Government Initiatives

Making Relief More Reliable

In this hour of grief and distress the Federal and Provincial Governments have established Relief Operation Offices in all the four provinces and the Federal Capital for monitoring and coordinating relief efforts in an efficient and transparent manner in earth-quake stricken areas.

If you have:

• collected donations or food items for earthquake victims
• any suggestions for making relief efforts more effective

contact the following officials immediately.

Islamabad
Major General Farooq Ahmed Khan
Federal Relief Commissioner
Ph: 0800-00023 (Toll Free)
Fax: 0800-00024 (Toll Free)
Address: Prime Minister Secretariat Constitution Avenue, Islamabad

Punjab
Mr. Irfan Elahi
D.G. Relief Operations
Ph: 042-9210555/9210554
Fax: 042-921055
Address: Board of Revenue Nabha Road, Old Anarkali, Lahore

Sindh
Mr. Anwar Haider
Additional Relief Commissioner Hyderabad
Ph: 033-9203407/9202630
Fax: 021-9203407
Address: Block 79, Sindh Secretariat, Adjacent Sindh High Court Karachi

Mr. Munir Ahmed Memon
Additional Relief Commissioner
Ph: 022-9200569/9200573
Fax: 022-9200569
Address: Shahbaz Building, Thandi Sarak, Hyderabad, Sindh


NWFP
Mr. Shah Sahib
Member, Board of Revenue/Relief Commissioner NWFP
Ph: 091-9213414/9210338
Fax: 091-9210975
Address: Civil Secretariat, Opp, Home Deptt. Peshawar

Baluchistan
Muhammad Humayun
Home Secretary Baluchistan
Ph: 081-9202400/9202217
Fax: 081-9201835
Address: Office of the Home Secretary Civil Secretariat, Quetta

City Government

Employees of the City District Government of Karachi have donated their one-day salary in the President’s Relief Fund. The city government also sent a ten-member fire brigade to Islamabad on Monday to participate in relief operations for helping affected people.

PIA

Pakistan International Airlines has pledged Rs 40 million to President’s Earthquake Relief Fund. Of this, PIA has given Rs 26 million in cash, Rs 10 million in transportation of relief goods and Rs 4 million in carrying relatives of the affected families to Islamabad. PIA was also collaborating with the Citizens Foundation Relief Fund. In the first phase, as immediate relief, PIA will provide basic care packages including tents, blankets and food rations. In the second phase, it plans to construct 5,000 seismically-designed homes over the next two years, each costing Rs 400,000.

PPL

Pakistan Petroleum Limited has contributed R s20 million in the President’s Relief Fund. All the PPL staff and employees have also contributed their one-day salary to the President’s Relief Fund.

PSO

Pakistan State Oil has donated Rs 20 million. The company is also providing free jet fuel to Edhi Air Ambulances from all its eight PSO aviation facilities.

CDC

The Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited pledged Rs 10 million towards the relief fund.

KPT

The Karachi Port Trust has donated Rs 4 million towards the President’s Relief Fund besides contribution of five-day salaries by the employees.

Pakistan Refinery

Pakistan Refinery has pledged Rs10 million in addition to one-day salary contributed by its staff.

NICVD

The staff of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases has contributed one-day salary besides 20 percent of their professional fees.

President's Earthquake Relief Fund Website Launched

http://www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk

URGENT MESSAGE FROM THE PM's SECRETARIAT

The best way to send donations is to the official relief fund which can be immediately accessed by the relief organisers and make a difference on the ground.

Title of Account: President's Relief Fund for Earthquake Victims
Bank Name: National bank of Pakistan
Branch: PM's Secretariat, Islamabad
Branch Code: 1732
A/c No: CA-251-3
SWIFT CODE: NBPAPKKA02I (that's a zero preceding the 2; at the end is the capital letter i)

Thank you
Mahreen Khan - PM Secretariat

Pakistan Railways Volunteer Train

Pakistan Railways has announced that it has arranged a special train to take Volunteers to Rawalpindi on Wednesday 12th Oct, 2005. Registrations of Volunteers will be at PAF Museum Shahra-e-Faisal, Karachi on 11th Oct, 2005. Volunteers will have to bring their CNIC (Computerized National Identity Cards) with them. Pakistan Railways will also bring Volunteers back home afterwards.

