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We don’t deny shelter to the needy: Mamata on Bengal

We don’t deny shelter to the needy: Mamata on Bengal

Mamata BanerjeeKolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her government is equally considerate towards all minorities and the state never denies shelter to anyone.

On the issue of migration, she said: “Today is International Migrants Day. It is our humanitarian obligation to give refuge to migrants.

“In Bangla we will take care of anyone who seeks shelter in our state, to the best of our abilities.”

She added that her government does not differentiate between people in their hour of need.

“Today is Minority Rights Day. We are all equal and united. Unity in diversity is our strength,” Banerjee tweeted.

Highlighting her Trinamool Congress’ contribution towards the minorities, she said: “You will be happy to know that in Bangla, we have distributed scholarships to over 1.7 crore minority students, the highest in the country.”

—IANS

IIRO distributes sacrificial meat to needy families in Pakistan

IIRO distributes sacrificial meat to needy families in Pakistan

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Islamabad (IINA) – On the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) launched its annual “Eid al-Adha sheep” project for the distribution of sacrificial meat to the poor, needy, orphans and widows in Pakistan.

The project was inaugurated on Friday at the Regional Office of IIRO and the Muslim World League (MWL) in Islamabad, under the auspices of Charge d’Affaires at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Pakistan chancellor Marwan Mirdad and in the presence of a delegation from IIRO General Secretariat – the supervising body over the distribution process – and a number of Pakistani officials.

In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), chancellor Mirdad said this project comes as an extension of the ongoing assistance provided by the Saudi government and people to alleviate the poverty and miseries of the needy Pakistani people.

For his part, Regional Director of the Muslim World League and Director of IIRO Office in Pakistan Abdo Muhammad Ateen said in a statement to SPA that the sacrificial meat program which was launched on Friday will contain 156 cows equivalent to 1,085 sacrificial sheep, to be distributed to 6,200 needy families in 12 districts across Pakistan. He added that the beneficiaries have been selected precisely through professional approach.

Ateen stated that the delegation of IIRO General Secretariat that has already arrived in Pakistan will oversee the distribution of the project’s sacrificial meat.