POONCH: The well known Islamic seminary namely Jamia Zia Ul Uloom Poonch has dispatched the first consignment of the much needed essential commodities towards Valley which includes 27,000 milk packets, 19,000 water bottles beside five quintal fresh vegetables in 14 vehicles.
Jamia is having a separate wing for doing welfare activities namely Imdad-ul-Mustahiqeen, actively performing the relief distribution works for the past sixteen years. On this occasion, SSP Poonch Shamsheer Hussain flagged off the vehicles in the presence of Mohtamim Jamia Janab Maulana Ghulam Qadir Sahib. Prior to this, Jamia has also been doing extra ordinary work by providing relief to the flood victims. So far, three camps have already been conducted and the fourth one will be conducted in the village Arai tomorrow. Jamia has also provided financial assistance of Rs 5,000 to the next of those who have lost their precious lives in the recent floods in Rajouri and Poonch. The chairperson of Tanzeem, Hazrat Maulana Sayeed A Habib is also visiting Valley alongside the young volunteers to distribute the relief among the victims. According to Maulana, the whole relief material will be unloaded in Darul Uloom Bilalia Srinagar, where from the distribution of relief will be undertaken.
Maulana also extended gratitude to all the citizens of Poonch alongside the students and staff of Jamia for cooperating on such a large scale.
On this pious occasion, various civil society members like K.K Kapoor, Pradeep Khanna, Narinder Singh Talwar, Bashir Khaki, Harbhajan Singh, Maulana Shafi Bazaz, Mohd Faiz and Sadiq Wasil were present.