Fund raising event held in Karachi for the affected in Gaza.
Karachi: More than 34 thousand innocent killed in Palestine and hundreds of thousands left without shelter, food and water, said Dr. Hafeez ur Rehman, President Al-Khidmat Foundation.
This was stated by him during a fund raising event organized by Chairman Sehar Foundation and Justice of Peace, Danish Aman, Zahid Hameed & Friends of Al-Khidmat. It was also attended by
Dost Muhammad Rahimoon, Sindh Minister for Environment , climate change & costal development department
MPA, Barrister Hallar Wassan, Additional I.G, (AIG) Police Javed Alam Adho, and elite of the City.
Dr. Hafeez ur Rehman described in detail the catastrophic violence and oppression being carried out by Israel in Gaza, he said ” Gaza is only 365 square kilometer area, out of which only 41 kilometer is sea facing, 96 km with Israel and 13 km with Egypt, in such a small area 2.4 million people have been living, where they cannot travel to any place, neither they are allowed to study”.
He defined the sufferings of the people in Gaza saying ”60 percent electricity in Gaza comes from Israel and 40 percent is generated from generators, there were 3 desalination and a number of filtration plants for providing water and the water pipelines also entered from Israel. Pipelines have now been cut, desalination & filteration plants have been destroyed, trailers of food have been stopped and not allowed since 7 Oct. 32 out of 35 hospitals have been destroyed, 70,000 tons of explosive material has been dropped, which is more than Hiroshima and Nagasaki”.
Dr Hafeez ur Rehman also highlighted efforts of Al-Khidmat, ”We contacted Turkey and Syrian NGOs, and started working in accordance with them after swapping funds, we are working with 11 of these NGOs there. Now with Egypt and Palestine red cross, we are packing and delivering supplies after buying trailers and trucks by transferring funds from our overseas offices. From Pakistan we cannot transfer funds so in collaboration with Foreign Office and Pakistan Army we are dispatching supplies through air. Through G2G we are dispatching supplies from Pakistan to Egypt, now we are also providing fuel and rent for transport and have supplied 6 planes full of necessary materials. Through the Jordan Hashemite Organization we also have air dropped supplies. In the next phase Al-Khidmat is planning to send supplies through naval ship and have received assurance from Pak Navy in this regard, already supplying items through commercial ships which is 400 tons per shipment”.
2080 tons of supplies have been sent up till now 300 tons of which are medicines only, excluding supplies from overseas Al-Khidmat offices. also planning to shift 1 field hospital from Ankara to Egypt worth around 3 million dollars, while in education sector Al-Khidmat is submitting education fees directly to Cairo and Turkish institutes for Palestinian children, also providing 300 dollar monthly allowances to them, said Dr. Hafeez
Al-Khidmat is also planning to send 5 mobile hospitals, and once the cease fire is initiated we will install 30 water filteration plants and construct at least 5 schools, 1 hospital and a residential building as part of the rehabilitation phase.
Talking at the event Javed Alam Odho said, out of the total world population less than 1 percent are Jews but still even U.S.A is afraid of them because they have focused on knowledge and wisdom, has spent so much on education, science, technology, and trade, which is the reason that companies related to the Jews are in control of almost all sectors in the world.
He also emphasized that, ”People and Police need to go hand in hand for the future of our country. We should translate our emotions into efforts for Palestine, like Al-Khidmat and other NGOs”.
Abid Shiekh from rescue 1122 also spoke at the event.
Speakers commended the morale, will and initiative taken by the Karachite Philanthropist Danish Aman, Zahid Hameed and Friends of Al-Khidmat for the cause of Palestine.
Danish Aman concluding the event said, we hope to undertake more events like this in future and help our brothers and sisters in Gaza in all ways possible. He also urged the attendees to donate as much as possible to Al-Khidmat for the cause of Palestine.
