PM for launching countrywide fundraising campaign to help quake-hit people of Turkiye

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Thursday directed to launch a countrywide fundraising campaign for the affectees of earthquake in Turkiye in line with the brotherly country’s appeal.

He appealed all the segments of masses to wholeheartedly donate for the quake-hit brothers and sisters of Turkiye.

The prime minister said that 'along with the donations, we have to give this message to the people of Turkiye that we are with them.”

He directed the Ministers for Education, Religious Affairs, Finance, Trade, Economic Affairs and the provincial governments to wholeheartedly participate in the fundraising campaign. "All segments of society including the Chambers of Commerce and Industry, business community, philanthropists, religious scholars, educational institutions should be made part of the campaign," he added.

The prime minister directed Minister for Education Rana Tanvir Hussain to start the fundraising campaign in the educational institutions, ordering him to visit various educational institutions and urge the students for donations on behalf of the prime minister.

Special fundraising camps will be set up at educational institutions and the donations collected from the camps will be used for the help of Turkish people. The Religious Affairs minister will contact the religions segments and scholars and build public opinion for the help of quake-hit people of Turkiye.