Govt fails to provide timely rescue, relief services: Imran
Thursday October 13, 2005 (1541 PST)
ISLAMABAD, October 14 (Online): Imran Khan, Chairman Pakistan Tehirk-e-Insaf has urged upon the nation to unite to face the calamity and help the brethren who are without food, shelter and medicine and deplored the fact that government has completely failed to provide any rescue or relief service to the people of the earthquake affected areas.
He observed this while talking to newsmen here on Thursday, urging the country that being a Muslim and as a human being they should come forward in this hour of national tragedy and mobilize all available resources for the relief and rehabilitation of earthquake calamity hit people of NWFP and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
He said after returning from the calamity hit areas of NWFP, it is clear that scores of thousands of people have perished without any rescue effort and hundreds of thousands of survivors are without food, shelter and medical care.
Imran stated that any effective strategy for a natural disaster has 3 major elements, first and foremost is to rescue those who are trapped under the debris and show lives could be saved. "in the area I visited, no rescue effort b the government was visible." It is clear that entire communities have been decimated.
"The second most important factor is to provide relief to the survivors in the form of medical care, food, temporary shelter," he added.
The third vitally important factor is vital support in any natural calamity is long term rehabilitation of the survivors, he maintained.
Therefore I intend to raise funds and collect relief material, all over Pakistan until such time as uor brothers and sisters in the earthquake affected areas have some shelter and food to survive this tragedy. I appeal to everyone to donate generously to the Imran Khan Earthquake Relief Fun or donate in the form of blankets, tents, food stuff, medicines and any other household material that can be of value to our brothers and sisters caught in this tragedy.
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Thursday October 13, 2005 (1541 PST)
ISLAMABAD, October 14 (Online): Imran Khan, Chairman Pakistan Tehirk-e-Insaf has urged upon the nation to unite to face the calamity and help the brethren who are without food, shelter and medicine and deplored the fact that government has completely failed to provide any rescue or relief service to the people of the earthquake affected areas.
He observed this while talking to newsmen here on Thursday, urging the country that being a Muslim and as a human being they should come forward in this hour of national tragedy and mobilize all available resources for the relief and rehabilitation of earthquake calamity hit people of NWFP and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
He said after returning from the calamity hit areas of NWFP, it is clear that scores of thousands of people have perished without any rescue effort and hundreds of thousands of survivors are without food, shelter and medical care.
Imran stated that any effective strategy for a natural disaster has 3 major elements, first and foremost is to rescue those who are trapped under the debris and show lives could be saved. "in the area I visited, no rescue effort b the government was visible." It is clear that entire communities have been decimated.
"The second most important factor is to provide relief to the survivors in the form of medical care, food, temporary shelter," he added.
The third vitally important factor is vital support in any natural calamity is long term rehabilitation of the survivors, he maintained.
Therefore I intend to raise funds and collect relief material, all over Pakistan until such time as uor brothers and sisters in the earthquake affected areas have some shelter and food to survive this tragedy. I appeal to everyone to donate generously to the Imran Khan Earthquake Relief Fun or donate in the form of blankets, tents, food stuff, medicines and any other household material that can be of value to our brothers and sisters caught in this tragedy.
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