In a live telethon on Monday night, citizens from home and abroad made calls and pledged huge sums of money.
From this live telethon, which lasted for about three hours, pledges have been made to donate five billion rupees to help the flood victims.
The former prime minister has also done live telethons many times before for the construction of Shaukat Khanum hospital, relief activities for people affected by earthquakes and floods and also during the corona epidemic, but a new debate has been started regarding the announced amount. How much will be collected?
How is a telethon conducted?
Former Federal Minister and Senior Vice President of Tehreek-e-Insaf Fawad Chaudhry while talking to Urdu News said that not all the money announced in the telethon is collected, but a large part of the money announced is collected.
He said that 'big donors give assurances in advance and then they are announced in the telethon. Like last night several overseas Pakistanis made calls and announced huge sums of money. From Houston and London as announced by Mahbub Alam and others. He had already assured. Similarly, due to personal relationships, Imran Khan has many donors on call who are ready to help in every difficulty.
Fawad Chaudhry said that "apart from the telethon, a web portal was also launched for overseas Pakistanis, in which 1.4 million dollars have been collected so far and money is being collected continuously through this portal."
Dr Amjad Saqib, the founder of Akhot Foundation, a charity organization working in Pakistan, says that 'some donors are contacted even before the telethon and this is a positive thing so that people are attracted to donate.'
According to Dr Amjad Saqib, “Donors are informed about the telethon. They may not be aware that a telethon is taking place. Therefore, donors who are known to give donations come to the telethon and announce it. This creates a spirit of donation among people.
How many of the announced donations have been received so far?
Former Federal Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that in the Prime Minister's telethon, an appeal has been made to donate to the accounts of Bank of Punjab and Bank of Khyber.
He said that the bank accounts given are government accounts and not those of PTI or Imran Khan, because the audit of personal accounts takes time, so the government accounts were provided and whatever money was in these two accounts. When collected, it will not be limited to Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but will be used to help flood victims throughout Pakistan.
He said that the portal that has been created for overseas Pakistanis is depositing money in the Bank of Punjab account through credit card and so far 1.4 million dollars have been collected apart from the telethon.
Giving more details in this regard, Fawad Chaudhry said that the details of the money accumulated in the two accounts given in the telethon will be provided on a daily basis from Monday. Most of the big money that has been announced is found, there is also a small amount that people announce but it does not reach.
How much of the money announced in the telethon is possible to raise?
Dr Amjad Saqib, the founder of the Akhot Foundation, believes that raising money for a telethon also depends on the person doing the telethon.
How successful a telethon is depended on various factors. Basically, it looks like who is doing the telethon. What's the point then?, besides who is watching or listening to the telethon? What time is the telethon being held? Who is participating and how is it being presented? All these factors together make the telethon a success.
He said that in an average telethon, 20 to 30 per cent of the declared amount is collected, but if all the factors of the telethon are present, then 60 to 70 per cent of the declared amount would be collected. Is.'
According to Dr Amjad Saqib, "not only overseas Pakistanis but also in Pakistan, there are donors who are ready to donate up to 100 billion rupees in a day."
How will the proceeds from the telethon be used?
Former Federal Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that a committee will be formed under the chairmanship of Sania Nishtar, the former chairperson of the Ehsaas Program, in which the finance ministers of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will be included and some businessmen will also be included. will go who are participating in welfare works.'
He said that "Sania Nishtar will announce the committee in this regard and these committee funds will be used for the rehabilitation of the affected people in the flood-affected areas not only in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but in the whole of Pakistan."
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