Kimse Yok Mu establishes tent city in South Pakistan flood affected areas, Pakistan's Minister for Information inaugurages

MIRPURKHAS, Pakistan, Sept 23: Pakistan’s Federal Information Minister Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan here Friday evening inaugurated the Tent-City established by ‘KIMSE YOKMU’ - a Turkish NGO for the flood affectees.“Government of Pakistan is grateful to the Turkish Government, the NGO and the people for helping in the setting up of the relief camp,” she said in her remarks after inauguration of the relief camp. She said the people of Mirpurkhas will never forget the gesture of goodwill and support extended by the people of Turkey to the calamity hit district.

The Information Minister, who was on a whirlwind tour of worst affected districts of the province along with the representatives of international media, said that the Federal Government has taken relief measures in collaboration with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), the provincial and district governments, besides, the assistance of NGOs.
“International media team has been brought here so that they could themselves see the magnitude of the disaster and plight of people due to rains and floods,” she pointed out. She said that the international media could also help the government in highlighting the plight and miseries of people at international level so that they could extend their assistance to Pakistan through the platform of the United Nations.
In addition, she said that the NGOs are also being encouraged to run the relief camps and may also seek and manage relief work through international community in an effective manner. Federal Information Minister said that President Asif Ali Zardari was himself in touch with the district governments and elected representatives to ensure full monitoring of the relief work in the affected districts.
On the occasion, MNAs from Mirpurkhas Mir Munawar Talpur and Aftab Hussain Jilani briefed the Minister and the media team about the gravity of the situation and destruction caused by floods in Mirpurkhas and adjoining areas. They said that floods have completely destroyed the whole infrastructure and agriculture besides causing loss of human lives, livestock and destruction of houses.