AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan presided over a meeting in Islamabad on Sunday to review relief and rehabilitation activities following war-like situation created by India in adjecent areas at Line of Control. It was decided that a comprehensive plan costing five billion Rupees for the victims will be sent to Federal government for approval.
Federal government would also be approached for issuing Sihat Cards and BISP cards to the people living along LoC facing unprovoked Indian shelling.
Addressing the meeting AJK Prime Minister expressed satisfaction over immediate steps taken by the administration to help the affected people.
He also directed for payment of compensation to the heirs of martyrs and injured within 24 hours.
Raja Farooq Haider paid rich tributes to Pak Army and lauded the morale of people at LoC and assured them that government will mobilize all available resources for their relief and rehabilitation.
Meanwhile, talking to a section of foreign press, AJK President Sardar Masood Khan called upon the international community to help de-escalate tension between India and Pakistan and resolve the Kashmir issue, the root cause of their conflict.
He said that a war between India and Pakistan must be avoided by helping both the countries to resolve the underlying conflict of Jammu and Kashmir.
The AJK President said the root cause of the Kashmir issue is the denial of the right to self-determination to the Kashmiri people. He said the international community should step forward, broker peace and prevent a war, it was the least they could do.
Sardar Masood said both India and Pakistan have nuclear arms and any small-scale conflicts could potentially escalate to the nuclear threshold, which has to be averted at all costs.