Pakistan Embassy launches dams fundraising drive in US
WASHINGTON: The Pakistan Embassy in the United States sent out an appeal this weekend, urging the Pakistani-American community to donate generously to a fund set up by the government to build Diamer-Basha and Mohmand dams.
But experts continue to debate the concept of building dams with public donations. The government hopes to raise a portion of the fund from the Pakistani-American community, which is considered the most affluent among the Pakistanis living abroad.
“Imran Khan has got ample supporters and fundraisers within the Pakistani-American community. Still, I doubt there’s a critical mass of Pakistanis overseas with the financial capacity (much less the will) to participate in this campaign,” says Michael Kugelman, a Pakistan expert at the Woodrow Wilson Centre for Scholars in Washington, describing the appeal as “an ambitious ask”.
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