AJK PM performs whirl-wind visit to calamity-hit Neelam valley.

MIRPUR (AJK) -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan on Friday visited the affected areas of district Neelum and reviewed the relief operations in the wake of damages incurred due to heavy rains, snowfall and avalanches.

The AJK prime minister who was accompanied by Speaker Legislative Assembly Shah Ghulam Qadir, Minister State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) Ahmed Raza Qadri and others met to the affectees and assured them all out support from the government.

The AJK prime minister was briefed by the district administration on the losses of lives and properties and steps taken by the state institutions in that regard.

Talking to the affectees, Raja Farooq Haider assured them that his government would not leave them alone in this time of crisis and will stand by them till the complete rehabilitation of the last man.

The premier told them that he himself taking report of the ongoing rescue, relief and rehabilitation activities in the affected areas and personally monitoring the situation on daily basis.

'Our government, administration and Pak Army would leave no stone unturned in complete rehabilitation of affectees.

The compensatory amount of the damages incurred due to the recent tragic incidents in the valley would be provided to the affectees at their doorsteps', he assured.

Raja Farooq Haider Khan remarked that fighting natural calamities is almost impossible but through better planning and preparedness we can minimize the losses of lives and properties.

He said land-route to the affected areas would immediately be cleared after the end of snowfall spell in the valley.

'Azad Kashmir government is exercising all-out resources and capabilities in collaboration with...

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