Info minister praises COP27 for setting up climate change, damages fund.

KARACHI -- Provincial Information, Transport and Mass Transit Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has praised the COP27 for setAting up climate change and damages fund and termed it a huge development as it was a very important global probAlem. The minister also congratulated the whole nation on this achievement. He added that COP27 recognised the stance of Pakistan because of continuous efAforts and hard work of Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The minister exApressed these views while addressing a press conference in the Sindh Assembly Committee Room on Monday.

He added that formation of fund will benefit all the developing countries inAcluding Pakistan that are facing the chalAlenges of climate change.

The minister said that on one hand, our foreign minister is fighting the case of flood victims at the global level, whose stance has been recognised by the world. On the contrary, the former prime minAister has done a severe blow to the narArative of the flood victims. He contended that after recent floods, the whole world had been focusing on Pakistan because of colossal damages caused by natural calamity and foreign leaders and interAnational NGOs were planning to visit Pakistan. But Imran Khan created unAcertain situation in the country through announcing his fake long march drama.

He added that head of states and inAternational organisations halted their programmes due to uncertain situaAtion of the country. He said that Imran Khan has caused irreparable damage to the country and the flood victims for his personal interests and millions of flood-affected people are still waiting for asAsistance in open sky as their abodes damAaged due to heavy rains and floods. The minister welcomed the initiative of COP27 and said that it will benefit the developing countries in addressing the climate change affects to some extent. He said that the Sindh government is endeavouring to rehabiliAtate the flood victims. The Sindh cabinet had fixed the support price of wheat at Rs4,000 per maund. This initiative has encouraged wheat growers, which will increase wheat production and make Pakistan self-sufficient in wheat in the coming wheat season.

He said that the Sindh government has started the survey work in flood-affected areas from Monday. The Sindh chief minister has strictly instructed that each farmer who is growing wheat crop should be disbursed Rs5,000 per acre immediately. He said that the governAment is also focusing on construction of damaged...

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