Alvi chair online interfaith harmony moot on corona

MUZAFFARABAD: The Federal Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony on Wednesday convened a video conference chaired by President Dr Arif Alvi at the Aiwan-e- Sadr, Islamabad, which was attended by governors of provinces, AJK President and leading Ulema and Mushaikhs from all provinces.

AJK President Sardar Masood Khan and the Ulema attended the conference from Aiwan-e-Sadr Muzaffarabad. Before the conference, Sardar Masood Khan said the process of vaccination against Coronavirus in AJK is being completed expeditiously and so far more than two lakh citizens have been vaccinated, which is eight percent of the population.

He said the Coronavirus positivity rate in Azad Kashmir has dropped from the highest peak of 20 percent to 6.52 percent and the time is not far when we will rid of this pandemic completely. He commended the unity showed by the Ulema and religious scholars in AJK to counter the pandemic.

Representing the Ulema and Mashaikhs of AJK, Secretary Religious Affairs Dr Idrees Abbasi, prominent scholar and Member Islamic Ideology Council, Mufti Kifayat Hussain Naqvi and Maulana Altaf Hussain Saifi said that by the grace of Almighty Allah the Coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan and AJK has started declining.

The AJK scholars suggested that country's leading scholars and spiritual figures should get themselves vaccinated and their willingness for vaccination be widely publicized to promote vaccination drive

They expressed confidence that AJK with the highest literacy rate will maintain its traditions to be in the forefront in the vaccination process as well. Addressing the conference, Mufti Kifayat Hussain Naqvi lauded the untiring efforts of President Dr Arif Alvi and said that he had convened the first conference of Ulema on March 26, 2020 and since then he is striving to create national harmony to gain the support of the Ulema for which he deserves tributes.