The drought situation in Thar brought shock to the whole nation as the reports of deaths due to malnutririon and starvation came out from the region. Since then many organizations both public and private have scrambled to collect funds and aid to help the people of Thar.
It also gave the political parties to come forward and actually do something for the Pakistani people and PTI leader Mohsin Javed Butt gave a demonstration of this effort by rasing funds for Thar victims in Gujrat. Mohsin Javed Butt who is a member of PTI from the PP-111 constitution, partnered with other PTI members and workers to collect funds from Madina Bazar Sargodha road.
The people of the area responded very positively to this initiative and gave generous amounts of donations. Prominent personalities such as Al-Haj Afzal Gondal, Chaudry Ajmal Ali Khawar, Mirza Usman Iqbal, Tariq Mehmood, Shamaz Hassan, Wasim Akram and others were also present on this occasion.
It was also announced that a similar fund raising drive will be organized under the supervision of Mohsin Javed Butt on Railway road and Railway station to ensure that the maximum number of people could contribute to help their brothers in Thar.