Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared on national television last night and addressed the nation briefly. While the majority lot was expecting Khan to address the removal of Atif Mian from EAC due to the involvement and pressure from religious clerics, prime minister only talked about water crisis and dam of Pakistan.
“Our debt today stands at Rs30,000 billion but the biggest problem we currently face is the water crisis,” said the prime minister of Pakistan while talking about the importance of dam funding. He further added, “I want to take over the fund-raising and want overseas Pakistanis to contribute like they used to do for the Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital,”
Additionally, Imran Khan urged overseas Pakistanis to make donations and contribution towards the dams fund in dollars so that the it may help in the depleting foreign exchange reserves.
There are 80-90 Lakhs overseas Pakistanis. If each one of you send 1000 dollars, we will have money to build this dam, and we will have dollars to bring into Pakistan to fix our reserves so we do not need to take any loans. – @ImranKhanPTI #PrimeMinisterImranKhan #DonateForDams
— PTI (@PTIofficial) September 7, 2018
Imran Khan Also Called Dams “Crowd Funded”
No one will come from the outside to help us build this dam. Dams have been crowd funded before. I promise you I will protect your money. – @ImranKhanPTI #PrimeMinisterIK #DonateForDams
— PTI (@PTIofficial) September 7, 2018
The overall address by Imran Khan received mixed reviews from the locals on how the government is depending on the donations of Pakistanis. Pakistanis believed Imran Khan was treating this another philanthropist project of his, asking people to donate like it another university project of his.
There Has Never Been Any
Which dam has been built using crowd funding? Please do tell. https://t.co/v6xN3FpzH5
— Abid Hussain (@abidhussayn) September 7, 2018
His Previous Promises Were Questioned
IK PM asked overseas to #DonateForDams.
Can anyone ask IK about 350 small dams in KP?
'Imran Khan claimed, 350 small dams to be built in #Pukhtunkhwa, in 2014.'— Veengas (@VeengasJ) September 7, 2018
Everyone Was Confused on How Imran Khan Did Not Say Anything About the Entire Atif Mian Fiasco
I'm still stunned that on a day we're all busy absorbing the news of what has happened on the EAC, Imran Khan decides to deliver a public appeal asking overseas Pakistanis to donate to the dam fund.
— Khurram Husain (@KhurramHusain) September 7, 2018
Many Asked This Question
Dude can Ahmedis contribute to Dam Fund? @ImranKhanPTI
— Sheema Mehkar (@SheemaMehkar) September 7, 2018
Yep!
Hey @ImranKhanPTI, you should talk to Atif Mian, he might be able to explain to you why a dam cannot be funded through civilian donations in an economically suffering country.
— No (@Bluemagicboxes) September 7, 2018
The nation, including the supporters of the party in power, are deep confusion given how they have handled the EAC issue. However, given the debt Pakistan is in, let’s all contribute towards the wellbeing of this nation!
