PM awards Rs2.5m to excavator operator for rescuing flood-hit family

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday awarded Rs2.5 million to an excavator operator who had rescued a family stranded in the flood in the Qilla Abdullah area of Balochistan.

The prime minister, who invited the rescuer Mohibullah to the Prime Minister’s House, appreciated his courage to save the stranded family while risking his own life, according to a PM Office press release. “The whole nation including me feels proud of you. I deeply adore your love for humanity,” the prime minister said.

He said that Mohibullah had fulfilled the national responsibility by rescuing the stranded people without caring about his own life. Besides awarding Rs2.5 million from the Government of Pakistan, the prime minister also announced a free-of-charge education facility up to the university level for Mohibullah’s children and cost-free healthcare for his family.

“This an honour for me to meet the prime minister of Pakistan. I never thought so. While rescuing the stranded family, I never knew that the act would get that much publicity countrywide,” Mohibullah said in the meeting. He also thanked the prime minister for acknowledging his gesture and honoring him by inviting him to the PM House.

Federal cabinet members Attaullah Tarar, Jam Kamal Khan and Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Chairman of PM Youth Programme Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan, PM’s Coordinator Romina Khurshid Alam and relevant senior officers attended the meeting.