GUJAR KHAN: A mass marriage ceremony of 30 couples from different parts of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir was organised by a charity organisation in the Daultala town of Gujar Khan on Sunday.

Tahira Aurangzeb, MPA Tahseen Fawad, MNA Raja Jawaid Ikhlas and other political figures attended the ceremony.

Sheikh Sajid, a UAE-based businessman and the president of Suleman Foundation, endowed household dowry and bore other expenses of the couples.

He announced that next year he would extend the facility to 50 deserving families.

People from different walks of life hailed the services of the foundation in the fields of education and the health sector.

Published in Dawn, October 23rd, 2017

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