AL-NIDAA' LAUNCHES AID FUND FOR PAKISTAN'S FLOOD VICTIMS

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (Bernama) -- The Al-Nidaa' Welfare Organisation (Al-Nidaa')
Malaysia Monday launched the "Pakistan Flood Relief Fund" to collect donations
for the flood victims in Pakistan.

According to a statement issued by Al-Nidaa', here Monday, the fund was
necessary to ease the sufferings of the flood victims.

The fund would be channelled through Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan, a
non-governmental organisation (NGO) which had been operating since the formation
of Pakistan in 1947.

"More than 16,000 of its volunteers are involved in the humanitarian aid mission
in the affected areas including Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshara, Swat and Swabi,"
said the statement.
-- BERNAMA