Turkish Consulate hosts Iftar function to felicitate Alkhidmat

The Turkish Consulate in Karachi along with TIKA invited Alkhidmat Karachi to their co-hosted Iftar party recently to express friendship and solidarity with Pakistan. Alkhidmat’s delegation included Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman, CEO Alkhidmat Karachi Naveed Ali Baig, Executive Director Rashid Qureishi, Director Community Services Qazi Syed Sadruddin and other senior officials. Also present at the function were the Governor Sindh, Chief Secretary Sindh, several provincial ministers and the Consul Generals of a number of countries. The Consulate also invited orphan children from Alkhidmat’s Aghosh Homes for the Iftar event. These children, who received gifts and Eidi, enjoyed the function and the meal very much. During the function, His Excellency Cemal Sangu, Consul General of Turkey welcomed the guests and expressed his gratitude for the financial and other assistance by Pakistan during the recent earthquake that struck Turkey. Later, Alkhidmat’s Disaster Management team comprising Sarfaraz Sheikh, Dr. Kashif, Fawad Sherwani and Hamza Ahmed who had visited Turkey on a rescue and relief mission were felicitated and honoured with certificates for their efforts.