SAHIWAL: The local press club president handed over on Friday two truckloads of relief goods to provincial Minister for Labour Raja Ashfaq Sarwar for the flood victims of south Punjab. The items include bottled water and grocery items.

Shafqat Husain Gilani said press club members chipped in for the cause.

The minister and District Coordination Officer Dr Sajid Mamhood thanked journalist and said those goods would be sent to Kabirwala in Khanewal district where flooding in the River Ravi inundated several villages.

Published in Dawn, September 20th , 2014

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