Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD: Director General Inter Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar on Saturday said the nation was generously contributing to the Army Flood Relief Fund as Rs417 million were collected in the fund so far for the flood victims while Rs44 million were collected during the past 24 hours.
Addressing a joint media briefing flanked by the Federal Minister for planning Prof Ahsan Iqbal, Chairman NDMA Lieutenant General Akhter Nawaz and National Coordinator National Flood Response and Coordination Centre (NFRCC), the ISPR DG briefed the media on the Relief and Rescue Activities of the Pakistan Army in the flood affected areas.
Major General Babar Iftikhar said since the beginning of the crisis caused by the recent monsoon rains, the Armed Forces were working day and night in the affected areas for the last 2 months to help their brothers and sisters. “Every soldier and officer of the Pakistan Army is trying to reduce the problems of the people by considering it as a sacred obligation rather than a duty,” he said. He continued, “This was the spirit under which Lieutenant General Sarfaraz Ali, Major General Amjad Hanif, Brigadier Muhammad Khalid, Major Saeed Ahmed, Major Muhammad Talha Manan and Naik Mudassar Fayyaz helped their flood-affected brothers and sisters in Lasbela (Winder) area of Balochistan last month and embraced martyrdom in a helicopter accident during the relief activities.”
In the Corps Commanders’ Conference held in July and August, it was also resolved to provide all possible help to the flood victims and the Army Chief gave special instructions in this regard, he told the media.
