MUSLIM Welfare and Shariyat Society constituted in Punjab

Ludhiana, February 17, 2013: At a massive gathering of the Muslim community from across Punjab held here on Sunday under the leadership of Punjab Waqf Board chairman and director-general of police (retired) Mohammad Izhar Alam Khan, the Muslim Welfare and Shariyat Society (Amarte Shariya).

It was announced at the gathering that the newly constituted body would work for bringing Punjab’s scattered and economically weak Muslim community at a single platform and work for strengthening the community through education.

Further, Mohammad Izhar Alam Khan said the Muslim community had been lagging behind both educationally and economically across the country, especially in Punjab after the Partition. He said the political parties had always tried to encash votes of the Muslim electorates but never did for welfare of the community people.  This was why the community had to form the Muslim Welfare and Shariyat Society (Amarte Shariya) today, he remarked.

Adding, he said they would be making concrete efforts for upliftment of the Muslim community both economically and educationally through the newly formed society.

Former Union Minister and MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa was also present.

Among others, the Society’s coordinator and Punjab Minorities Commission member Abdul Shakoor Mangal was among those who addressed the gathering.