PM lauds 'generosity of people' for collecting Rs10 bn for dam fund

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday appreciated the ‘generosity’ of people for collecting the amount of Rs 10 billion for construction of Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand Dams.

As the dam fund hit the big number of Rs10 billion, the premier took to Twitter to laud the contributions of people. He said, “I would like to pay tribute to the generosity of the people of Pakistan for raising Rs 10 billion for the Dams’ Fund.”

I would like to pay tribute to the generosity of the people of Pakistan for raising Rs 10 billion for the Dams' Fund. pic.twitter.com/9PFbiLYmKk

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 12, 2019

PM Khan tweeted along with a screenshot of the Supreme Court website showing the graph of dam fund’s contribution.

The dam fund account, under the name of the Supreme Court and Prime Minister of Pakistan, currently shows a total contribution of Rs10,007,099,978.

Donate for dam fund

All the commercial and micro-finance banks, and field offices of SBP Banking Services Corporation have opened the Fund account to receive donations in cash, and through cheques, pay orders and demand drafts at all their branches across the country.

The donors can also make online donations to the Fund through internet banking, automatic teller machines (ATM) and other alternate delivery channels (ADC) using IBAN of their respective bank. The banks have sent the IBANs of the Fund account to their clients through SMS alerts, while the bank-wise list of IBANs is also available at the SBP’s web page.

Citizens can also donate Rs10 to the CJP’s dam fund by typing “dam” and sending the SMS to 8000 which will deduct the amount from the phone’s credit.

The donations can also be made through credit / debit cards from anywhere in the world by clicking the “Online collections for Supreme Court Diamer Bhasha & Mohamand Dams Fund” on the SBP’s web page.