Sindh Minister for Information, Local Government, Housing &Town Planning, Religious Affairs, Forest and Wildlife Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah had appealed to the people of Pakistan and to all the Pakistanis living abroad to donate more to the Emergency Corona Fund established by the Sindh government and assist the government in the fight against the pandemic.
He said that donations can be deposited in Sindh Bank account number IBAN – PK75SIND000-3015594456100. The account details for those in the USA and UK who want to donate to the Coronavirus Emergency Fund of the Sindh government and want a tax exemption are as following; “The I-care America Fund, Inc.”
On Account: Government of Sindh Coronavirus Emergency Fund
Bank of America
Charles River Park, 161 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA02114
Account Number – 223026206461
Routing Number – 026009593
Swift code – BOFAUS3N.
The provincial minister for Information said that the government could not control the spread of the Coronavirus without the cooperation of the people. “Together we will get rid of the Coronavirus pandemic”, he said. Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that at this moment in time the government was most concerned about the people belonged to the working class especially the daily wagers. The provincial Minister for Information said that the government was considering various options to provide ration and cash to these people and all the possible measures to be adopted were in the final stages of implementation. In this regard, the Sindh government was also launching a mobile registration system, through which all needy people would be registered first and then after verification the cash would be transferred to them through mobile cash transfer service, the Minister said.
Telling about the verification process, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that the services of the NADRA, Federal Board of Revenue, State Bank of Pakistan and the Federal Investigation Agency had been sought in this regard. He said that only one person from a family would be registered and then the cash would be transferred on his mobile number. The provincial Minister for Information said that with the assistance of the FIA the data of all those people who travelled abroad would be obtained because the government knew that the poor people also went to perform Hajj and Umrah. While the facility of account check would also be obtained from the State Bank of Pakistan so as to facilitate all those people who had less than ten thousand rupees in their account. He said that soon this registration process would be completed and cash transfer would be initiated to all the needy people.
Telling about to the recovery of patients affected by Coronavirus, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that there were 18 Coronavirus infected patients in the province who had recovered so far, and those who recovered on Monday included the patients who had Dubai and Syria in their recent travel history. Syed Nasir Hussain Shah also expressed the hope that after China, Pakistan would be the second country to get rid of Coronavirus completely.
“Be careful, stay in your homes, for yourself and for your loved ones, and others as the difficult time is about to pass, and the new Sun with new hopes and opportunities is about to rise, Provincial Minister for Information said.
