Floods 2011: Watan cards distributed in Hazara
Provincial government has started distributing its 2nd instalment of compensation for flood-affected people.
ABBOTABAD:
The provincial government has started distributing its second instalment of compensation for flood-affected people in the Hazara division. This distribution is being carried out through Watan cards. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Higher Education Qazi Mohammad Asad Khan started the distribution of cards on Saturday, through which each family will get Rs40,000 of compensation. Addressing a meeting later, the minister said that a total of 6,337 stricken families of Haripur district would be given Watan cards.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2011.
The provincial government has started distributing its second instalment of compensation for flood-affected people in the Hazara division. This distribution is being carried out through Watan cards. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Higher Education Qazi Mohammad Asad Khan started the distribution of cards on Saturday, through which each family will get Rs40,000 of compensation. Addressing a meeting later, the minister said that a total of 6,337 stricken families of Haripur district would be given Watan cards.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2011.