ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal formally launched the executive portal of National Flood Response Coordination Center (NFRCC) in Islamabad on Monday aimed at ensuring transparency in relief and rehabilitation efforts.
Speaking on the occasion, Ahsan Iqbal said this portal has been launched on the special directions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif which will provide information to the general public and development partners about the flood relief assistance being received from home and abroad including from the friendly countries as well as its utilisation.
The Minister for Planning said Pakistan is faced with an unprecedented calamity which has affected thirty three million people. He said damage caused by the floods is being assessed on daily basis with the cooperation of the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, the United Nations and the provincial governments. He however said final estimates of damage will be available only after water recedes from all parts of Sindh and Balochistan provinces.
Ahsan Iqbal asked the public to come forward for the help of the flood victims. He recalled that Pakistani nation has valiantly faced calamities in the past, expressing the confidence that it will cope with the current one with the same spirit. He was confident that Pakistan will emerge stronger, united and resilient from this disaster.
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Marriyum calls for focus on help of flood victims
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday said the nation and media should keep their focus on the help of flood-affected people.
In a statement, she pointed out that the people are faced with difficulties due to the flood situation.
She regretted that the PTI Chairman Imran Khan is doing politics on floods and wants to stoke anarchy by playing with the emotions of flood victims.
The Information Minister said the PTI Chairman wants to get stopped the aid for the flood victims for his petty politics.
She said Imran Khan is the same person who ran toxic campaign on the social media against the martyrs.
