Hilal Ahmar

Hilal Ahmar (Arabic: الهلال الأحمر‎, Persian: هلال احمر‎, Turkish: Hilâl-i Ahmer,Urdu: ہلالِ احمر‎) means Red Crescent in English. Hilal Ahmar is a charitable organization; the equivalent of the International Red Cross. Hilal Ahmar is a humanitarian non-profit organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness in Pakistan.

The Hilal e Ahmar was renamed the Kızılay Derneği in Turkey in 1935. Red Crescent society in Pakistan is still called Anjuman e Hilal e Ahmar Pakistan. It was founded on December 20, 1947 by the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

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