RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: The Quaid-i-Millat-i-Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi has announced that Youm-e-Shahadat of Amirul Momineen Hazrat Ali Ibne Abi Talib (A.S.) will be observed with devotion and respect throughout the country as “International Ayyam-e-Aza” from 19-21 Ramazan. In this connection an important meeting of the TNFJ International Ayyam-e-Aza Committee was held on Monday.

Convener Sardar Asghar Ali Jeo presided over the meeting in which conveners for foreign countries, Federal Capital Islamabad, Azad Kashmir, Northern Areas and all the four provinces of the country were appointed.

Sardar Jeo in his address on the occasion said that Hazrat Ali Al-Murtaza (A.S.) is the first inheritor of the Rasool (SAAW), Khalifa-e-Rashid and a great personality recognized by every human being. He said the motherland has the honour of having the biggest award of bravery i.e. Nishan-e-Haider after him.

He said Majalis-e-Aza will be held and Matmi processions will be taken out during the Ayyam-e-Aza. He demanded from the government to make concrete steps to ensure law and order situation during the Majalis-e-Aza and Matmi processions.

He called upon the print and electronic media to highlight the seerat and character of Maula-e-Kainaat Ali Ibne Abi Talib (A.S.) to the maximum because Maula Ali (A.S.) does not belong to any particular country, Maslak or region rather as per a saying of Imam Shafaee he is the Imam of Jinn-o-Ins. He said Amirul Momineen Hazrat Ali (A.S.) is the best example to follow for the human beings the world over.

Committees here and abroad were formed during the meeting to organize programmes of International Ayyam-e-Aza.

The conveners nominated for the country are: Allama Bashrat Hussain Imami (Islamabad), Allama Hussain Muqaddasi (Pnnjab), Mir Abu Ghazanfar (Sarhad), Allama Waqar Hussain Taqvi (Sindh), Sardar Tariq Ahmed Jafri (Balochistan), Akhund Ghulam Muhammad Ammoni (Gilgit-Baltistan), and Syed Riaz Hussain Kazmi (Azad Kashmir).

The conveners nominated for abroad are: Syed Rehmat Ali Shah, Mukhtar Ali, Khizr Hussain, Muhammad Arif, Tahiri Shah, Shahid Abbas and Dr. S.Z. Naqvi.