KARACHI: Alkhidmat Karachi’s Orphan Care Program celebrated Youm-e-Haya (Chastity Day) with various events in the city, and a walk in Karachi University organized with the assistance of Islami Jamiat Taalibaat.
These events were held in Lyari, Orangi, Korangi, Landhi, North Karachi, Gulberg and Baldia Town, and were attended with great enthusiasm by children, their mothers and female students.
Gulberg District Nazima Talat Nadeem, Nazima Orphan Family Support Program (North) Zahida Iftikhar, Nazima Gulberg Muhtarma Seema, Nazima Lyari Shabana Haneef and other senior lady officials of Alkhidmat were also present. Gifts such as scarves, books and stationery were distributed among the children, and lectures on the topic of Haya or Chastity were given at these events.
Speaking on the occasion, Talat Nadeem said that Haya is an integral part of Islam; a person who has lost Haya has lost everything. Relating a hadeeth, she said that chastity and faith reside in the same place; if one disappears, the other disappears too. Zahida Iftekhar said that lewd Western cultural ideas were being propagated in our society which Muslims must be aware of and shun.
Shabana Hanif encouraged the attendees towards the adoption of Taqwa and called upon Muslim leaders to prevent the flood of Western immoral celebrations from overtaking our society. Finally, around 1500 scarves were distributed to female students during the walk in Karachi University by the women’s’ wing of Alkhidmat.
