Altaf Hamid Rao.
MUZAFFARABAD/ MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) ; The meeting of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir cabinet was held here on Tuesday. The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan was in the chair.
The meeting decided to set up a special fund to look after the orphans and helpless families of the state and the government would take their responsibilities. In this connection all the employees including cabinet Ministers would contribute a small amount from their salaries in the fund set up by the government which will be transferred in the account of orphans, widows and helpless families on 25th of every month. The orphans will take benefit from this fund till they reach the age of 21.
The meeting imposed a complete ban on political and social meetings and called for strictly observing SOPs and decided to register cases against violators of SOPs. The meeting also decided to perform Namaz E-Taraweeh and Namaz E-Janaza with SOPs to prevent the corona pandemic . Addressing the cabinet the Prime Minister Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan said the government would patronize the orphans ,widows and helpless families and state employees will contribute a small amount from their salaries .He said the government has maintained financial discipline and has not taken any overdraft from the state Bank. He said the government would fulfill its responsibility to save the people from the corona pandemic. He urged the people to supplement government efforts and fully cooperate with the administration to save themselves and their family from the third waves of coronavirus.