Ch Sarwar urges world community to waive Pakistan's debts.

LAHORE -- Former governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has called upon the international community and the banking channels to waive Pakistan's debts in view of the recent catastrophic floods, which have rendered millions of people homeless and caused huge property and agricultural losses.

Speaking at a ceremony, held for dispatching 12 truckloads of food items for the flood-hit people in Sindh and Balochistan here on Friday, he said the world must acknowledge the adverse impact of the climate change and the recent floods were an example, urging the world to play its role in resettlement of the affected families.

Ch Sarwar, founder and chairman of the Sarwar Foundation - a non-governmental organisation (NGO) - reiterated his commitment to play his active role in mustering global support, adding that he would set aside all other works for the next 4 to 6 months and serve the flood victims.

The food items were dispatched by the Sarwar Foundation and Pakistan Development Network (PDN), while one-and-a-half lakh ration packs would be sent to the people affected by floods. Each pack contains necessary items of a family for one month.

The Sarwar Foundation and the PDN have dispatched more than 2-dozen truckloads of relief to the flood-affected areas of Sindh and...