Registration of welfare organisations cancelled

30 Social Welfare Organisations have been banned

ATTOCK: On the directives of Deputy Commissioner Attock, Ishrat Ullah Khan Niazi, Social Welfare Department has banned 38 SWOs (Social Welfare Organisations) which have been violating of their articles of association and contrary to the provisions of the voluntary social welfare organisations (Registration and Control) ordinance 1961.

According to a press release issued here on Tuesday, these VSWA (Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies) neither approached the Regulating Authority in response to notices served upon them nor availed the opportunity of being heard under section 10(1) of the ordinance 1961.

Following welfare organisations stand dissolved and their registration under the ordinance stand canceled which include Alkhidmat Welfare Society Ghoramar, Social Welfare Society Mirza, Social Welfare Society Shakardara, Kashtkar Welfare Association Hajishah, Sustainable Development Association Attock, Young Welfare and Educational Organisation Attock, Anjuman Taaleem o Falah Kamra, Women Welfare Society Attock Kanz ul Eman Welfare Society Attock, Almadad Welfare Society Attock.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 24^th, 2019.