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Bureau Report:
Bahawalpur:
Professor Dr Muhammad Kamran, Vice Chancellor of The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, formally inaugurated the establishment of “Gosha-e-Quran” along with a fruit tree plantation campaign at the university campus.
The ceremony was jointly organised by Al Mustafa Welfare Trust Pakistan and the Directorate of Alumni Affairs of the university. Senior officials, faculty members, and representatives from the organisation attended the event.
Among those present were Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Abdul Rauf, Managing Director of Al Mustafa Pakistan Nusrat Saleem, South Region Manager Arham Saleem, and President of the IUB Alumni Association Ijaz Faqih. The dignitaries also planted saplings to mark the occasion.

According to Director Alumni Affairs Dr Shahid Mehmood, a modern horticulture nursery will be established in the green area adjacent to the Institute of Business and Administrative Sciences. The nursery will include a variety of fruit-bearing and ornamental plants.
The event was also attended by senior faculty members including Professor Dr Ghulam Mustafa, Professor Dr Asif Naveed Ranjha, Professor Dr Abdul Rafi, and Dr Aamir Manzoor, along with alumni representatives, teachers, and estate care staff.
The initiative aims to promote environmental sustainability, create a greener academic environment, and raise awareness among students about the importance of tree plantation.

Bureau Report:
Lahore:
Continuing its Ramadan humanitarian efforts, Al Mustafa Welfare Trust Pakistan organised its 25th Sehri distribution drive at Badami Bagh Bus Stand, providing pre-dawn meals to travellers, labourers, and other deserving individuals.
The organisation’s outdoor distribution team reached out to fasting passengers at various across the busy terminal, ensuring that no traveller was deprived of Sehri during the holy month of Ramadan. The initiative specifically focused on those on the move, many of whom lack access to proper meals while travelling.
Volunteers distributed food with care and compassion, reflecting the spirit of generosity and solidarity that defines Ramadan. The effort was widely appreciated by recipients, particularly daily wage workers and long-distance passengers passing through the terminal.
Al Mustafa Welfare Trust continues to expand its outreach across Pakistan during Ramadan, delivering both Iftar and Sehri meals to thousands of people in need. The initiative underscores the organisation’s commitment to humanitarian service, driven by values of empathy, sincerity, and community support.
Special prayers were offered for the acceptance and continued success of these efforts, as the of service carries on throughout the blessed month.

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.