Bureau Report
Bahawalpur
Al Mustafa Welfare Trust has inaugurated a new water filtration and reverse osmosis (RO) plant in Basti Shahbazo, Mauza Kalanch, a rural area on the outskirts of Bahawalpur, to provide safe and clean drinking water to thousands of local residents.
The facility was jointly inaugurated by Al Mustafa Pakistan Managing Director Nusrat Saleem and Islamia University Bahawalpur Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Kamran at a ceremony attended by community leaders, university representatives and officials of Al Mustafa.
Among those present were Ijaz Ahmed Faqihi, President of the Islamia University Bahawalpur Alumni Association; Malik Mujahid Sindha, Chairman of Miani Union Council; Arham Saleem Qadri, South Manager, Al Mustafa; Muhammad Nawaz Kharal, Head of Media and Public Relations, Al Mustafa Pakistan; and Dr. Asif Naveed Ranjha, Director of Student Affairs at Islamia University Bahawalpur.
A large number of local residents and community elders also attended the inauguration.
Speaking on the occasion, community members expressed their happiness over the availability of clean drinking water and thanked Al Mustafa Welfare Trust and its donors for establishing the facility in their area.
The new RO filtration plant is expected to provide safe drinking water to thousands of people living in the surrounding rural communities, where access to clean water remains a major challenge.
Al Mustafa Welfare Trust has established similar water filtration plants at various locations across all four provinces of Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, as part of its ongoing humanitarian and public welfare programmes.
The organisation said its clean-water initiatives are aimed at improving public health and providing basic necessities to underserved communities.
Al Mustafa Welfare Trust appealed to philanthropists and donors to support its clean-water programme and help extend safe drinking water facilities to more communities across Pakistan.
Photography: Nasir Iqbal
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