KARACHI  - The participants of a workshop held here discussed modalities to effectively deal with natural calamities and disasters and to help especially the vulnerable people secure their rights.
  The workshop titled “Humanitarian Diplomacy and Communication” was jointly organised here Thursday by Pakistan Red Crescent Society (Sindh) and the International Federation of Red Cross. Senior journalists and representatives of PRC (Sindh), IFRC, ICRC, German Red Cross, Swiss Red Cross and  Norwegian Red Cross, Danish Red Cross participated in the event. Chairperson PRCS Farzana Naek, praising the work of IFRC and PRCS, hoped that such programmes would help understand the challenges emerging from natural calamities and effectively deal with such disasters.
Secretary PRCS (Sindh) Kanwar Waseem told the participants about the role of IFRC in public welfare and in dealing with natural calamities throughout the world. He suggested that Pakistan should come up with a law ensuring immediate rescue and relief to the victims of a natural calamity.
  They must be provided the required medical care, quality food in sufficient quantity and reasonable shelter. The people affected by flood, rains and earthquake do not feel isolated and unsafe, he said, adding PRCS is doing its level best in this regard.
  The representative of IFRC, acknowledging the role of the media during calamities in the country, said the media helps create awareness among the people and gives them moral boost to stand firm and come out boldly from such situations.