RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: An important meeting of TNFJ Relief Committee for Quake-hit was held here on Tuesday. Syed Shujaat Ali Bokhari, Additional Secretary General of the Tehreek presided over the meeting that reviewed relief efforts for the affected of earthquake.

Syed Hassan Raza Bokhari, Convener of the Relief Committee told the meeting that relief goods donated by TNFJ’s Public Affairs Department, elite, Matmi and social organisations is being dispatched to the affected areas. He made a fervent appeal to the people to deposit their relief goods at nearby mosques and Imambargahs or directly in the office of TNFJ Relief Committee.

Shujaat Bokhari, Additional Secretary General of the Tehreek, in his address on the occasion said the mass destruction as a result of earthquake is a great national tragedy and in this hour of need it is obligatory for every Pakistani citizen to donate for his or her brethren without any discrimination on the basis of Maktab and Maslak.

He said Quaid-i-Millat-i-Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi while terming the all quake-hit a part of his body has appealed not to keep any stone unturned for the restoration of the affected and sharing their grief. He said it is the time for a test and all countrymen should take part in the relief work extensively.

He said the situation in the affected areas is tragic owing to disturbed communication system while medical experts fear spread of different diseases. Although this human tragedy came all of a sudden and thousands of human lives perished within a few seconds but delay in the relief operation and mismanagement is tragic and no government organisation could go scot-free only by saying that what could they do to stop mass destruction at such a large scale.

He said many high level government figures including President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have visited the affected areas and instructions to carry out relief operation have been issued to civil organisations and the Pakistan Army but national and foreign media is quoting different affected people that relief teams did not reach them as a result of which people are trapped in the debris, particularly teachers and innocent students were kissing the death one by one.

Shujaat Bokhari lamented that the debris of Margalla Tower in Islamabad was still a particular target of the international western media. General public has taken extensive part for restoration of the quake-hit and displayed human friendly spirit whereas government organisations still remained undecided that proof of which is that they could neither identify many affected areas yet nor could gauge the loss of life and kind.

He said international community could not have been told yet that what type of help Pakistan requires because neither the government organisations have any certified figures nor there are any sources or arrangements for despatching relief teams to the affected areas. He said no one should reap political benefits from this tragedy but the government organisations should also accept their slackness in fulfilling their duty and accelerate their efforts in dealing with the great human tragedy so as to provide some relief to the affected.

The participants of the TNFJ Relief Committee meeting offered Fateha for those who kissed martyrdom in this tragic disaster including Coordination Secretary TNFJ Azad Kashmir Syed Zulfiqar Kazmi, grandsons of TNFJ Supreme Council member Kh. Basharat Ali Jafri, Abrar Hussain Bandey brother of TNFJ District Bagh leader Mushtaq Hussain Bandey, and wife of MSO Nigran Council member Irfan Ali Jafri. They prayed for the departed souls to rest in eternal peace, expressed complete sympathy with the bereaved families and prayed for the early recovery of the injured and restoration of the affected.