HIGHLIGHTS OF MQM’S PRACTICAL PARTICIPATION IN THE RELIEF ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Washington – 15 September 2001

During the second and third day of the relief campaign organised by the members of the MQM Overseas USA Unit visited the Howard Hospital in Washington DC, Mount Vernon Hospital in Virginia and Kennedy Shelter Facility in Fort Belvoir.

• The Members of the Unit distributed food and sweet to the patients and staff of all three hospitals as token of friendship and solidarity.

• The Appeal of Mr Altaf Hussain, Founder and Leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), was presented to all three hospitals.

• The members spend the whole day in relief activities and helped patients in their emergency medical needs.

• All the members were wearing MQM badges as well as black ribbons on the arms to observe the Day of Mourning.

• A very warm welcome was given to the MQM team wherever it visited. At the Howard General Hospital Dr. Berry introduced the MQM team to the patients and the administration.
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• At the Mount Vernon Hospital the Hospital Director Dr. Kathryn Kinnik personally welcomed the MQM team at the main entrance and introduced them to the staff. Dr. Kathryn thanked the MQM workers in general and Mr Altaf Hussain in particular for instructing his workers to participate in the relief activities.

• MQM team spent the entire afternoon at the Kennedy Shelter facility at the Fort Belvoir Army Base helping patients and victims. All the staff members and the patients were extremely impressed and grateful to the MQM team.

• At the end of the day a three member MQM delegation headed by the Member Organizing Committee and assisted by In charge of Washington DC Unit Tariq Hameed and Coordination Secretary Matloob Zaidi visited the Virginia State Congress Member Mr. Brian J. Moran at his election office in Alexandria. The team was invited by Mr. Moran's office to discuss the issues related to relief activities.

• MQM's Delegation presented Mr. Moran with the letter of Appeal by Mr Altaf Hussain. MQM's Head of the Delegation informed Mr. Moran that MQM is against all sorts of terrorism and violence and it believes in religious tolerance.

• Mr. Moran assured the delegation that he and his team would take all possible measures to narrow the gap between the local and the immigrant Americans. He also assured the delegation that he would personally visit the mosques in his constituency to send a message to Muslim community that they are not alone in this time of toughest test.

• Mr. Moran in his message to Mr Altaf Hussain thanked him for his positive actions and named him as a ray of hope for the third world leadership.  He requested the MQM team to work with his team in the upcoming elections. He thanked MQM's volunteers for performing relief activities in his constituency.

• Mr. Peter Laufer of the Washington Dc's PBS (Public Broadcasting TV Channel), and Mr. Chang Yul Lee, a prominent reporter of the Korea Times interviewed the MQM organizing committee member Mr Ibad Rehman on MQM's relief activities in the Area.

• The Chief Organizer MQM USA & Canada Mr. Muhammad Younus and the Relief Committee Members from the MQM International Secretariat in London, United Kingdom were constantly monitoring the relief activities throughout the day.

MQM OVERSEAS AMERICA UNIT CONTINUED ITS RELIEF ACTIVITIES FOR THE THIRD DAY IN NEW JERESEY, USA

New Jersey – 15 September 2001

The MQM office bearers and workers in the United States of America continued their assistance in the relief activities for the third day.  Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, the MQM Deputy Convenor, heading the MQM Delegation visited the central relief camp in New Jersey, where he participated on behalf of the MQM in the National Day of Prayer and the National Day of Remembrance.  The Delegation also lit candles to remember those who lost their lives in the terrorist attack upon America.

The MQM Delegation headed by Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui also visited the New Jersey Mayor’s Office.  Office representative Mr Richardson, who praised the welfare and relief activities of the MQM, welcomed them.

Moreover, the representative of the Woodbridge Mayor, Mr Charles have contacted the MQM New Jersey Unit, requesting for relief items such as hand gloves, water, glasses, shoes, blankets, shirts etc.  The volunteers of New Jersey Unit assured the delivery of these items to the central relief office in New Jersey.

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On the appeal and instructions of Mr Altaf Hussain, founder and leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), the units of the MQM in New York City and Washington mobilised its workers and the community to join hands and work shoulder to shoulder with the American people in their hours of unprecedented crisis stemmed from the “Attack on America” by the terrorists.........Full Story