ISLAMABAD: Overseas Pakistanis have so far contributed around over Rs 1.5 billion while local residents as well as institutions have donated measure Rs 8.64 billion to the Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams fund, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).A total of Rs 10.11bn was deposited in this charity fund in the final nine month, The Enjoymentdraising Status of Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Prime Minister of Pakistan Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams Enjoymentd, showed on Monday.The former Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar took the initiative of gathering donations by launching the fund on July 6 that was later joined by Prime Minister Imran Khan, making it a joint venture to overcome the country water shortage.Till March 25 of this year, according to the SBP, the abroad Pakistanis shared measure 15 per cent of the total contribution for the construction of the dams.An amount of Rs 140 million was getd through SMS services of the four cellular phone service companies operating in the country, the country wise report of the SBP issued on March 20 said.Numerous abroad Pakistanis had also sent their donations through debit and credit cards, while many others deposited money in the SBP Nostro account and commercial banks abroad.Most of the foreign donations, around Rs542m, came from the Pakistanis living in the US while around Rs368m from those living in the UK.Other major donations by the abroad Pakistanis came from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Switzerland, Norway, Turkey, Japan, China, Sweden, Russia, Brazil, Malaysia, fresh Zealand, South Africa, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Austria, Brunei, Denmark, the Netherland, Belgium, Finland, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Fiji, Ireland, South Korea, Thailand, Oman, Jordan, the Maldives, Nigeria, Peru, Tunisia and the Philippines.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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