This initiative has been organized by Fakhr-e-Alam at PAF Museum Shahra-e-Faisal and was announced on AAJ Television Network.

Punjab police donates Rs 10 million

The Punjab police donated Rs 10 million for the earthquake victims and sent a contingent of 200 men to Azad Kashmir for rescue work. The decision was taken at a meeting presided over by Punjab IGP Ziaul Hasan, who said the money would be deposited with the president’s relief fund. He said the money would come from the deduction of two-day salary of all gazetted officers and one-day salary of other officials.

CBR

The Central Board of Revenue has said it will provide Rs. 10 million from its Employees Welfare Fund besides donation of two days’ salary of all tax officials to the president relief fund.

NADRA

The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has sent a convoy of 10 trucks loaded with food items like atta, sugar, pulses, medicines, bottled water as well as blankets, quilts and tents to the ruined cities of Muzaffarabad, Bagh and Rawalkot.

OGDCL

The Oil and Gas Development Company has donated Rs. 50 million to the President’s fund. Besides, the employees of OGDCL said it had already sent five trucks of relief goods and was dispatching two teams of doctors to the areas.

Utility Stores

The Utility Stores Corporation has dispatched 4,500 packages of different commodities to the affected areas.

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has announced that it will contribute Rs. 200 million to the President’s Relief Fund.

State Bank of Pakistan

SBP Governor, Dr Isharat Husain announced on Monday that all employees of the SBP, SBP Banking Services Corporation and National Institute of Banking and Finance would donate their one-day salary to the fund. This would be in addition to the Rs. 200 million announced by the SBP.

President's Earthquake Relief Fund

The Government of Pakistan has established a fund known as “President's Relief Fund for Earthquake Victims 2005”. It is providing relief to the people in the wake of the recent earthquake and is mobilizing resources for relief efforts.

All proceeds on account of “President's Relief Fund for Earthquake Victims 2005” and payment into the fund will be received at all branches of State Bank of Pakistan, National Bank of Pakistan, Habib Bank Limited, United Bank Ltd, Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd. and Allied Bank Ltd.

All proceeds received in the name of the Fund will be credited to the Public Account of the Federal Government. The Fund will receive donations from both domestic and international donors. Contributions from abroad will be received at all the branches of banks where such branches exist. In foreign countries contributions will be received at Pakistan Missions and remitted to the State Bank of Pakistan.

G-12 Special Deposit Fund
G-121 Relief Fund
G-12130 President's Relief Fund for Earthquake Victims – 2005

Accounts of the Fund will be maintained by Accountant General of Pakistan Revenues, Islamabad.

PM Earthquake Relief Fund

Please contact Mahreen Khan on 92-333-547-5012 at the PM's Secretariat. Items required include tents, blankets, wheat, milk, sugar, tea, flour, non-perishable items, and basic medical kits containing pain killers, anti-biotics, bandages, and drips. If you have large corporate clients, please get in touch with them, especially CEOs, and ask them to contribute to the PM's Relief Fund. Large quantities and pledges are required - not small stuff.

Coordination Cell Set Up at the Governor's House

On the directive of Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, a Coordination and Facilitation Cell has been set up at the Governor's House to provide assistance in the collection and transportation of relief good to the earthquake hit areas of the country.

The Cell will function round the clock under the supervision of the Additional Secretary to the Governor, Aftab Khatri, who can be reached at 0333-2202712.

Besides ‘Helpline 136' of the Governor's House, the controller of the Governor's House can be contacted for assistance at phone number 9201201.A consignment worth Rs. 15 million was sent to the earthquake hit areas immediately. The consignment included 10,000 blankets and as many packets of edibles like atta, rice, tea, milk powder, pulses, salt and matchboxes, besides a good quantity of vital medicines.