Pir Azhar is an activist and Community Correspondent for the KashmirUnheard team. Pir has used alternative media to bring attention to problems faced by people of his area. He has been successful in using media effectively to put pressure on authorities and get long pending issues resolved. He is now using Mobile Journalism as a tool and ideating citizen journalists…

Pir Azhar

An allopathic dispensary in rural Kashmir remained closed most of the time and no doctors were assigned to it. Community Correspondent Peer Azhar reported on the issue and with the help of his community brought change. Now the dispensary stays open for six-days-a-week and paramedical staff visits regularly. While the region is still battling with the aftermath of floods, medical attention in these allopathic centres is one of the foremost of concerns. “We are deeply thankful for your work,” a local activist in Kupwara told CC Peer.