Khitmat-e-Khalq Foundation has formed a vast network to help the flood victims

Karachi – 13^th August 2010         

The Deputy Convener and Minister for overseas Pakistanis and Members of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) said that MQM’s Khitmat-e-Khalq Foundation (KKF) has formed a vast network to help the flood victims, any politics done without helping others is considered hypocrisy by the founder of the movement Altaf Hussain. He further said that several members of MQM and KKF are working to help the flood survivors. He said that aid amounting to almost Rs. 2 crores has already been sent to the respective camp, and more aid is at its final stage to be sent, and even today goods of Rs.1 crore will be sent.

He said that if time comes we will also keep the survivors in our houses, because that is our social, national, and religious duty. He expressed these thought during the press conference held at the head office of Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation (KKF).  In this conference Members of MQM Coordination Committee Syed Shoaib Bukhari, Nasreen Jalil, Syed Mustafa Kamal, Wasay Jalil, Saleem Tajik, Kaif-ul-Wara, Tauseef Khanzada and elected representatives were present. He said that MQM believes in the philosophy “helping others in time of need is the best form of worship” and that the founder of the movement Altaf Hussain and MQM consider politics without helping others hypocrisy, rather they give priority to help over politics. In difficult times the activities and work of MQM’s Khitmat-e-Khalq Foundation is not hidden to anyone. May it be the earthquake in Azad Kashmir and NWFP, or Tsunami, or the destruction caused by torrential rains in different cities of Pakistan, or the famine in Balochistan, KKF have always helped by sending as much aid as possible worth of millions of rupees whic can be seen in previous records. Every year KKF takes the initiative to help and even today it can be seen that they are working with full zest.

He said that several cities of Pakistan have been flooded and the destruction is now being considered larger than the Tsunami on international front. The flood has affected all the 4 provinces where thousands of people have died, farms, houses, animals of worth millions have been destroyed. The survivors have no place to live. Mr. Altaf Hussain has been appealing that all political differences should be forgotten in such times, and everyone should come forward to help the ones in need. On the instruction of Mr. Altaf Hussain, MQM has donated 10 lac rupees for the affectees. He said that MQM and KKF are continuously working to help. As soon as the news of flood came, a camp was set up by the head office of KKF in Federal B. Area, where several workers and volunteers of the MQM and KKF are working continuously. In order to send the aid a vast network of KKF has been formed. In Sindh, base camps have been set up at Hyderabad and Sukkur. From Hyderabad base camp the aid is being sent to Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah, Jamshoro, Thatta and Dadu, while from the Sukkur base camp the aid is being sent to Kashmor, Shikarpur, Ghotki, Khairpur and Larkana. The same way several other base camps have been set up in different cities throughout the country, and the donations and aid is being sent countrywide. Along with this people have also been working to strengthen the banks of the rivers. With the help of sand and stones the banks have been strengthened enough to avoid further flooding, and if the MQM workers had not taken this step, there would be much more and worse flooding.

He said that KKF has already send aid of worth Rs. 2 crores (Twenty Million) to different cities of Pakistan and he is thankful that several able people from Karachi and other cities have given large sums of donation. The goods that are being sent include oil, rice, sugar, flour, mineral water, powdered milk, pulses, biscuits, soaps for bathing and washing, along with medicines, vaccines, bandages, clothes, quilts, blankets and sheets. Up till now several trucks with these goods have already been sent to different locations, while some of it has also been sent via trains. He said that we all are very thankful to the people who donated generously, by sending goods and money. We appeal to the people to come forward to help as much as they can. They can submit their donations at the head office of KKF, from where it will be sent forward via trucks. For further information they can also contact headquarters of MQM 90 Azizabad at 021-36313690 or 021-36329900 and the KKF head office at 021-36374882. Dr. Farooq Sattar has requested the President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and ministers of all the provinces to help the flood victims as much as they can in this time of need.

The Deputy Convener and Members of MQM Coordination Committee visited the main
camp set up by the Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation for the flood victims

Karachi – 13^th August 2010

The Deputy Convener of MQM Coordination Committee Anees Qaimkhani, along with members of Coordination Committee including Shoaib Bukhari, Dr. Sagheer Ahmed, Wasay Jalil and Saleem Tajik visited the main relief camp of Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation (KKF) for the flood survivors and examined the activities of the volunteers. The camp is set up on the instruction of Mr. Altaf Hussain, Founder and Leader of the MQM. Anees Qaimkhani and the other members noticed the presence of sugar, flour, pulses, rice, clothes and other goods of daily use. They met the volunteers working at the camp and appreciated their hard work on behalf of Mr. Altaf Hussain.

Alongside the member of Coordination Committee Shoaib Bukhari sent a truck full of aid to the Sukkur Base Camp for the flood survivors via the head office of KKF under his supervision. The truck amounted to millions of rupees, consisting of sugar, flour, rice, pulses, oil, clothes and other goods. The members then explained to the volunteers that their aim should be to help the flood survivors in such a crisis, and Mr. Altaf Hussain can feel the pain of the flood victims even though he is away from the country. He is also been insisting on helping the victims in this time of need, and this is why on his instructions the activities of KKF will continue to aid the survivors.