{"id":63419,"date":"2020-03-30T16:51:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T11:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63419"},"modified":"2020-03-30T16:51:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T11:51:16","slug":"covid-19-philanthropists-requested-make-generous-donations-help-needy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-philanthropists-requested-make-generous-donations-help-needy.html","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Philanthropists requested to make generous donations to help the needy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Along with the government of Pakistan, several authorities have requested the country\u2019s philanthropists and privileged populous to generously donate to help fight the plight of the needy during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a news source reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-pak-mulls-inviting-donations-from-overseas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Govt mulls inviting donations from overseas Pakistanis to offset COVID-19-induced economic blow (opens in a new tab)\">Govt mulls inviting donations from overseas Pakistanis to offset COVID-19-induced economic blow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authorities that have requested the donations include\nthe Edhi Foundation, Lahore Police Department, and Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam of District\nQuetta. Edhi Foundation Manager Faisal Abdul Sattar Edhi underlined that due to\nthe government-imposed lockdown, daily wagers, low-income households and differently-abled\nindividuals were facing severe social problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edhi revealed that an average-sized family\u2019s requirement of\nration for 15 days was worth PKR 2,000 \u2013 for which he requested donations to be\ndeposited in any of the Edhi Welfare Centres across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, members of the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam stated that fortunate members of the society should openheartedly participate in helping out the less privileged during this novel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-establishes-coronavirus-emergency-fund-account.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"coronavirus crises (opens in a new tab)\">coronavirus crises<\/a>. On the other hand, the Lahore Police Department has begun donation collections for the \u2018Corona Fund\u2019. According to details, Inspector General (IG) Punjab Shoaib Dastagir established the fund. Reportedly, the Lahore Police officials would add over PKR 15 million to the fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-gov-pk-developed-spread-awareness-about-pandemic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" \u2018COVID-19 Gov PK\u2019 mobile app in making to spread awareness about pandemic (opens in a new tab)\"> \u2018COVID-19 Gov PK\u2019 mobile app in making to spread awareness about pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Punjab government has also initiated its campaign for\ndistribution of ration among the needy via the donations made by the individuals\nof the society. Many \u2018social work\u2019 organisations in the province have also started\nsimilar drives. Additionally, the country\u2019s youth has voluntarily started\ndistributing ration to people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Along with the government of Pakistan, several authorities have requested the country\u2019s philanthropists and privileged populous to generously donate to help fight the plight of the needy during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a news source reported. Read: Govt mulls inviting donations from overseas Pakistanis to offset COVID-19-induced economic blow The authorities that have requested the donations include the Edhi Foundation, Lahore Police Department, and Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam of District Quetta. Edhi Foundation Manager Faisal Abdul Sattar Edhi underlined that due to the government-imposed lockdown, daily wagers, low-income households and differently-abled individuals were facing severe social problems. Edhi revealed that an average-sized family\u2019s requirement of ration for 15 days was worth PKR 2,000 \u2013 for which he requested donations to be deposited in any of the Edhi Welfare Centres across the country. Meanwhile, members of the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam stated that fortunate members of the society should openheartedly participate in helping out the less privileged during this novel coronavirus crises. On the other hand, the Lahore Police Department has begun donation collections for the \u2018Corona Fund\u2019. According to details, Inspector General (IG) Punjab Shoaib Dastagir established the fund. Reportedly, the Lahore Police officials would add over PKR 15 million to the fund.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":63405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[24644],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-covid-19-philanthropist-requested-to-make-generous-donations-to-help-the-needy"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19: Philanthropists requested to make generous donations to help the needy - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Several authorities have requested the country\u2019s philanthropists and privileged populous to donate to help the needy during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-philanthropists-requested-make-generous-donations-help-needy.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19: Philanthropists requested to make generous donations to help the needy - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Several authorities have requested the country\u2019s philanthropists and privileged populous to donate to help the needy during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-philanthropists-requested-make-generous-donations-help-needy.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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