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No flood surcharge under consideration: Karia
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Kamar Zaman Kaira said that Government was not in consideration of imposing flood surcharge, adding that international community has pledged donation mounting one billion dollar in aid for the flood victims.Addressing a press conference with federal secretary of information and broadcasting Mansoor Sohail, on Monday at Press Information Department (PID) here, the minister said that 1.4 million children will be vaccinated for protection against epidemic diseases from September 1 to October.
In first step, worse flood-affected 40 districts will be covered, and in next step the children residing in other 37 districts, will be vaccinated.
“Prime Minister has directed the provinces to identify their 3 month medicine needs.
And consultancy with Chief Ministers is underway to call a meeting of Federal Council of Common Interest (CCI)”.“We are hopeful that the meeting will be called by this week, but provinces have not endorsed recommendations of Mian Nawaz Sharif about flood fund. If anyone has objections then it will be settled in meeting”, he added.
He said that the critics are urging us to do relief work for flood affeecties quickly but on the other hand they also call for transparency.
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