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They were the first to come with tractors and vans to evacuate our people, said Shafaatullah Khan who lives in a village near the Indus in Punjab province. If they hadn't been many people would have died. They worked day and night to get people out and provide cooked food and water.
Nearby, workers of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Islamic charity hovered around four huge pots, preparing food over a smoky fire while four women clad in burqas sat at a charity medical post.
The JuD is the charity arm of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group.
The LeT was behind a bloody attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008 shortly after which the JuD was put on a UN blacklist for links to terrorism.
But such connections mean nothing to most Pakistanis.
Everyone has a good impression of them, land owner Mohammad Ali Khan said of the religious charity workers.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Religious workers win thanks from flood victims
Even Dawn has admitted it.
Nearby, workers of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Islamic charity hovered around four huge pots, preparing food over a smoky fire while four women clad in burqas sat at a charity medical post.
The JuD is the charity arm of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group.
The LeT was behind a bloody attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008 shortly after which the JuD was put on a UN blacklist for links to terrorism.
But such connections mean nothing to most Pakistanis.
Everyone has a good impression of them, land owner Mohammad Ali Khan said of the religious charity workers.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Religious workers win thanks from flood victims
Even Dawn has admitted it.