Thursday night’s tv and radio fund raiser for victims of the floods in Pakistan raised €16.1m, the joint charity group SHO said on Friday.

The SHO said it is ‘very pleased’ wth the result, which included €2m from the Dutch government.
Earlier this year, a similar appeal for victims of the earthquake in Haiti raised €83m, of which half came from the government.
The Pakistan appeal was kicked off by singer Marco Borsato.
SHO chairman Jan van Doggenaar said the public view of Pakistan counted against the appeal. ‘Pakistan’s image is absolutely not positive: corruption and extremism,’ the Telegraaf quoted him as saying prior to the broadcast.
The Giro 555 bank account will remain open for donations for some time.