The Sindh government has utilized Rs285million from the Coronavirus Emergency Fund established under the Sindh Chief Secretary.
It emerged in a meeting of the committee of the fund held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah at New Secretariat, said a press release. The committee members included Secretary Finance Hassan Naqvi, CEO of Indus Hospital Dr Abdul Bari, Faisal Edhi of Edhi Foundation and Mushtaq Chhapra, a philanthropist.
The meeting approved an amount of Rs285 million utilized for establishment of Field Hospital Expo Center, Karachi. The committee also approved another amount of Rs5.5 million for purchase of kits and necessary equipments for the testing and treatment of Corona patients. The meeting was told that till last week Rs3.551 billion have been generated, including Rs2.87 billion donated by government -entities and Rs68.44 million by private entities and people. The donations are pouring in the fund every day. It may be noted that the Government of Sindh had established Coronavirus Emergency Fund. Under the TOR of the committee it shall roll-out different measures for the rehabilitation, long term welfare and financial well-being of the Coronavirus affected persons and their families.
The chief secretary said that each and every penny of the fund would be spent on the recommendation of the committee and the utilization of the funds would be audited by leading auditors.
