PML-N Overseas donates Rs 5.3 million for flood affectees

Lahore: Secretary General International Affairs (PML-N) Sheikh Kaiser Mehmood handed over Rs 5.3 million cheque to former Prime Minister & PML-N Quaid Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to provide relief and rehabilitate the people affected by catastrophic flood in the country, at a ceremony here on Tuesday.

The over 5 million fund is raised by the PML-N Overseas supporters and leaders, headed by Sheikh Kaiser, attempting to tackle the challenge of flood affectees with unity and mustering resources, according to a handout.

PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif said that PML-N Overseas is planning the reconstruction of houses for the homeless flood affectees. PML-N Overseas will start construction of model village projects with standard infrastructure for living and as well as combined dairy sheds for cattle in the flood-hit areas to make their life safe in future, added PML-N Chief.

Nawaz Sharif underlined that PML-N Overseas has extended relief and rehabilitation support to the 2005 earthquake-affected communities and Internally Displaced People (IDPs) during the military operation in Swat in 2009.

He also urged the party workers and supporters to come forward to assist the flood affectees and in prevailing circumstances everyone should play his role to help the flood victims.

Sheikh Kaiser present at the occasion said that people in flood-hit areas are desperately in need of help as flood has rendered unprecedented wreckages in these areas and there is a need for collective efforts to overcome the major challenge for the affected people which is reconstruction of their damaged houses.

The PML-N Overseas delegation also includes Mian Saleem, Mian Amjad, Malik Amanat, Mian Afzal, Mian Yousuf, MalikYounus, Sheikh Imran, Malik Shahid, Ali Mumtaz and Sheikh Babar.

Nation looking towards PML-N: Mian Nawaz Sharif

CHAKWAL: PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif has said the whole country is looking towards PML-N adding PML-N will be transformed into a revolutionary and popular party. Mian Nawaz Sharif said this while talking to PML-N delegation led by renowned Naat Khawan Abdul Razzaq Jami which called on him at Raiwind Saturday. Nawaz Sharif underlined party would be reorganized at village and union council level and the workers who had rendered sacrifices would be taken forward so that foundation for a political and popular revolution could be laid down in the country.

PML-N by awarding ticket to a worker in NA-61 Chakwal-2 had proved that workers were the assets of the party, he maintained. This was on the record that big Khan, chaudhrys, maliks and sardars had always left the party in the hour of trial, he added. Honor will be given to the party workers in future too who stood by party during Musharraf regime and those who had sacrificed for the party by serving jail terms; he said adding these workers were in fact asset of the party. Abdul Razzaq Jami told Mian Nawaz Sharif that awarding the ticket to Malik Muhammad Kabir advocate had infused a new spirit in the workers. District Chakwal was a strong citadel of PML-N and Malik Muhammad Kabir advocate would win the elections with overwhelming majority, he hoped

'N' decides to end friendly Opp role

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on Tuesday decided to stop playing role of a friendly Opposition and evolve a strategy to give tough time to the ruling PPP over its failure in evolving a transparent mechanism for rehabilitation of the flood-hit masses.
These decisions were taken during an important consu-ltative meeting of the party chaired by Muhammad Nawaz Sharif that was attended by all the central leaders, MNAs and Senators here at the Punjab House.
The meeting reviewed the recent floods in the country, scale of devastation and the Federal Government’s response to the national disaster.

The meeting deplored that the apathy of the Government in addressing the problems of the flood-affectees and its failure in paying cash compensations to those willing to return to their flood-ravaged residential localities before the forth-coming Eid.
Insiders informed TheNation that the party Quaid Nawaz Sharif also apprised the party colleagues of the Government’s failure in paying Rs 20,000 cash compensation per family despite the fact there was plenty of money received from the US and other countries of the world.

Sources were of the view that Nawaz Sharif vented his anger over the Government’s apathy after his meeting with visiting US envoy Brain D Hunt, who had apprised him of the money US government had paid to the Federal Government so far for flood relief work.
Sources further said that Nawaz Sharif also rejected the resignation of MNA Sardar Mehtab Abbasi and directed him to participate in the coming session.

Sardar Mehtab Abbasi had rendered his resignation by having reservations over the name of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and he favoured the estab-lishment of Hazara province.
Sardar Mehtab Abbasi assured his party leader that he would do his utmost in highlighting the party’s stance on the floor of the

National Assembly scheduled to meet from 2nd September on the requisition of the PML-N to discuss the topical national issues.
Earlier, in another meeting with MPs from Chakwal district, Nawaz discussed about awarding the party ticket for NA-61 Chakwal-11 which fell vacant after the resignation of the PML-N MNA Faiz Muhammad Tamman.