KARACHI:Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions, Talha Mahmood, has said the government gives immense value to the services rendered by concerned charities and philanthropists for extending relief to the victims of recent floods in the country.
The Federal Minister SAFRON stated this while speaking as the chief guest at the 15th International CSR Summit and Awards-2023 organized by the National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) to recognize excellence shown by the corporate sector in the last year in uplifting the underprivileged communities in the country.
Mahmood said the government always required help from the corporate sector, philanthropists, and non-governmental organizations to mitigate the miseries of the downtrodden people. He said the government possessed limited financial resources while the challenge to extend relief to the underprivileged classes was enormously massive so it always needed the support of the concerned charities and NGOs.
He said that before the devastating floods of last year, the NGOs and welfare organizations had earlier rendered excellent services in providing food rations to the needy people during coronavirus lockdowns. Also speaking on the occasion, NFEH President, Naeem Qureshi, said the CSR Summit and Awards were organized every year as a forum to help NGOs, charities, and the corporate sector to combine their efforts and resources for the good of the deprived communities in Pakistan.
Some six non-profits were also recognized on the occasion for their excellent relief work during the recent flood emergency in Pakistan. Following 70 companies were given 15th International CSR Awards-2023 on the occasion: Allied Bank Limited, Almoiz Industries Limited, Archroma Pakistan Limited, Artistic Milliners, Atlas Honda Limited, Awan Distributions, Bank Alfalah Limited, Bestway Cement Limited, Century Paper And Board Mills Limited, Cherat Packaging Limited, China Power Hub Generation Company (Pvt.) Limited, Crown Group Of Companies, Dp World Karachi, Efu General Insurance Ltd, Envirograf Uk, Fatima Fertilizer Company Ltd, Fauji Cement Company Limited, Green International University, Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited, Harbin Electric International O and M, Hashoo Foundation, Huaneng Shandong Ruyi (Pakistan ) Energy (Pvt) Limited, Hubco, Indus Motor Company Limited, International Steels Limited, Karot Power Company (Pvt) Limited, Kohat Cement Company Limited, Kohinoor Maple Leaf Group, Longi Solar Technology Co. Limited, Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited, Lucky Cement Limited, Lucky Core Industries Limited Soda Ash Business, Khewra, Lucky Tex Pakistan Pvt Limited, Lucky Textile Mills Limited, Mari Petroleum Company Limited, Marium Ali Muhammad Tabba Foundation (Matf), Martin Dow Group, Meezan Bank Limited, Metropolitan International United College (Miuc), Mm Pakistan Pvt Limited, Muhammad Talha Mahmood Foundation, Murshid Hospital and Health Care Centre, National Bank Of Pakistan, Naubahar Bottling Company Pvt Limited, Nestle Pakistan Limited, Novo Nordisk Pakistan, Oil And Gas Development Company Limited, Packages Limited, Pak-Arab Refinery Limited, Pakistan Beverage Limited Karachi, Pgnig Pakistan Branch – Pkn Orlen Sa, Pharmatec Pakistan Pvt Limited, Prime Safety Limited (Midas Safety Pakistan), Professional Education Foundation (Pef), Quaid-E-Azam Thermal Power (Pvt) Limited, Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited, Roots School System, Sapphire Finishing Mills Limited, Sapphire Textile Mills Limited, Sicpa Inks Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd, Siddiqsons Limited, Sino Sindh Resources Pvt Limited, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, Thar Coal Block-1 Power Generation Company (Pvt) Limited, The University Of Faisalabad, Total Parco Pakistan Limited, Wah Industries Limited, Wilshire Laboratories (Pvt) Limited, Yunus Textile Mills Limited and Zvmg Rangoonwala Trust.