Ahsan Iqbal formally launches executive portal of FRCC aimed at ensuring transparency in relief & rehabilitation efforts

ISLAMABAD, Sep 12 (SABAH): Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhry formally launched the executive portal of National Flood Response Coordination Center (NFRCC) in Islamabad on Monday aimed at ensuring transparency in relief and rehabilitation efforts.

Speaking on the occasion, Ahsan Iqbal said this portal has been launched on the special directions of Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif which will provide information to the general public and development partners about the flood relief assistance being received from home and abroad including from the friendly countries as well as its utilization.

The Minister for Planning said Pakistan is faced with an unprecedented calamity which has affected thirty three million people.  He said damage caused by the floods is being assessed on daily basis with the cooperation of the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, the United Nations and the provincial governments. He however said final estimates of damage will be available only after water recedes from all parts of Sindh and Balochistan provinces.

Ahsan Iqbal asked the public to come forward for the help of the flood victims. He recalled that Pakistani nation has valiantly faced calamities in the past, expressing the confidence that it will cope with the current one with the same spirit. He was confident that Pakistan will emerge stronger, united and resilient from this disaster. Chairman National Flood Response and Coordination Center Major General Zafar Iqbal was also present on the occasion.