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| Clerics to protest ban on trusts |
| 2007-02-21 |
| A delegation of clerics from to the Wafaqul Madaris Al-Arabia will meet President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and representatives of the United Nations in Pakistan to protest against the ban imposed on the Al-Rasheed and Al-Akhtar trusts. The delegation will also file a writ petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the illegal sealing of the offices of the two trusts, Maulana Muhammad Hanif Jalandhri, the patron-in-chief of the Wafaqul Madaris, told a press conference on Tuesday. He said both organisations had been involved in humanitarian work for 12 years and had been following PakistanÂ’s laws. He said it was shocking that the government had imposed the ban on the two organisations only on the UNÂ’s order, without issuing any prior notices or conducting an inquiry into the working of the two organisations. Jalandhri said that in the past five years, the two organisations had provided financial assistance to 30,000 registered orphans and widows and had provided potable water to 1.2 million people. He said more than 1.4 million people were provided health cover in various hospitals, clinics and medical complexes running under the two trusts. He added that the two organisations also provided food and clothing to more than 10 million people. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 He said it was shocking that the government had imposed the ban on the two organisations only on the UNÂ’s order, I agree, it's shocking that ANYONE listens to the UN. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-02-21 20:12 |
| #1 The Clerics sholud really protest the ban on edged weapons. Maces suck. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-02-21 17:21 |