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JI vows to continue quake relief work Karachi, Dec 13: Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that the Jamaat-e-Islami and its relief organization Al-Khidmat would continue relief work till the complete rehabilitation of the survivors of earthquake in the devastated areas of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir. In the second phase of the relief work, we are providing semi-permanent shelters to quake victims and construction of mosques, schools, and Madrassas, was being carried out on a priority basis. He was talking to mediamen at the Idara-e-Noor-e-Haq while dispatching the 35th consignment of relief goods to the quake-hit areas from the JI, Karachi, office on Tuesday. He maintained that people still needed food, clothing, and medicines but that the JI was now focusing on provision of tin-sheets for construction of semi-permanent shelters for the affected families to save them from the intense cold weather. He told journalists that the JI had dispatched 50,000 tin sheets from Karachi to help them build temporary homes, but still millions of such sheets were needed. The JI had approached philanthropists, and added that the JI’s engineers, technicians, and experts were also assisting people in those areas. The JI, he said, had provided all tools which could help them construct their homes and also agricultural supplies to earn their livelihood. He said JI had also provided wood-cutting saws to people and they were obtaining wood by cutting trees for construction of their homes while JI had also providing them seed, sheep, cows and agricultural paraphernalia to earn their livelihood. Replying to a question, he said that the JI was in touch with Islamic organizations around the world for help for the affected people. The JI’s top priority, he said, was psychological counseling for the affected. Construction of mosques, Madrassas and schools could go a long way help them overcome their miseries. In reply to a question, he said previously the government was creating hurdles but now they were helping the organization and its sister concerns. The JI, Karachi, Ameer, Dr Mairaj-ul-Huda Siddiqui, MPA Nasrullah Shaji, and other JI leaders were also present. |
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