Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar arrived back in the country after a week-long campaign in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the construction of Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand Dams.
Speaking to the media at the airport before boarding the plan for Pakistan the top judge said, “Entire nation is the protector of the dam-find raising campaign which I started.”
He added, “I will always remember the love shown by overseas Pakistanis.”
On November 21 Justice Nisar arrived in Britain to attend the first event at Lincoln’s Inn in London. This was followed by an event organised by the called ‘Centre for Policy Dimensions’ on November 22.
The top judge had then attended a fund-raising dinner in Manchester, organised by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf member and Prime Minister Imran Khan’s close friend Aneel Musarrat. On the same day, Geo News International started a live telethon from Manchester for the construction of the dams.
A record amount of Rs360 million was raised for the construction of dams at the live telethon.
This was followed by another events on November 25 and a ceremony of the World Congress and Overseas Pakistanis on November 26 where Justice Nisar met community members.
