| [Geo News] Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif demanded the federal government to hand the foreign aid to the flood-affected provinces, so that rehabilitation work for the affectees could be successfully carried out, Geo News reported Tuesday. Addressing a press conference at Rahim Yar Khan Airport, he said the flash floods wrought indescribable havoc in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, urging the federal government to dole out the aid proportionately. Shahbaz said over 20 million people are hit by the flash floods and for their rehabilitation, work should be kick-started on emergency basis. The Chief Minister said Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) is soon establishing a Fund for the flood-affected people. He said the construction of new dams is indispensable to avoid the potential devastations by the floods in future. He also thanked Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani for extending assistance in relief efforts for the affectees. |