Over Rs7.839 bn collected for dams fund so far

KARACHI: Fund raising campaign for the Supreme Court of Pakistan and Prime Minister of Pakistan Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams Fund is in progress at a rapid pace.

According to the Supreme Court of Pakistan, over 7.839 billion rupees have been collected through donations by various individuals and organisations and expatriate Pakistanis so far.

The citizens can deposit their donations for the dam fund in the SBP’s account number is 03-593-299999-001-4.

Until October 19, the country wise data showed that within Pakistan an amount of Rs 6.4 billionwas collected through bank branches, interbank transfers and mobile phone SMS service.

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The Fund has been established by the SBP on the directions of the Supreme Court. 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.

The overseas Pakistanis having PKR accounts in Pakistan can also make donations in the Fund through the internet banking facility of their respective banks.