ISLAMABAD – A pair of Pakistanis residing in London, UK have donated £12,000 (nearly Rs2 million) for the construction of Diamer Basha and Mohmand Dam Fund.
Mrs and Mr MS Ahmad sent a cheque to the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar as donation, according to a press release issued by the apex court on Monday.
Over the weekend, CJP Nisar had warned those criticising his dams’ construction initiative of invoking Article 6, which deals with high treason. He had remarked that elements hell-bent on creating hurdles in the way of building dams are traitors and enemies of the state.
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The remarks came Saturday during the proceedings of a suo motu case at the Supreme Court’s Lahore Registry against free extraction of groundwater by bottled water companies.
The top judge has himself donated Rs1.1 million for the two dams. Directing the authorities to immediately start construction of the two dams in July, the CJP had also urged all institutions and individuals to play their due role for the construction of the dams in the country.
So far, the Dams Fund has received just nearly three and a half billion rupees.
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The fund witnessed a boost after the recent speech of Prime Minister Imran Khan, who urged the nation to donate generously for the construction of Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams. In a televised address to the nation on September 7, Prime Minister Imran Khan made an impassioned appeal to all Pakistanis, particularly overseas diaspora to generously donate funds to help the Country build dams.
Some Rs 906.2 million was received in the fund on September 11 alone, the State Bank said.
Meanwhile, the SBP in a circular directed the banks not to charge any service fee including interchange fee, merchant discount rate, transaction fee etc on the donations/payments made to the dam fund through payment cards (debit, credit or prepaid cards).
