Sharjah, said a press release here Monday.The Information Minister said that it was hallmark of the great nations that they face calamities with courage and fortitude and Pakistan’s history witnessed and people of Pakistan have proved that they are brave nation and are fully capable to overcome all crises.Read More....

Pakistan’s Information Minister launches flood appeal on Turkish media

ISTANBUL, Oct 14 (APP)  Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan here Thursday night launched an appeal to help the 2011 monsoon flood victims of Pakistan. The appeal was launched at Samanyolu television of Turkey in collaboration with Turkey’s leading NGO Kimse Yok Mu. The Minister spoke about the magnitude of the floods and the expectations from the international community. She said Pakistan  has appealed for US $ 357 million through United Nations and it has great expectations from Turkey. “Recent floods are huge catastrophe and Pakistan government cannot handle it alone because war against terrorism and consecutive floods have stretched our capacities and resources Dr Awan said, according to a message received here on Friday.Read More.....

President monitors flood relief activities in Mirpurkhas Division through video conferencing

ISLAMABAD,Oct 10 (APP):President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday visited and interacted with the elected representatives as well as government officials concerned of the flood affected areas of Sindh and monitored the flood relief activities through satellite video conferencing from the special Flood Control Cell of Aiwan-e-Sadr. Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said that on the directions of President, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and relevant provincial ministers, including those of Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), were encamped in Mirpurkhas to discuss issues about Mirpurkhas division comprising of Mirpurkhas, Tharparkar, Sanghar and Umerkot via video conferencing.Read More......

Officials to accelerate pace of road network restoration in rain hit areas

SHAHDADPUR, Oct 7 (APP): The Chairman Senate, Farooq H. Naek has directed the concerned officials to expedite pace of road network restoration in the flood affected areas of Sindh.During his visit to Shadadpur on Friday, he took strong exception to the complaints that inundated roads, connecting rain hit areas with other parts of the province was a hindrance in the ongoing relief work in the areas in need.Talking to media, after distribution of food packs and other essential items among the flood victims in the relief camps, he said most parts of Sanghar district, including Shadadpur, continues to remain submerged due to unexpected intensity of downpour as well as encroachment on rain drains that hindered easy flow of water into the sea.
“The government is fully conscious of its responsibilities and has initiated emergency measures for drainage of the water,” he told the journalists.Read More.....

Senate Chairman distributes relief goods among rain victims

NAWABSHAH, Oct 7 (APP): Chairman Senate Farooq H. Naek said that Senate distributed Rs. 20 million relief material among the rain-hit people.He was talking to media after distribution of relief material at a relief camp at Nawabshah on Friday.Senator Dr Seemeen of PML(Q), Senator Khalid Mehmood Soomro of JUI-F and Senator Abdul Haseeb of MQM were present on the occasion.Chairman Senate said that Senate is symbol of Federation and Senate members at this time are present at Nawabshah- the home town of President Asif Ali Zardari.
He said that the President is personally overseeing the relief activities.Farooq Naek stated that relief work is in progress wherever the Senate team visited the site.He said that floods caused heavy damages,infrastructure has collapsed, schools and college building have damaged. Read More.......

President discusses charity campaign for flood victims with Shoaib, Sania

ISLAMABAD, Sept 29 (APP): Cricketer Shoaib Malik and his wife tennis star Sania Mirza called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Thursday and discussed with him their charity campaign and efforts aimed at raising funds for the relief and rehabilitation of flood victims in Pakistan.Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza while expressing profound grief over the devastation caused by the recent floods in Pakistan, said that they would launch a fund raising campaign within and outside the country to help their Pakistani brothers and sisters in this hour of need. Read More.....