HYDERABAD, Oct 21: The district Nazim, Hyderabad, Dr Makhdoom Rafiq Zaman on Sunday inaugurated a five-day free eye camp at Hala organized by the United Memon Jamaat, Hala, in collaboration with the Good Hope Lions Club, Hyderabad, The Society for the Prevention and Cure of Blindness, Karachi, Hilal-i-Ahmer, Hyderabad, and Hyderabad Host Lions Club.
Speaking on the occasion, Makhdoom Rafiq Zaman said that serving humanity was worship to the Almighty, and the United Memon Jamat, Hala, was doing a lot for the welfare of the poor.
He said that these camps should be regularly organized so that the needy could benefit from it.
He said that various development schemes would be initiated in Hyderabad District as Rs500 million had been allocated by the Sindh government for Hyderabad, and added that Rs12 million had been allocated for development schemes of Hala, Tando Allahyar, Tando Jam, and Matiari talukas under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme.
He said the taluka hospital Hala will be upgraded and all required formalities will be completed soon while the remaining work of the auditorium of the LMG government high school will be completed.
Mr Zaman said that efforts were being made to establish a kidney centre at the Liaquat University Jamshoro, while drainage scheme would be undertaken in the Industrial Estate Hala.
Former president of the Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Abdul Razzaq Memon, who presided over the function, lauded the efforts of the United Memon Jamat, Hala, and assured that all institutions of Hyderabad would support it in its welfare projects.
He announced a donation of Rs21,000 on behalf of the Good Hope Lions Club.
The vice chancellor, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Prof Jan M Memon, in his speech, assured that the Liaquat University would provide all assistance of professors and specialists at Hala.
The vice governor, Lion, Shakil Memon assured full cooperation of the Lions Club from next year.
The Taluka Nazim, Hala, Makhdoom Habibullah appreciated the services of the United Memon Jamat, Hala, and assured full cooperation for social welfare schemes.
Nazim Q. Hakim Ali, secretary, Good Hope Lions Club, also addressed the function and assured full cooperation for the welfare projects.
In all, 139 patients were admitted in the camp and operations were started by eye specialists.
IJT: Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba, Hyderabad, has demanded that the entry of outsiders and miscreants into Government College, Kali Mori, and Degree College, Latifabad, be banned immediately.
In a joint statement issued here on Saturday, the Nazim of IJT Colleges Zone, Raheel Qureshi, and Nazim of Government College unit, Abdullah Siddiqui, said that these two colleges were the biggest educational institutions of Hyderabad but due to the inefficiency of the college administration, they had become a permanent resort of outsiders and “goonda elements”.
They said that due to the objectionable activities of the miscreants, the teachers of Degree College, Latifabad, were insulted and humiliated. They claimed that the students and the teachers of these colleges were suffering from a sense of insecurity.
They warned that if the college administration failed to ban the entry of the outsiders and hoodlums into these educational institutions, the IJT will resort to extreme measures to restore the sanctity and peaceful atmosphere of these two educational institutions.