HYDERABAD: The motto of Muttahida Qaumi Movement is to serve the people of Sindh and the party does not aim at collecting funds and getting ministries.

Chief of the Muttahida Altaf Hussain stated this in his telephonic address from Secretariat of the party in London on the occasion of an ‘Imdadi Programme’ arranged on Friday by Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation (KKF).

A number of Muttahida leaders, including MNA Shamim Akhtar, Sindh Minister for Sports Naeem Ishtiaq, Minister for Tourism Shabbir Qaimi, Information Advisor Salahuddin Haider, Aslam Pervaiz and Zafar Rajput, attended the programme.

The KKF chief Sheikh Liaquat Hussain, MPA Arshad Shah and former MPA Afzal Shah also addressed at the programme, which was attended by thousands of people from Hyderabad, Latifabad, Qasimabad and interior Sindh.

Altaf Hussain said Muttahida was struggling for the rights of the people of Sindh for the last 56 years. He said if the political parties believed in serving the people and resolve their problems, they must announce (like Altaf) that they would not take part in the next election for national and provincial assemblies.

He said the Muttahida, since its formation, is committed to serve the people practically and for that end it formed a non-political group - Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation, mainly to serve the people.

HYDERABAD: The Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has distributed relief goods among 2,500 families affected by heavy rains in July. The recipients hailed from Hyderabad district, including Hyderabad city, Qasimabad, Latifabad, Tando Muhammad, Hatri, Husri, Matiari, Hala, Uderolal, Tando Jam and Tando Allahyar. The rain-affected families had assembled outside the premises of the Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation opposite the railway station here. MPA Syed Arshad Shah and Syed Afzaal Shah supervised the distribution work. The items amounted to more than Rs 1 million, including 25 pushcarts for jobless persons, 500 fans, 25 wheel chairs 50 bicycles, 500 sewing machines, 2,000 dinner sets, 1,000 water coolers, 2,000 large packets containing ration for food and dowry for 16 girls comprising double beds, steel utensils, iron and other items and cheques of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 numbering in hundreds. Talking to PPI Syed Arshad Shah MPA and Syed Afzaal Shah said the relief items were distributed on the directives of party chief Altaf Hussain and more relief items were being collected by the Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation.