Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday held an international telethon through which he raised Rs5 billion in funds for the flood-affected people. In his message at the onset of the telethon, Imran said the objective of holding it was to raise funds for the flood victims as no government alone could deal with such catastrophe. He said he received a lot of calls from Pakistanis, including expats who wanted to help the flood victims. The initial economic losses from floods in Pakistan could reach at least $10 billion, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal told Reuters in an interview earlier today. So far, [a] very early, preliminary estimate is that it is big, it is higher than $10 billion," Iqbal said.
