MIRPUR (Kashmir English): Mirpur-based South Asia’s largest rehabilitation and educational non-governmental organization, Kashmir Orphan Relief Trust (KORT), has started the distribution of food packages among families affected by recent unprovoked Indian aggression in Azad Kashmir.
Founding Chairman KORT Ch. Akhter Kashmir Wala said on Tuesday that hundreds of the people affected by the Indian firing in Jura area of Neelum Valley, close to this side of the ceasefire line, were distributed packs of edibles including flour, rice, cooking oil, pulses, spices and other related items, at the first leg of the relief goods distribution program, to facilitate the needy at this crucial stage.
The phased plan, Akhter added, would be continued till complete facilitation of the war affectees in the areas close to this side of the LoC in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The KORT Chairman thanked the donors for their generous support and donations for the war affectees in the remote and far-flung areas.
Indian aggression
The latest escalation between Pakistan and India began on April 22, when India immediately blamed Pakistan for the Pahalgam incident. Pakistan categorically rejected the Indian blame.
India, however, undertook a series of hostile actions the next day on April 23, including suspending the 65-year-old Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), cancelling visas for Pakistani citizens, closing the Wagah-Attari border crossing, ordering the shutdown of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, and reducing diplomatic staff at each other’s embassies.
Tensions further escalated when India, in the early hours of May 7, struck missiles in six cities in Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), destroying a mosque and killing dozens of civilians, including women, children, and the elderly.
