Muzaffarabad: (Parliament Times) The President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Muhammad Masood Khan has said that Red Crescent is a unique organization which is serving the humanity in both peace and war situations.
He was talking to Chairman Red Crescent Azad Jammu and Kashmir Branch Dr. Sardar Mehmood Ahmed Khan here on Wednesday. AJK President said Azad Kashmir is disaster-prone area which is also in constant danger of Indian unprovoked firing.
He said Red Crescent like organizations must take care of the affectees of Indian shelling at Line of Control. Sardar Masood Khan also directed Chairman Red Crescent to personally visit the affected areas adjacent to Line of Control to assess the needs and difficulties of people badly affected by the Indian firing.
Saying that this year alone, dozens of civilian were killed, hundreds others wounded besides damaged to the properties of people and crops, President directed PRCS to come forward and work for the victims as per its vision and objectives. He expressed his regret that the organization remained dysfunctional in recent past because of the politics in its ranks and functional and expressed same will not be allowed in future. He said steps would be taken to allow the organization to work in professional manners away from the politics. The president said AJK government will fully support and patronize the Red Crescent Society in its people welfare focused endeavors. Sardar Muhammad Masood Khan said that organizations that are being run with foreign funding should have an exemplary discipline and must work in professional manners.   AJK President directed newly chairman of PRCS to personally visit all the areas located along the Line of Control for need assessment purpose and ensure the timely assistance to the affectees of Indian firing. He also directed that organization should setup its office close to LoC, compile the data of the cross LoC shelling victims and their immediate needs. Speaking on the PRCS State Branch chairman Dr Sardar Mahmood Khan thanked president Sardar Masood Khan and assured that will utilize all his abilities to come up to the expectations of people and the government. He also vowed to make PRCS a people serving institution.