AJK President Calls For Equal Opportunities To Orphans,neglected Children

AzadJammu and Kashmir (AJK) President, SardarMasood Khan has called for theprovision of equal opportunities and enabling environment tothe orphans andneglected children to mould them into responsible citizens of the country

MUZAFFARABAD (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd May, 2019) Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President, Sardar Masood Khan has called for theprovision of equal opportunities and enabling environment tothe orphans andneglected children to mould them into responsible citizens of the country."Takingcare of those who have lost one or both parents is our collective social andreligiousobligation as it is not the will of Allah that they (orphans) remainneglected or are pushedaside in society," the President said while addressingat an Iftar reception hosted by him fororphans in the President House inMuzaffarabad.Theevent was attended by AJK Minister for Social Welfare, Mutharama Noreen Arif,SecretaryGeneral Pakistan Orphan Care Forum, Nisar Ahmed, Director GeneralAnjuman Faiz-ul-Islam, Professor Niaz Irfan, Director General Orphan CareProgram, Muhammad Irfan Bashir,Secretary General Al-Khidmat Foundation, AftabAlam Advocate and a large number oforphans kids being supported and sponsoredby Pakistan Orphan Care Forum (POCF), anumbrella of orphans- focusednon-governmental organizations.ThePresident in his speech emphasized that orphans must not feel, alone, abandonedorneglected, and encouraged the children to grab whatever opportunities theyfind to excel ineducation and to make their way forward in the society.

Hesaid wars, social and political conflicts, natural calamities, diseases andaccidents weresome of the causes that leave thousands of children orphans andparentless.Peopleof AJK had experienced one such catastrophe back in 2005 that left thousandsofwomen without husbands and thousands of children parentless, Khan recalled."With so many orphans around us, we can feel the pain of being parentless andthe pang of achild's grieving for losing his/her parents more than any other,"he went to say.MasoodKhan said that in a Muslim society, an orphan should get care by others at parwiththe care one provides to his/her own children by ensuring that all orphansget physical,mental and emotional well-being without any discrimination.Thisis what the noble Quran and traditions of our Holy Prophet (Peace and Blessingof AllahBe Upon Him) teach us, the president said and added that the Holy lifeof our belovedprophet was an example for us who himself was an orphan andtaught us to treat theorphans with kindness and compassion.