NEELUM VALLEY: Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan has described Neelum Valley as the first line of defence for Pakistan and AJK, saying its people are the “unpaid defenders of the motherland”.
He expressed these views while addressing a big gathering after distributing relief goods among the calamity-hit people at Kel in Neelum Valley on Friday on behalf of Pakistan Red Crescent Society. The function was also addressed among others by Chairman PRCS Abrarul Haq and the Administrator PRCS Azad Kashmir chapter Col (Retd) Tahir Younus.
The AJK president said that the people of Neelum Valley have valiantly responded to Indian aggressions and the natural calamities in every period. The families living in the valley were the first to fall victims, whenever a war breaks out or firing is carried out from the other side of the Line of Control (LoC), he said, adding that the sacrifices offered by the people of the valley would never be forgotten.
Unfortunately, he said, the valley besides the Indian aggressions is prone to natural calamities and disasters. “However, it is a matter of satisfaction that the armed forces of Pakistan and the district administrations are the first to reach for rescue and relief operation whenever some natural or man-made calamity hits the area,” he added.
With input from INP
