August 27 conflagration: Bahria Town distributes cheques among affectees

Relief amount given to over 500 people

ISLAMABAD: Bahria Town distributed cheques among 512 affectees of Islamabad fire incident at a ceremony held in the capital on Friday. The guests included members of Bahria Town management and marketing teams, prominent personalities, members of civil society and media representatives.

On August 27, a fire erupted in the garments section of Islamabad Sasta Bazaar and destroyed small stalls causing huge loss to small businessmen.  Following the incident, Bahria Town Chief Executive Malik Riaz announced a relief amount for the affectees.

“[However] due to the delay in the preparation of list of affectees on the part of the government, Bahria Town had to face an inevitable delay in distribution of relief cheques,” said an statement issued by the construction conglomerate.

Bahria Town’s Brig (retd) Tahir Butt distributed the cheques of relief amount among the affectees. He also read out a statement of Malik Riaz on the occasion. The recipients of the cheques thanked Bahria Town for this help.