ISLAMABAD: The local business community in a meeting at the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry expressed condolences with the bereaved families whose near and dear ones have lost their lives during the mini-cyclonic and torrential rains in Peshawar and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which killed about 44 people and wounded more than 200 persons, including women and children.
Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Muzzamil Hussain Sabri said that the whole nation stands with the victim families in this hour of great tragedy and prays for eternal peace of the departed souls and that Allah Almighty grant courage to the bereaved families to bear this irreparable loss with patience.
He said the mini-cyclone had caused great losses to the people, as many houses had collapsed and crops damaged. He appealed to the well-off people to come forward and extend maximum help to those who suffered human, financial and material losses, and contribute generously to this noble cause.
