President Dr. Arif Alvi has said that the teachings of Islam have guided all of us to donate for helping the needy people and Allah Almighty has also directed us in the holy Quran to donate from what the Allah Almighty has given us.
He said this while addressing a ceremony during his visit to the head office of Saylani Welfare Trust at Bahadurabad here.
The President Dr. Arif Alvi expressed gratitude to Saylani Welfare Trust for its welfare activities to extend help to needy sections of the society.
Referring the welfare activities of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Maulana Abdul Sattar Edhi and famous singer Shahzad Roy, the President said that all of them felt the sufferings of the down-trodden people and served them.
He said that Saylani Welfare Trust is providing help to the needy in different fields, which is highly commendable.
The President said that only resources are not enough for bringing prosperity and improvement but vision is equally important to utilize the available resources.
President Dr. Arif Alvi visited different departments at Saylani Welfare Trust
Referring his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, Dr. Arif Alvi said that the Saudi Crown Prince is very hopeful about the bright future of the Pakistan.
He said that Mohamamd Bin Salman has shown confidence into the present leadership of Pakistan and said the leadership will sail Pakistan to the right direction of prosperity and development.
Addressing the occasion, Chairman Saylani Welfare Trust, Maulana Bashir Ahmed Farooqi assured of full cooperation on behalf of the Trust to the government with regard to welfare and relief activities, whenever needed in case of any natural disaster.
Bashir Farooqi said that about 3,000 devoted employees of the Saylani Trust served the needy people.
Addressing the ceremony, Director IT Saylani Welfare Trust Zia Khan briefed the gathering about IT Training project which is being executed by the Saylani Welfare Trust to impart training of IT to the youth.
He said that a mass entry test for admission to free IT Training program of the Trust was attended by around 1,7500 candidate, out of them 13,400 have successfully cleared, selected purely on merit.
In his welcome speech, the Board Member of Saylani Welfare Trust Afzal expressed gratitude to President Dr. Arif Alvi for visiting the head office of the Trust.
He said that the Saylani Welfare Trust extends assistance to the needy people throughout Pakistan as well as all over the world.
Earlier, a short documentary film about the life and achievements of Dr. Arif Alvi was presented to pay tribute to the President Dr. Arif Alvi.
Another short documentary film was also screened about the welfare, relief and rescue operations of Saylani Welfare Trust.
Later, President Dr Arif Alvi was presented a souvenir by Arif Lakhani of the Saylani Welfare Trust.
Published in Daily Times, February 26th 2019.