hilal ahmar 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.