{"id":63912,"date":"2020-04-12T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T05:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63912"},"modified":"2020-04-10T16:17:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T11:17:06","slug":"notable-figures-firms-donate-to-covid-19-relief-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/notable-figures-firms-donate-to-covid-19-relief-fund.html","title":{"rendered":"Notable figures, firms make generous donations to PM\u2019s COVID-19 Relief Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: In a bid to support the government\u2019s fight against the prevailing coronavirus and to provide relief to those hard-hit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/chinese-firms-local-companies-notable-figures-donate-generously-to-pms-covid-19-relief-fund.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"notable figures (opens in a new tab)\">notable figures<\/a> and firms are coming forward with generous donations, according to the news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong>  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-pandemic-relief-fund-2020-set-up.html\" target=\"_blank\">PM sets up COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Fund-2020; asks nation to donate generously<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nview with the sentiment of supporting the federal government\u2019s efforts, the JS\nBank \u2013 in association with its key partners \u2013 has established a PKR 110 million\nfund. This fund will operate on a three-tier strategy \u2013 providing immediate\nrelief, coronavirus pandemic control and response capacity building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first phase, rations and necessities worth PKR 30 million for the families in need. In the second phase, the bank will arrange for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and donate funds worth PKR 50 million to frontline institutions providing medical aid to the affectees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/business-community-pours-donations-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html\" target=\"_blank\">Business community pours in donations to support COVID-19 relief measures<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, legendary national\ncricketer Shahid Khan Afridi distributed food packages to 500 adversely\naffected families from the valley of Chitral. The cricketer-run welfare\nfoundation has been effectively working to provide relief to people amid the COVID-19\npandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a similar effort, Member Provincial\nAssembly (representative of a minority community) Denesh Khumar donated PKR 5\nmillion to the Coronavirus Relief Fund established by the Balochistan government.\nDenesh is the first lawmaker from the ruling party to have made such a generous\ndonation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: In a bid to support the government\u2019s fight against the prevailing coronavirus and to provide relief to those hard-hit, notable figures and firms are coming forward with generous donations, according to the news sources. Read: PM sets up COVID-19 Pandemic Relief Fund-2020; asks nation to donate generously In view with the sentiment of supporting the federal government\u2019s efforts, the JS Bank \u2013 in association with its key partners \u2013 has established a PKR 110 million fund. This fund will operate on a three-tier strategy \u2013 providing immediate relief, coronavirus pandemic control and response capacity building. In the first phase, rations and necessities worth PKR 30 million for the families in need. In the second phase, the bank will arrange for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and donate funds worth PKR 50 million to frontline institutions providing medical aid to the affectees. Read: Business community pours in donations to support COVID-19 relief measures Meanwhile, legendary national cricketer Shahid Khan Afridi distributed food packages to 500 adversely affected families from the valley of Chitral. The cricketer-run welfare foundation has been effectively working to provide relief to people amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a similar effort, Member Provincial Assembly (representative of a minority&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020],"tags":[25871,4755,25872],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-generous-donations-to-pms-covid-19-relief-fund","9":"tag-js-bank","10":"tag-shahid-khan-afridi","11":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Notable figures, firms donate to COVID-19 Relief Fund - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a bid to support the government\u2019s fight against coronavirus and to provide relief notable figures and firms are coming forward with generous donations\" \/>\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\/notable-figures-firms-donate-to-covid-19-relief-fund.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Notable figures, firms donate to COVID-19 Relief Fund - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a bid to support the government\u2019s fight against coronavirus and to provide relief notable figures and firms are coming forward with generous donations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/notable-figures-firms-donate-to-covid-19-relief-fund.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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