KARACHI: Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has appealed to the public to give their Zakat, Sadaqah and Fitrah to Alkhidmat.
He said that Alkhidmat had a rich history of providing welfare services in Pakistan and abroad, and was working in every sphere of life such as Education, Health, Clean Water, Mawakhat, Orphan Care, Disaster Management and Community Services. He recounted Alkhidmat’s exemplary services during the earthquake and floods when it had rebuilt thousands of houses for the homeless. During the COVID pandemic too, Alkhidmat had provided continuous and selfless service. More than 50 Water Filtration Plants had been installed in Karachi which were benefitting thousands of people with high quality clean water.
Alkhidmat was also running hospitals and diagnostic centers equipped with advanced machines for providing healthcare at subsidized rated to the public. During the COVID crisis, Alkhidmat had opened vaccination centers at its hospitals as well as mobile vaccination vans that facilitated vaccination for thousands of citizens. Sample collection centers were being operated at many locations in the city and more were being planned. He informed that Alkhidmat was supporting families of orphans with monthly donations of PKR 4,500 and PKR 54,000 yearly. This was besides the Aghosh Homes project where orphan children were being provided first-class residence as well as top quality education, health and recreational facilities.
In addition, Alkhidmat possessed the largest fleet of funeral buses in the country under its Community Services program, while in Ramadan, Alkhidmat was providing chicken meat and rations to tens of thousands of needy people. Unemployed youth were being imparted professional technical training in the Skill Development Center, while small start-ups and struggling business people were being given interest-free loans on easy installments through the Mawakhat program to enable them to establish themselves and provide for their families. He also highlighted Alkhidmat’s contribution to the Israeli-oppressed Palestinian people with the help of Turkish welfare organizations. Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman underlined Allah’s pleasure and acceptance as the sole purpose of Alkhidmat’s services and appealed to all Pakistanis to give their Zakat and other charity to Alkhidmat. He advised people to visit the organization’s website alkhidmat.com for online donations or to call 021-111-503-504 for collecting donations from home.
