TIKA to build shelter home on CDA land
Orphans and the elderly will be able to rest at ease at the shelter home being constructed in Abbas Town as it will have all the comforts of home, with kitchens and central air-conditioning on each floor. PHOTO: ATHAR KHAN/EXPRESS
A Turkish welfare organisation has offered to construct a shelter home for migrant workers in the federal capital.
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) would construct the building of model panahgah on the land provided by Capital Development Authority (CDA) at Tarnol.
The ground breaking ceremony for the shelter home was attended by Pakistan BaitulMal (PBM) Aon Abbas Buppi and Turkish Ambassador Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul on Tuesday.
Buppi and TIKA Head Gokhan Umut signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for constructing the panahgah.
Addressing the ceremony, Turkish Ambassador Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul appreciated the present government's commitment towards social protection and well-being of the poor community. Highlighting the brotherly relations between both the countries, he vowed for continued support to PBM cause for helping deprived people.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 7th, 2020.