Flood assistance continues to pour in

Iran, US announce more aid while government pledges rehabilitation efforts for flood victims across Pakistan.

Prime Ministers Flood Relief Fund reaches Rs. 4 billion

The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has received donations totaling Rs4.342 billion in the Prime Minister's Flood Relief Fund 2010 up to September 9. About Rs4.254 billion of the total was donated by the federal capital Punjab.

Iran pledges $100mn

The Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mashallah Shakiri on Wednesday said that the Iran government would donate 100 million dollars for flood victims. He also added that Iran will soon announce a day to observe a ‘Help Pakistan Day’ in Iran.

Benazir Income Support Programme releases Rs4.25bn

Moreover, the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has also released Rs4.25 billion under its Emergency Relief Package to provide aid for flood victims. The BISP has already allocated Rs10 billion to provide immediate relief to the victims through the flood policy of the government.

As part of its relief efforts in Pakistan, Etihad Airways in collaboration with Emirates International Mobile Humanitarian Hospital for Children (EIMHH) distributed 1,000 Eid gift packs to children living in the Razzakabad relief camp in Karachi.

US announces malaria aid

The US announced Wednesday that it is providing Rs428 million ($5 million) to fight malaria in flood-affected regions of Pakistan. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with Pakistan's Ministry of Health, is providing the money to the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) for use in its anti-malaria programs.

Government pledges rehabilitation efforts

Meanwhile, the Federal Minister for Communications, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs, Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan said here on Wednesday that the government was utilizing all available resources for speedy rehabilitation of flood victims and the damaged houses would be reconstructed. ‘Rehabilitation of flood-hit people and reconstruction of damage infrastructure both of public and private are the top priority of the present government and will leave no stone unturned till rehabilitation of last victim,’ he said, while talking to different delegations on Wednesday.