DERA MURAD JAMALI: A newly-elected member of the Balochistan Assembly on women’s reserved seat, Dr Rababa Buledi of the Balochistan Awami Party, has announced donating her salary of the entire five-year tenure to the fund set up by the Supreme Court of Pakistan for construction of dams.

Talking to the media on Saturday, Ms Buledi said that her total salary of 60 months — around Rs25 million — would go towards the construction of dams and to the heirs of martyred policemen and personnel of security forces.

Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2018

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