Mirpur (PID, AJK) Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan has said that it was for the first time that the Government in collaboration with Kashmir Orphan Relief Trust (KORT) has launched a mega project to provide free of cost housing facilities to heirs of martyrs, poor and deserving families.
He expressed these views while talking on the occasion of the foundation stone laying ceremony of the project here on Sunday. The former prime minister of Azad Kashmir Sardar Atique Ahmad Khan, government ministers, advisors, former corps commander Lt. Gen. Raja Sher Afgan, former corps commander Lt. Gen. Ikram ul Haq, government secretaries, top bureaucrats were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion the PM said, “Under this project, separate colonies of 500 houses will be built in the four districts of Azad Kashmir, Neelam, Bagh, Kotli and Mirpur”.
He said that the KORT and government would contribute equally (fifty-fifty) in what he termed a masterpiece housing project. The objective of this project, he said, was to serve the humanity. The purpose of building colonies for the families of martyrs, he said, was not just to earn praise, fame or political gains but the initiative was solely taken for the good of humanity. The government, he said, would provide all possible facilities to accomplish this project. He also hailed the KORT chief Chaudhary Akhtar for his service to humanity.
He said that concrete bunkers will be built for the protection of the people living in the areas adjacent to the LoC. With the support of Shaheen Foundation, the PM said that Air Ambulance service was also being started so that timely medical assistance can be provided to those injured on the LoC due to Indian firing. Hailing the sacrifices of the people living along the LoC, Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan said that the people living on the LoC were Pakistan’s first defense line.
The Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan during his visit to the lake view city also attended the wedding ceremony of the daughter of Chaudhry Muhammad Akhtar-the Chairman of Kashmir Orphan Relief Trust.
The Prime Minister while congratulating the bride and groom extended his best wishes to the newly-wed couple.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan while talking to media representatives said that the local elections in Azad Kashmir will not be postponed under any circumstances, this is the guarantee of the government of Azad Kashmir.
He said that people should not listen to rumours. “Our promise to the people was to hold local elections. This promise is now being fulfilled. All the arrangements regarding the local elections are complete”, he added.
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