But PM Imran wants the countrymen to crowdfund a whopping $14 billion for desperately needed dams, a plea capitalising on nationalist fervour but ridiculed by detractors as unrealistic. If it succeeded it would be the largest crowdfunding effort in history — shattering the current Kickstarter record 700 times over. “We have only 30 days water storage capacity,” cricketer-turned-premier Imran Khan warned in a televised appeal this month. If the millions of Pakistanis living overseas all contribute $1,000 then Pakistan will have the funds to build the dams, he claimed. Critics say the premier’s plan is little more than pie in the sky.

Source: The Express Tribune September 28, 2018 18:33 UTC