The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) gives priority to relieving the suffering of the most vulnerable people in without discrimination of nationality, race, religious belief, color or political opinion. It is planned to strengthen the disaster response capacity of PRCS at all three tiers i.e. National, Provincial and District level. In this regard initially 27 most disaster prone districts from all the provinces and Azad Jamu & Kashmir have been selected for the year 2006-2008 for establishment of DM Cells with equipped infrastructure, staff, volunteer support, warehouse with sufficient stock at all the time to cope any emergency situation. The main activities of the Society is to provide emergency relief services, which include wide range of activities for the poor and marginalized people in both urban and rural areas.

The PRCS has also been successfully implementing disaster management initiatives aiming at developing its own ability as well as improving the capacity of vulnerable communities through trainings to establish effective disaster preparedness and response mechanisms.