Sindh Local Government Minister, Saeed Ghani, has said new graveyards will be built in Karachi. At the same time, the provincial government will also form an authority to better manage the affairs of the cemeteries.The Local Government Minister stated this on Sunday while speaking at a ceremony held to mark the inauguration of the new mortuary built by the Al-Mustafa Welfare Society.
The modern mortuary has the capacity to keep 19 dead bodies at a time.Ghani told the audience at the ceremony that the provision of educational and healthcare services was included among the basic functions of the state, but the government couldn’t sufficiently provide these basic facilities because of the lack of resources. He said the committed charitable organisations like the Al-Mustafa Welfare Society had been genuinely assisting the government in performing these basic functions.
He praised the years-long genuine charitable work being performed by the Al-Mustafa Welfare Society. The Local Government Minister said that the Al-Mustafa Welfare Society had gained nationwide and international recognition for its charitable work owing to the efforts and hard work of its patron-in-chief, Haji Muhammad Hanif Tayyab. He said that the facilities and services provided by Al-Mustafa Welfare Trust were of top quality.
The society has also been managing five charitable hospitals, 15 clinics, and 22 schools. The society has also been running a senior citizens’ home for shelterless aged people. Ghani praised that all these services were being provided almost free of charge.
He told the audience that the Al-Mustafa Welfare Society had been rendering its fullest support to the government to fulfil its basic obligations regarding the welfare and well-being of the people.
He said the Sindh government would fully assist the society in getting land for constructing a new hospital and graveyard. The Local Government Minister said the Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah had always helped out the genuine charities. He said that more modern mortuaries should be built in Karachi, keeping in view the rapid increase in its population.
While addressing Haji Muhammad Hanif Tayyab, he said the Sindh government would fully back the genuine charitable initiatives of his society. Former Federal minister, Haji Muhammad Hanif Tayyab and MPA Asif Moosa also spoke on the occasion.
