Tajammul Gurmani:
Manchester:
AlMustafa Welfare Trust organised a fundraising dinner at Royal Nawaab, Stockport, Manchester. The event was chaired by Abdul Razzaq Sajid, Chairman of Al Mustafa Welfare Trust. Special guests included MP Afzal Khan and Pakistan’s Consul General in Manchester, Imtiaz Feroz Gondal. The event was hosted by TV anchor Raheem Jang. Prominent participants included Tariq Ghani, Ghulam Haider, Khanzada, Rana Sultan, Aamir Iqbal, Khalid Mahmood Sheikh, Amjad Hussain Mughal, Malik Imran Khalil, Chaudhry Shahid Anwar, Dr Ajmal, Raja Mushtaq Ahmed, Chairman of Bilal Mosque Rochdale, Qari Abdul Rauf, Councillor Muqaddasa Bano, along with journalists and community leaders. On the occasion, Saif Adam, Atif Nawaz and Aalia Um Riyan presented performances. Chairman Al Mustafa Abdul Razzaq Sajid highlighted Al Mustafa’s ongoing welfare projects in Gaza, free eye camps, free food distribution, and humanitarian work across Pakistan, Kashmir and other parts of the world. He said the organisation has set a target of 500,000 eye operations in the coming years, with over 300,000 operations already completed. MP Afzal Khan said it was wonderful to see a successful charity event of Al Mustafa, with so many people participating and supporting a number of much-needed projects including mosque construction, orphan sponsorship, hifz programmes and medical projects such as cataract surgeries. He said it was really impressive to see how people help their fellow human beings through clean water projects and other initiatives, adding that the fundraising dinner was very successful with strong attendance and generous donations. Al Mustafa’s Director of Programmes, Nisar Ahmed, thanked the donors and said there were huge gatherings in Manchester and that there is a long list of projects the organisation is working on. He added that during Ramadan the organisation will set up a tent city in Gaza and provide temporary shelter, iftar meals, clean drinking water and other services. Pakistan’s Consul General Imtiaz Feroz Gondal praised Al Mustafa’s work in the welfare sector and said that Al Mustafa is doing excellent work, especially in the area of cataract surgeries in Pakistan. He said the organisation is also constructing mosques and taking care of orphans, and congratulated Al Mustafa on hosting a successful event. Shahid Anwar Choudhry said that Al Mustafa is doing wonderful work in Pakistan, running eye hospitals and sponsoring Quran circle classes at Masjid Aqsa, adding that it is a brilliant charity and should be supported. Al Mustafa trustee Shamama Latif thanked the participants of the Manchester fundraising dinner, saying that the people of Manchester are very generous and that there was a very good turnout at the event. She said the people are very supportive and that the organisation believes in serving humanity and transparency. Earlier, donations were also collected for projects including mosque construction, free cataract eye camps, clean drinking water, hifz and orphan projects.
