Pakistan cricket team attends Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dams fund-raising events in Johannesburg

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Pakistanis in South Africa gear up for dams fund raising

CENTURION, South Africa: The Senator Faisal Javed along with Pakistan Cricket Team will be attending the SC/PM Diamer Basha & Mohmand Dams Fund Raiser to be held by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) South Africa Chapter on February 4 in Centurion, Pretoria.

The PTI South Africa president Zahid Afzal has finished all the preparations for holding the event.

The signed bat and ball by Prime Minister Imran Khan will also be auctioned at the event.

The event will be featuring Pakistan Captain Shoaib Malik along with Mohammad Hafeez, Shahdab Khan, Hasan Ali, Imam ul Haq, Usman Shinwari and others.In his remarks, Senator Faisal Javed said that so far the response on the call of Supreme Court and Prime Minister has been tremendous.

Faisal Javed said that overseas Pakistanis are a great asset of our country and their contribution towards the dam fund is phenomenal. He said that this passion of Pakistanis ensures we will be able to solve water crises in Pakistan.

Senator Faisal Javed said that Pakistan desperately needs large dams. He said that we have not built any large dam in Pakistan for past 40 plus years. He said that our storage capacity is only for one month against the minimum requirement of four months and due to this Pakistan dumps water worth $22 billion into the sea every year.

Furthermore, he said that how unfortunate is this that previous governments never paid attention to this huge water crises where our per capita surface water availability of over 5,000 cubic metres per year in 1947 have come down to around 1,000 cubic metres today. He said that there is a great deal of sense of realization among all Pakistanis and the way they are contributing towards the dam fund is commendable.

https://dnd.com.pk/pakistanis-in-south-africa-gear-up-for-dams-fund-raising/159610

 

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where should the next dam be built? and how many would pakistan need?

 

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The bat and ball signed by honorable Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan have been handed over to the chief organizer of PTI in South Africa Zahid Afzal. Both things will be put for auction in dam fundraising scheduled to take place on February 4.

PTI senator and chairman standing committee on info broadcasting & heritage, Faisal Javed Khan met Afzal in South Africa and gave the bat and ball to him. Afzal is hopeful to get an attractive bid in the auction. The dam fundraising is going to be staged in South Africa following the huge interest of the Pakistani community who want to contribute for Pakistan’s future.

Pakistan cricket team who is currently on the tour of South Africa will also attend the auction ceremony which will be attended by other dignitaries.

Earlier, Faisal said that it is overwhelming to see the interest of overseas Pakistanis towards contributing for Pakistan’s future. “Overseas Pakistanis are a great asset of our country and their contribution towards the dam fund is phenomenal,” he said. He urged Pakistanis living in South Africa to contribute towards the campaign.

https://arysports.tv/pm-khans-signed-bat-ball-reach-south-africa-auction-dam-fundraising/

 

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PM Imran's signed bat, ball auctioned in South Africa for millions

An autographed cricket bat and ball of Prime Minister Imran Khan has been auctioned in South Africa for raising funds for the construction of new dams in the country.

The premier’s signed bat and ball were auctioned for 0.3 million Rand (South African currency) and 70,000 Rand respectively.

The Pakistani community in South Africa donated Rs37 million for dams fund in the biggest fund raising event ever organised by the overseas Pakistanis on Tuesday.

The national cricket team’s signed bat had also been auctioned for 15,0000 Rands.

Speaking at the occasion, the chief guest, PTI Senator Faisal Javed, thanked the expatriate community for generously donating in the dam fund.

He said that “with this passion, Pakistan could overcome every challenge”.

“We all have to work hard together to steer the country on the path of progress,” he added.

The PTI senator went on to say that it had been more than 40 years now, not a single dam was built and presently, the country has the water storage capacity of one month only.

Faisal said that the Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams will help to solve the water crisis in the country.

“Pakistan receives around 145 million acre feet of water every year but can only save 13.7 million acre feet”, he said, adding that Pakistan needed 40 million acre feet of water but 29 million acre feet of floodwater was wasted.

Event was attended by former captain and commentator Ramiz Hasan Raja and Pakistan cricket team Captain Shoaib Malik, Muhammad Hafeez, Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Shahdab Khan, Usman Shenwari, Mohammad Ramzan, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, bowling coach Azhar Mehmood, Team Management Talat Ali and Mansoor Rana.

Fundraising event was arranged by PTI South Africa chief organiser Zahid Afzal, said a press release.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1904150/1-pm-imrans-signed-bat-ball-auctioned-south-africa-millions/

 

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Good effort by the guys.

 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are absolutely energized to have overseas support again for Diamer Basha and Mohmand Dam.Pakistani Community in South Africa has contributed Rs.37000,000 Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/FaisalJavedKhan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FaisalJavedKhan</a> thanked Pakistani community for their generous and passionate support for the National cause<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PTI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PTI</a> <a href="https://t.co/rFsgSVwpyO">pic.twitter.com/rFsgSVwpyO</a></p>— PTI (@PTIofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/PTIofficial/status/1092791824996098048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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