Lahore, August 05: In a bid to raise funds for the victims of the worst floods Pakistan has seen in its 63-year history, all-rounder Shahid Afridi will fly out for Dubai today.
Afridi is hoping to raise millions of rupees during his two-day stay in the United Arab Emirates.]
”Our countrymen are once again going through a very difficult time and it’s our responsibility to help them as much as we can,” Afridi, Pakistan’s ODI and Twenty20 skipper, told ‘The News’.
”Millions in different parts of the country like Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, Punjab and Sindh are in a desperate situation and need immediate help,” he added.
The floods that have inundated north-western Pakistan since last week has by now claimed over 1,400 lives and stranded, displaced or otherwise affected another 3.2 million.
–UNI