KARACHI, March 2: The Sindh Red Crescent Society (SRCS) is devoted to the welfare of the people of Sindh and it has a very large number of donors, which include no less a person than the Chief Executive/president of Pakistan who recently donated Rs three million to the Cardiac Hospital of the Red Crescent Society in Hyderabad.
Its relief work during cyclone, drought and earthquake speaks of its performance in the social welfare sector all over the province of Sindh.
In a clarification issued by the SRCS it has been pointed out that the Society, whose president is the governor of Sindh, is a statutory body and has its affiliation with the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies, Geneva, through its national body.
The rental income from its secretariat premises has increased from Rs1.8 million in 1984, when the secretariat had been built, to more than Rs5m at present.
The Society has been spending millions of rupees for the relief of the poor and the needy with no financial support from the government and maintains all records pertaining to its assets, including vehicles.
The present management is seized of the issue of the Orangi Medical Complex, built in 1985, and amicable solution is being worked out.
