Over 2.2 million individuals besieged in Gaza which have not food, shelter, dress & medical facilities: Prof. Dr. Hafeezur Rehman

RAWALPINDI, Nov 9 (SABAH): President Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan Professor Dr. Hafeezur Rehman has said that over 2.2 million individuals have been besieged in Gaza who have not food, shelter, dress and medical facilities.

Professor Dr. Hafeezur Rehman said 136 children are being martyred on daily basis in Gaza and added mothers, sisters and daughters under open sky are being attacked with bombs and ammunition. He said 11,000 individuals including 4,500 innocent children and 3,000 mothers have been martyred.

He said over 27,000 injured children, women and elderly people have no facility of treatment and added that Alkhidmat Foundation with the cooperation of Pakistani people is trying to provide relief assistance and medical facilities to the victims.

Professor Dr. Hafeezur Rehman expressed these views on the occasion of culmination ceremony of Shaheen Sports League held for the children under the auspices of Alkhidmat Foundation Northern Punjab at Ayub Park Cricket Stadium on the occasion of Iqbal Day.

In the culmination ceremony, provincial secretary general Jamaat-e-Islami Iqbal Khan, regional president Alkhidmat Foundation Rizwan Ahmed, central media relations officer Inamul Haq Awan, Nameer Hasan Madni, office-bearers from 13 districts and 300 orphan children participated. Falcons of Iqbal took part in several games like football, cricket, wrestling and speeches and at the end prizes were distributed among the position holders.

Professor Dr. Hafeezur Rehman said that they name this event after the name Palestinian children who have been besieged and added buying an Israeli product means to pay price of shooting a Palestinian child. He also advised the children to pay their pocket money to become source of their assistance and added that help may be a bread for them.

Earlier, while talking to media persons, he said that Alkhidmat from day one is continuing its assistance in Gaza and added more than one billion has been allocated for victims of Gaza. He said one plane has reached Egypt in this regard and added Alkhidmat is further in a position to send more 5 planes of assistance which include food items, medicines and other ones.