Help to vulnerable a religious, social obligation: AJK President.

MIRPUR (AJK) -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan Friday said that the help to the orphan and poor children was our religious obligation and at the same time, it was our social responsibility.

"It is the basic responsibility of the state and philanthropists to provide an infrastructure of care to enable vulnerable citizens to flourish socially and economically on an equal basis," he asserted.

He expressed these views during a meeting of the Board of Governors of an NGO Kashmir Orphan Relief Trust (KORT), running orphans and educational center here.

The President said that the children who have lost one or both of their parents, had been facing unfavourable conditions, and it was the religious and social responsibility all of us to fulfill their education and health needs.

The AJK president said that Kashmir Orphan Relief Trust headed by Chaudhry Mohammad Akhtar besides looking after hundreds of children was providing quality education and health facilities to them.

"The KORT is a role model for not only Azad Jammu Kashmir but the whole of South Asia as well," he declared. Appreciating Chaudhry Akhtar, the Founder Chief and the team of the organization for their excellent social work, Sardar Masood Khan assured that he in his personal capacity as well as through the state government would continue to extend all possible cooperation to this organization.

Earlier in a briefing, the state president was told that besides establishing water...