The newly appointed Chairman of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRSC) Abrar ul Haq has expressed his resolve to come up with more tangible and viable methods to improve and extend PRCS humanitarian services.

Soon after assuming the charge as the 16th Chairman of the PRCS, Abrar held a series of brainstorming sessions with the top management at the National Headquarters to increase the Society's visibility and access by further broadening the mandate, a spokesman of the PRCS said, here Saturday.

The new PRCS Chairman is visiting all the provincial branch headquarters. In this regard, he visited the PRCS Punjab branch where he held deliberations with the Chairman Pakistan Red Crescent Punjab, former Justice Sheikh Ahmed Farooq and staff about different programmes and activities.

Abrar-ul-Haq appreciated the humanitarian work done by the PRCS Punjab branch and said that a comprehensive strategy and plan is being worked out and soon will be implemented to strengthen the Society's capacity, coordination between National Headquarters and its provincial and district chapters so that humanitarian services could be rendered to the vulnerable in a more efficient manner.

In addition, meetings and brainstorming sessions are also underway with heads of government institutions and different stakeholders to come up with more tangible and viable methods to improve and extend PRCS humanitarian services. A 90 days plan comprising initiatives and strategies is being conceived to further enhance the PRCS's operations countrywide after deliberations and approval from the managing body in coming days.