Day: September 8, 2022

• On the directive of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the cabinet approved the tax exemption on August 30, 2022
• She said that all relief-related goods including mosquito nets, and boats had been exempted from tax
• According to the regulations, the philanthropists have to obtain the certificate of the National Disaster Management Authority(NDMA), she said

ISLAMABAD-Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday released the details of the federal cabinet’s decision to grant tax exemption on flood relief items.

On the directive of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the cabinet approved the tax exemption on August 30, 2022.

She said that all relief-related goods including mosquito nets, and boats had been exempted from tax.
The minister said that the Ministry of Finance and FBR had also issued an ‘SRO’ for implementation of the decision.

According to the regulations, the philanthropists have to obtain the certificate of the National Disaster Management Authority(NDMA), she said.

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• In the last 24 hours, 35 people lost their lives due to the flood situation in Sindh out of which 21 died in Jamshoro, five in Shaheed Benazirabad, three in Badin, three in Tando Muhammad Khan, two in Nausherferoz and one in Ghotki
• The dead include 15 children, 14 men, and six women
• PDMA said a total of 577 people have died and 8,321 were injured in Sindh between June 20 and September 7,

Karachi-As many as 35 more people lost their lives due to flood-related incidents across the Sindh province in the last 24 hours, the death toll reached 577 in the province.

According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PMDA) report, In the last 24 hours, 35 people lost their lives due to the flood situation in Sindh out of which 21 died in Jamshoro, five in Shaheed Benazirabad, three in Badin, three in Tando Muhammad Khan, two in Nausherferoz and one in Ghotki.

The dead include 15 children, 14 men, and six women.

PDMA said a total of 577 people have died and 8,321 were injured in Sindh between June 20 and September 7. Out of total deaths, 251 were children, 220 men, and 106 women.

Since the beginning of the monsoon, a total of 8,321 people were injured in rains and flood-related occurrences across the province. The injured include 3,231 children, 2,923  men, and 2,167  women.

In Pakistan , Sindh province remains the worst affected where authorities report a total of 577 deaths so far out of which majority were children.

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