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| Prime Minister Imran Khan's telethon announcements of five billion rupees donations |
In the telethon organized by former Prime Minister Imran Khan to help the victims of the flood disaster in the country, Tahreek-e-Insaf claimed to have received donations of five billion rupees.
Tahreek-e-Insaf leader Fawad Chaudhry claimed on Twitter that Rs 500 crore was collected in three hours. On the other hand, according to the Minister of Information and Technology of Punjab, Dr. Arsalan Khalid, 1 crore 39 lakh rupees and 1 million US dollars were collected in the fund of the Punjab government.
After this claim made by Tahreek-e-Insaaf, numerous comments have been made on social media, in which on the one hand, the supporters of Tahreek-e-Insaaf called it a proof of the public's trust in Imran Khan, on the other hand, such posts were also made. came out in which it was said that these are only announcements and in fact there is no truth in it.
In these posts on social media, the question was raised that after the announcements in the telethon, will these donations actually be deposited in the accounts given by Tehreek-e-Insaaf and reach the flood victims?
According to the position of Tehreek-e-Insaaf, these donations will be collected in specific accounts and will be used to help the flood victims.
However, according to independent experts and people associated with the charity sector, it is difficult to collect 100% of the funds under the donation announcements.
According to experts, 70 to 75 percent of the funds coming in after donation announcements is a sign of success for a telethon or campaign, otherwise it is often less than 50 percent.
Will the announcements of five billion in the telethon come true?
Rashid Masood Alam, a banker, told the BBC that it was his experience that bank accounts opened to collect donations yielded much less money than those declared for donations.
He said that the amount collected is only 25 to 30 percent of the declared amount. He said that accumulation of 30 percent of the money is also considered as booty.
Rashid says that for example, a former governor of Karachi announced a huge amount of money in a campaign to collect donations for the Sindh Institute of Urology, but he did not deposit that amount.
Similarly, when asked to submit donations by the then Chief Justice of the Pakistan Dam Fund, a large business group announced to donate money. However, this amount was not deposited after the departure of the Chief Justice.
Mossadeq Aziz, head of resource mobilization at the Green Crescent Trust and former manager of the Shahid Afridi Foundation, told the The Time News Today that the rate of deposit after the donation was announced varied across sectors.
He said that 70 to 75 percent of the money is collected after the announcement of donations, which is an ideal collection and less than 30 percent of the money is collected, which is a disappointing result of collecting donations after a campaign.
Imran Khan's record has been 90 percent.
Dr. Arslan Khalid said in this regard that 'Imran Khan's record is that after his fundraising campaign and telethon donation announcements, the rate of depositing money has been 90 to 95 percent and after this telethon It is also hoped that this rate will continue.
He said that Shaukat Khatam Hospital, Nimal College are examples of this which have been built only through donations. People have confidence in Imran Khan that their donation will be used properly and will reach the rightful people.
Dr. Arslan Khalid said, "There are huge donations announced in the telethon and it may take days and weeks for the money to come, but it will come."
He said that in addition to this telethon, 1.8 million dollars have been collected in the last 24 hours in the campaign of Tehreek-e-Insaf to deposit money through credit card, which is a collection of donations of 50, 100, 200 dollars. Is.
When did Imran Khan fundraise in the past?
In the past, Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital was built by Imran Khan through donations and donations. Similarly, the establishment of Namal College in Mianwali was also implemented by him through donations and donations.
Dr. Arsalan said that if we take the example of Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital, 70% of its establishment was funded by donations.
He said that Imran Khan also organized a telethon after the outbreak of the Corona epidemic in Pakistan in which donations were collected to combat the situation caused by Corona. 50 crores were collected under this telethon according to media reports.
After the 2010 floods in the country, a telethon was organized under Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman Foundation's ``Call Campaign'' in which Imran Khan participated and funds were collected to help the flood victims.
Dr. Arsalan said that the reason behind the success of past and present telethons is Imran Khan and the only reason behind this is that donations are usually given on the call of Imran Khan from big donors whom he knows and They have also participated in their fundraising efforts in the past.'
"Most of them are very famous people who keep their promises by announcing donations," he said.
"That's why this telethon was so successful after the fundraising success of the past, and it's featuring the same donors we know so well."
How will these funds be collected and how will their proper utilization be ensured?
After donations are announced at the telethon, they can be deposited into two bank accounts.
They have been opened not in the name of Saaf but in the name of the government, in which one is in the name of the Punjab government and the other is in the name of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government.
Rashid Masood Alam said in this regard that these accounts are not trust accounts which can be monitored.
He said that the amount of money deposited in these accounts is known only to the account holder and under the rules of confidentiality, the bank cannot tell anyone how much money has come into it and how much is there.
He said that the State Bank of Pakistan can also intervene at the same time if it receives a complaint that there is something wrong and then it can conduct an inquiry.
However, Rashid Masood said that endowment funds are often charitable and are not subject to strict monitoring.
Regarding the proper use of the money collected through this telethon, Dr. Arslan said that in this regard, a committee under the leadership of Dr. Sania Nishtar will work to ensure the correct use of the donations and funds collected under the telethon. will work to make.'
Dr. Arslan said, 'These bank accounts movement
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