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Article: Malaysian Prime Minister asks the nation to continue donations For Pakistan quake victims.
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- PPI - Pakistan Press International
- Article date:
- November 6, 2005
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KEPALA BATAS, November 06(PPI): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Saturday asked Malaysians to continue donating for the victims of the Oct 8 earthquake in Pakistan. He said the fund-raising organisers, including the media, who had stopped their collections, should reopen their funds to provide a channel for the public to send their donations."I believe Malaysians are not stingy and they want to contribute. So, the funds that had been closed should be reopened," he told reporters at his Hari Raya Aidilfitri open house in Deewan Millennium here.He was responding to news reports quoting Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf as saying he was disappointed ...