Prominent businessman Jahangir Khan Tareen, who quit politics last year, pledged to donate more than Rs20 million for flood victims in Lodhran.

In a statement, he vowed that “maximum effort will be taken for the rehabilitation of the flood-hit people”.

“They will not be left alone,” Tareen asserted, calling for “unity in the face of the natural disaster”.

He directed his team to work in collaboration with Rescue 1122 and the Lodhran district administration and help with relief efforts.

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