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Al-Khidmat distributes food items in Dir

By Our Correspondent
May 05, 2020

DIR: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI)’s charity wing Al-Khidmat Foundation (AKF) Upper Dir chapter on Monday distributed food items among 500 deserving families with the collaboration of Lahore-based Marhaba Foundation. In this connection, a function was organised at the Dir Stadium.

The JI and AKF local leaders including former MNA, Sahibazada Tariqullah, Mir Makhzan Din, Al-Khidmat Foundation Upper Dir chief, Wahidullah, its general secretary Ikramullah, Muhammad Fayyaz, Muhammad Naseer Warsag, and others were present as well. Sahibzada Tariqullah, Hanifullah, Wahidullah, Marhaba Foundation representative from Lahore, and others spoke at the occasion. The speakers said the AKF was serving the people of Upper Dir without any political discrimination. They said the AKF was not only distributing food items in Ramazan but also serving the people of the Upper Dir during Covid-19.

The president of AKF, Wahidullah, said they had distributed 200 food items packages among the poor and needy families of the Dir tehsil a couple of days back. He said apart from that similar food packages would also be distributed in the Brawal, Lar Jam and Sheringal tehsils of the district.