By Sajjad Azhar/ Muhammad Nawaz Kharal:
Karachi:
The Al Mustafa Welfare Trust participated in a special transmission of the Ramadan program Shan-e-Ramzan aired on ARY Digital Network, where the organization’s humanitarian work in Pakistan and around the world received widespread appreciation.
During the live broadcast, prominent television hosts Waseem Badami and Iqrar Ul Hassan praised the welfare initiatives undertaken by Al Mustafa Welfare Trust, acknowledging the charity’s contribution to healthcare, relief work, education and humanitarian assistance across multiple regions.
Joining the program via video link from London, the Chairman of Al Mustafa Welfare Trust Global, Abdul Razzaq Sajid, informed viewers that the organization has been carrying out humanitarian activities in 22 countries for the past two decades. He highlighted the charity’s recent relief efforts for victims of the war in Gaza.
According to him, Al Mustafa Welfare Trust was among the few international charities that collaborated with the Egyptian Red Crescent to establish field hospitals in Gaza. In addition to medical services, the organization also delivered food supplies and other essential humanitarian aid to families affected by the conflict.
“With the support of our donors, we were able to help save thousands of lives in Gaza,” he said, emphasizing that humanitarian assistance remains the core mission of the organization.
Abdul Razzaq Sajid also revealed that in partnership with the Hashemite Trust of the Jordanian royal family, Al Mustafa Welfare Trust is running Quran learning classes at the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, providing religious education to children and young students.
Highlighting the charity’s healthcare initiatives in Pakistan, he noted that Al Mustafa Welfare Trust has carried out more than 280,000 free cataract surgeries, helping underprivileged patients regain their eyesight and preventing them from permanent blindness. The trust also operates charitable hospitals in Lahore, Mansehra and Attock, where hundreds of patients receive free medical treatment daily.
He further announced that two state-of-the-art hospitals are currently under development in Islamabad and Dadyal in Azad Kashmir, aimed at expanding access to modern healthcare facilities for underserved communities.
Speaking on the occasion, Nawaz Kharal, Head of Media and Publications of Al Mustafa Pakistan, said that during the holy month of Ramadan the organization has arranged large-scale Sehri and Iftar programs in more than a dozen cities across Pakistan. Thousands of deserving individuals benefit from these daily food arrangements. He added that the trust has also completed hundreds of clean drinking water projects, including the installation of hand pumps, water wells and filtration plants in water-scarce communities, while dozens of additional projects are currently under construction.
Meanwhile, Sajjad Azhar, a trustee of Al Mustafa Pakistan, highlighted the organization’s emergency relief work during last year’s devastating floods. He said that more than 7,000 volunteers of the trust actively participated in rescue and relief operations across 22 districts, providing food, ration supplies and medicines to approximately 1.1 million flood victims, while also helping relocate families to safer areas. At the conclusion of the program, the representatives of Al Mustafa Welfare Trust appealed to philanthropists and donors to continue supporting the charity’s ongoing projects so that its humanitarian mission can expand further and reach more vulnerable communities around the world. The appearance on Shan-e-Ramzan served as an opportunity to highlight the organization’s expanding global humanitarian role and to encourage public participation in charitable initiatives during the blessed month of Ramadan.
