President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva was named “The Symbol of Humanism – The Person of the Year 2012” in Pakistan

Pakistan’s influential Daily Times newspaper and Women Volunteers Organization named First Lady of Azerbaijan, President of the  Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva “The Symbol of Humanism – The Person of the Year 2012”.

Mehriban Aliyeva was honoured with this title for charity actions held by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation in all regions of Pakistan in 2012, including works in the spheres of education and public health.

The 2nd page of Daily Times dated January 22nd was also devoted to this subject. In the articles printed on this page, comprehensive information have been given about the projects implemented in Pakistan on the initiative of the President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Azerbaijan’s First Lady.

It was noted, in the articles, that a school for girls was built in 2007 following Mehriban Aliyeva’s initiative and with her support in the Pakistani city of Muzaffarabad that suffered from a strong earthquake. In 2012, the school was basically repaired and reconstructed. Within the framework of series of humanitarian aids in Pakistan, the Foundation has arranged medical examination of children that found asylum at “Edhi Home” orphanage, and vaccination was done against Hepatitis B. Free-of-charge medical examination was arranged for the poor at Peshawar city’s “Akbar Care” Cerebral Paralysis Institute and Women and Children Hospital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region’s Lakki Marwat city, open heart surgeries were financed at Islamabad city’s “Kulsum International” clinic, an ambulance provided with   state-of-the-art blood-transfusion equipment and a laboratory, as well as 2000 blood-transfusion packages presented to Hamsa Foundation (Peshawar), financial aid provided for the new building  of Khyber Eye Foundation, Iftar tables were arranged in Ramadan Holiday in all regions of Pakistan,  sacrificed animals were cut at Gurban Bayram and distributed among the poor in Lakki Marwat district and Punjab region.

It should be noted that, printed in large circulation, the influential Daily Times magazine is distributed in the Great Britain and United Arab Emirates, in addition to Pakistan.