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To facilitate the attendants of 12 Rabi ul Awal processions Khidmat-e-Khlaq Foundation had set up welcoming and medical camps en routes in different parts of country including Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Kashmir. Leaders of MQM including its Deputy Convener Dr. Farooq Sattar visited the camps and meet the volunteers. Doctors and Para Medical Staff of MQM’s medical aid committee were present at medical camps, where as volunteers of KKF distributes foods and drinks among the attendants of processions. KKF Ambulances were on alert to deal with any emergency situation.

A fund rising Musical and Comedy program for Khidmat-e-Khlaq Foundation was organized in Fords Burgh, South Africa. Shakeel Siddiqui, Sikhander Sanam, Rauf Lala and other artists from Pakistan performed in the event. The event was attended by members of Pakistani Community residing in South Africa.

Incharge Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation and Member of MQM’s Central Coordination Committee Syed Mustafa Kamal review the construction work of Nazeer Hussain Medical Center, visiting the complex in Hyderabad. He along with Provincial Minister Zubair Ahmed and Zonal Incharge MQM Hyderabad M. Shareef visited the under construction complex and presided a meeting of Khidmat-e-Khlaq members there. Speaking to the members of KKF he said that MQM following directives of its founder and leader Altaf Hussain is serving humanity without any discrimination and the complex will prove itself as an example of it.

“Nasir Hussain, Arif Hussain (Martyrs) Memorial Library & Research Center” a new educational facility of Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation, inaugurated today by Sisters of MQM Founder & Leader Altaf Hussain.
The building of the library has been constructed at the home of Nasir Hussain and Arif Hussain, martyred elder brother and nephew of Mr Altaf Hussain.
Mr. Altaf Hussain also addressed the inauguration ceremony. He said that knowledge is power and everything in the universe is connected with knowledge. Knowledge will have its manifestations in the attributes of Allah.
Noted scholar Dr Farman Fatehpuri, Vice chancellor of Karachi University Dr Pirzada Qasim and Chief Trustee of Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation Mustafa Kamal also spoke on the occasion.
Deputy Conveners of Co-ordination Committee Dr Farooq Sattar, Anis Ahmed Qaim Khani, members of the committee, parliamentarians and noted personalities from different walks of life were present on the occasion. Prominent among the guests were the elder sisters of Mr Altaf Hussain Ms Tahira Begum, Ms Saira Aslam and other members of the family.
Nasir Hussain was a retired civil servant and Arif Hussain was a graduate of the NED University. They were arrested from their house on the midnight of 5th and 6th December 1995. They were killed on 9th December after being subjected to inhuman torture for three days.
“Our family was devastated and my sister in law had to move with her children from one place to another in order to save their lives. They never returned to their home. When we thought about rehabilitating the house we came to the conclusion that there could be no better way of doing so by establishing a library so that students seeking after knowledge may come here and the light of knowledge may spread.” He said that converting the house of Nasir Hussain and Arif Hussain into a library was a small step towards the spread of knowledge. This library would provide services to all without any discrimination.
Mr. Altaf Hussain said it was his desire that branches of Nasir Hussain and Arif Hussain Shaheed library should be spread all over the country.
He requested the teachers and professors to give their valuable to time to give lectures to students once every 15 days.