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| Flood victims to get cash grants soon, says Gilani |
| 2010-09-08 |
| [Pak Daily Times] The disbursement of Rs 20,000 in cash grant to the flood-affected families would start before Eid, but could take up to 40 days to complete as a large number of the affected were spread in far flung areas of the country, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday. The purpose of the grant was to help the affected families make a return to normalcy, he added, while talking to a delegation of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) led by its Secretary General Sarmad Ali, which met him at the Prime Minister's House. The prime minister said Rs 10 billion had already been pooled by the federal and provincial governments to disburse as cash grants, adding that "more would be added to the amount, soon". On transparency of funds disbursement, the prime minister said that soon all information regarding receipt of funds and goods, along with expenditure and disbursement would be available on a special website to be launched in the next few days. Highlighting significance of the National Oversight Disaster Management Council (NODMC), the prime minister said the organisation's objective was to ensure transparency and optimum utilisation of funds, so the affected population could benefit. The prime minister said he was confident that the support and assistance, both local and foreign, would increase after the damage-need assessment is completed by October 19. Value: Separately, talking to Baroness Valene Amos, the newly-appointed UN under secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, who called on him at the PM's House, Gilani said the government appreciated the valuable contributions made by the UN Office of Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in providing timely and effective relief to flood-hit Pakistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 PAK CAHS GRANTS versus * PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > [500,000 Tonnes]SEED LOSSES THREATEN PAKISTAN 2011 WHEAT HARVEST. PAK, Asian floods have caused the loss of vital seeds + heavily water-damaged much arable land. PAK ALSO THREATENED BY INABILITY TO FEED MILYUHNS + DILYUHNS OF IMPORTANT FARM ANIMALS USED FOR FOOD, CLOTHING, ANDOR CHEAP SOURCES OF FARM POWER. AND * SAME > PAKISTAN FINANCE MINISTER: PAKISTAN TEETERING ON THE BRINK OF A COMPLETE ECONOMIC BREAKDOWN. The recent Floods may be the Catalyst, the proverbial "Straw which broke the Camel's Back", since the Pak Economy was allegedly already at high risk of breakdown before the Floods even began??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-09-08 22:59 |
| #5 There used to be a nice little (not so little, really) gun manufacturing industry in Peshawar... Or so I've heard -- lots of little machine shops making whatever one could possibly want in the way of kinetic bullet pushers. The real shame of it is, they aren't stupid people. They're smart people grouped together into a very very stupid society. The whole is much less than the sum of its parts. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-09-08 18:52 |
| #4 There used to be a nice little (not so little, really) gun manufacturing industry in Peshawar... Or so I've heard -- lots of little machine shops making whatever one could possibly want in the way of kinetic bullet pushers. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-09-08 17:48 |
| #3 PS: Or would that be Chinese arms these days, or both? |
| Posted by: miscellaneous 2010-09-08 06:16 |
| #2 There's one other thing that bothere me Besoeker. What are they going to spend their money on? They have insurance or systems to rebuild lost or damage property? Not. I guess they need the cash to send for more Russian arms since they probably lost a good number of caches. |
| Posted by: miscellaneous 2010-09-08 06:15 |
| #1 Please hurry with your donations for the rebuilding of our roads, bridges, transportation and explosives manufacturing infrastructure. We have surrogate partners in Afghanistan to support and time is running out. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-09-08 05:37 |