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SRINAGAR: J&K Bank Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmed on Thursday presented the state-of-the-art ambulance to the senior functionaries of J&K Waqf Board while paying obeisance at the Dargah Hazratbal.
Chairman Parvez Ahmed handed over the key of vehicle to the Waqf Board’s Senior Controller Finances, Ajaz Ahmad Mir in presence of the bank’s Executive Presidents Vagesh Chander, S.S Sehgal, Senior President Abdul Rasheed, Presidents Nishi Baru, Abdul Rashid Shegan, Zonal Head Manzoor Hussain, Vice Presidents Rakesh Gandotra, Sushil Kumar Gupta, Vinay Sawhney, Arvind Gupta, Cluster Head Shahzad Hussain Teli, Head Business Unit Kashmir University Campus Showkat Makhdoomi and other senior officers and office bearers of Waqf Board amid large gathering of people visiting the shrine. Earlier, the Imam of Dargah, Moulana Kamaluddin Farooqi received the Chairman along with his team at the sanctum sanctorum of Dargah and prayed for the collective good of people of J&K in presence of the Administrator Waqf Board Peer Masood-ul-haq, Ajaz Ahmad Mir and other office bearers of the Shrine.
Thanking the Chairman for this kind gesture, Ajaz Ahmad Mir said that the ambulance will provide a huge relief to the people in the adjacent area of the shrine besides the faithful who visit here in huge numbers on the auspicious occasions especially on the Eid-i-Milad and Meiraj Alam.
Speaking on the occasion, Parvez Ahmed said, “Under CSR, we have been trying in our humble way to serve the societies we work with and give back to the society particularly across the State. And we shall continue to contribute towards creating the requisite infrastructure for the social and cultural well-being of the people in the State.”
Present on the occasion, the locals and the visitors-to-the-Shrine hailed the bank’s noble gesture and praised the bank’s leadership for being socially conscious and sensitive to other needs of the society.
Meanwhile, Parvez Ahmed also dedicated two Automated Teller Machines to the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) for public use.
Chairman Parvez Ahmed and the Director SKIMS Prof Abdul Gani Ahangar inaugurated the ATMs jointly in a simple ceremony attended by the senior management of the Bank, other officers and officials of SKIMS amid good gathering of attendants present on the occasion. Meanwhile, Chairman also inaugurated an ATM in Umar Colony at Lal Bazar Srinagar amid good gathering of valuable customers, local traders and senior citizens.
