Jamaat Ad-Dawa, which was put on the watch-list of monitored organisations by the government after banning three sectarian and militant organisations on Monday, said it was not involved in any kind of sectarian or negative activities in the country.
In charge of public relations in Al Dawaâs Peshawar Zone, Mian Muhammad Asif, told Daily Times on Monday that one could not cite a single incident of Al Dawaâs involvement in sectarian or other anti-state activities. âThere arose no question of banning the Al Dawa like the other three banned by the government,â he said. He said they feared no threat of any ban from the government as their activities were transparent, positive and in the public interest. âWe are a welfare organisation and working on various projects in health, education, provision of clean drinking water, advancing financial help to orphans and families of those martyred in jihad in Kashmir and Afghanistan,â he said.
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âPakistan is our identity and we are bound to protect its dignity and solidarity at all costs,â he said. âIslam is the basis of our enmity and friendship and we are ready to give any kind of sacrifice for this cause.â Mr Asif said Al Dawa was running two well equipped Taiba hospitals and, one each at Muredkey and Muzaffar, to provide free of cost medical cover and medicine to patients. The hospitals equipped with out patients department, surgical, eye, dental and orthopaedic medical facilities where hundreds of poor patients were being provided medical assistance free of charge. Besides this, he said, 51 dispensaries had been set up at various parts of the country where medical cover could be given to the needy patients.
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