KKF will set up more welfare projects: Altaf Hussain

KKF will set up more welfare projects: Altaf Hussain

The News
20 October 2003
By our correspondent

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has announced that the Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation (KKF) was planning to establish more welfare projects for the people of Karachi, Hyderabad, and other parts of the province.

He announced this while addressing the meetings of the workers from London on telephone and directed them to launch the collection of Zakat and Fitra for the poor. The meetings were held in Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah, Sanghar, Larkana, Ghotki, Jacobabad, Thatta, Badin, Dadu, Khairpur, Sukkur, Shikarpur and Karachi.

Altaf announced that the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Nazir Hussain University would be held very soon while the ceremony for the Nazir Hussain Hospital and Nursing Home would be held in the Holy Month of Ramazan. He said that the Nazir Hussain Hospital would be a modern hospital with highly qualified doctors and paramedical staff.

He said that the KKF would also establish educational projects and open schools, colleges, universities, and medical centres to provide facilities to the poor. He said that the KKF was working since last 25 years with the help of the philanthropists and distributed food and other items among the needy during Ramazan.

The Muttahida chief asked the party workers to play an active role in the collection of Zakat campaign and appealed to the philanthropists to co-operate with the KKF in this regard.

He said that the Khurshid Begum Memorial Medical Centre and Maternity Home had already started functioning in Pak Colony. He said that the Nazir Hussain University would also be established in Hyderabad.

Altaf Hussain also announced the workers training programmes from divisional to unit levels and directed the Ad Hoc Committee and other committees to hold study circles meetings every week. He said that the ideology of the party should be discussed in the workers study circles meetings every fortnight in all units.

He said that the national, provincial assemblies and senate members would also hold meetings every month with the Ad Hoc Committee members and discuss their plans for the assembly session.

KKF deserves generous donations, Altaf Hussain

Daily Dawn
20 October 2003
By Our Staff Reporter

KARACHI, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that his party does not aim at amassing money, but its struggle is for serving people and ensuring all basic facilities to each and every citizen.

Mr Hussain was addressing party workers by phone on Sunday. His speech was relayed to different parts of Sindh. The address was organized by the Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation to launch a drive for Zakat and Fitra collection.

The MQM chief recounted instances pertaining to the welfare services rendered by the Foundation over a long period and said that the KKF was a non-political and autonomous organization working independently to help the masses affected by natural calamities.

He said that the Foundation had been extending health services to deserving people in urban and rural areas, including far flung areas, equally without any discrimination of caste, creed and religion.

Altaf Hussain said that the KKF intended to launch ambulances and coffin-career service and establish welfare dispensaries in more cities of the province. For the purpose, he said, cooperation from philanthropists was very much needed.

He also made mention of the under-construction Nazeer Hussain Hospital in Hyderabad and pointed out that projects of Nazeer Hussain University and nursing home were in pipeline. The hospital, he said, was likely to be completed during the next year.

He also impressed upon the party workers to participate fully in the service to the humanity.