RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: Youm-ul-Quds Himayat-e-Mazloomin (Day of Quds Solidarity with Oppressed) will be observed throughout the country on Juma-tul-Wida on 23rd Ramazan-ul-Mubarik as announced by Quaid-i-Millat-i-Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi.

In this connection, a meeting of the Central Youm-ul-Quds Himayat-e-Mazloomin Committee of the TNFJ was held here on Saturday. Central Convener Meesam Tammar presided over the meeting in which conveners were appointed to organise Juma-tul-Wida meetings, rallies and demonstrations.

According to details, those who are appointed as Conveners and Secretaries, respectively are: Allama Basharat Hussain Imami and Zulfiqar Ali Raja (Islamabad), Syed Abu Jafar Naqvi and Zamir Javed Advocate (Punjab), Allama Waqar Hassan Taqvi and Allama Jafar Raza Naqvi (Sindh), Nisar Ali Hazara and Mahdi Hazarvi (Balochistan), Sardar Hassan Ali Qazilbash and Mir Abu Ghazanfar (Sarhad), Syed Irshad Ali Naqvi and Akhund Ghulam Muhammad Ammoni (Kashmir & Northern Areas). Conveners appointed for foreign countries are: Nasir Abbas Jafri, Tahir Kazmi, Khizr Naqvi, Yassir Hussain Shah, Mukhtar Ali and Babar Suhail.

Tammar in his address on the occasion said that at present whatever the humanity in general, and the Islamic World in particular were facing, makes obligatory for all sections of society to highlight the importance of Al-Quds Ash-Sharif, strongly condemn oppression being meted out to the Islamic World and the oppressed nations, and raise voice in favour of the oppressed and against the oppressors.

He said that in the Quds Day programmes, solidarity will be expressed for achieving Qibla-e-Awwal, independence of Kashmir and to the freedom movements launched by the oppressed people in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere and sympathies will be expressed with the affected of the recent earthquake while prays will be offered for increasing the status of those martyrs who lost their life in the earthquake.

He demanded from the government to take steps to improve the law and order situation on the occasion of Juma-tul-Wida Youm-ul-Quds Himayat-e-Mazloomin while people should themselves remain alert and show their national awareness by fully participating in the Quds Day programmes.