KARACHI, Oct 30: A total of 31 welfare organisations, including nine seminaries, were given permission to collect hides of sacrificial animals during Eidul Azha in the city.
These organisations were allowed by the commissioner’s secretariat to collect hides throughout Karachi.Besides the secretariat, mostly Madaris and local-level community service provider bodies had also taken permission from their respective deputy commissioners of South,East, West, Central and Malir to collect hides on the basis of their social work.
Under the policy, the deputy commissioners only allowed the area mosques and religious Madaris having no link with any political organisation or banned outfits.
This year the hide-collecting institutions were not allowed to go door to door and collect hides except after receiving call from donors. At the place of collection of hides by stakeholder organisations, security personnel were deployed to check snatching incidents. Patrolling by the Rangers and police in sensitive areas largely helped in maintaining the law and order and avoiding any untoward incident and to ensure enforcement of code of conduct for collecting hides of sacrificial animals.
The welfare organisations which had received permission to collect hides at the division level included Anjuman-i-Ghosia Azizia Haq Bahoo Sultan, Ahle Sunnat Khidmat Committee, Al-Khidmat Welfare Society, All Pakistan Memon Federation, Jamiatul Abrar, Pakistan Bengali Charitable Association, Noorani Welfare Society, Yasmeen Khidmatul Masakeen Trust, Anjuman Gojran Karachi, Sultan Welfare Trust, All Pakistan Patni Muslim Jamaat, Jamiat Ahle Hadees, Chiniot Shaikh Society, Al-Khair Trust, Anjuman Sarfroshan-i-Islam, Al-Dawatul Islamia Al-Alamia, Bratheran-i-Allahabad Welfare Society, Khidmat-i-Ummat Foundation and Khidmat Khalq Foundation.
The seminaries which got permission to collect the hides included Jamia Uloom Islamia, Darul Uloom Naeemia, Madressah Zikriya Al-Khairia, Jamiatul Salahaat, Jamia Usmania, Darul Uloom Qamarul Islam, Jamia Kareemia Al-Furqan Trust, Jamia Darul Uloom Karachi, Jamia Arabia Ahsanul Uloom and Jamia Abdullah Bin Masood Al-Islamia.