The Da’wah Academy of the International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) decided on Friday to dedicate the entire month of Rabi-al-Awwal to creating awareness among people about the message of the Seerat-un-Nabi (PBUH).
IIUI Vice President Professor Dr Sajid-ur-Rehman called a meeting of the heads of the various sections of the Da’wah Academy and formed committees. These committees will organise different programmes to highlight the various aspects of the Seerat-un-Nabi. Dr Sajid-ur-Rehman said that creating awareness regarding the Seerat-un-Nabi in educational institutions was a tradition of the Da’wah Academy, adding that the message of Seerat must be a hallmark of all the activities of Muslims. The Da’wah academy has chalked out a comprehensive programme to commemorate the Rabi-ul-Awwal, the birth month of the Holy Prophet in a befitting manner, he added. He said that the academy shall hold a series of lectures, Mahafil-e-Husn-e-Qira’t, Hamd-o-Na’at and a book fair, both at the Faisal Mosque and the New Campus of the university. All Friday khutbas at the Faisal Mosque in this month would be dedicated to Seerah message, Dr Sajid said. Meanwhile, the fifth Shariah Orientation Course for the lawyers of Chatral District Bar concluded on Friday at the Shariah Academy, IIUI. Shariah Academy Director General Prof Dr Tahir Mansoori presided over the concluding ceremony. The university faculty members, officers and twenty seven practicing lawyers from Chitral District Bar Court and Booni and Drosh Tehsil Bar Courts participated in the course.
German national arrested: Islamabad Police arrested a German national from Sector G/7 of federal capital after receiving information that he was residing illegally in Pakistan. On Friday, Aabpara police produced Baham before Judicial Magistrate Kashif Qayyum Sheikh after which the court sent him on judicial remand. Police submitted before the court that the foreigner was residing in Pakistan even after the expiration of his visa due to which they took action against him.
MALIK RESCUES MOTORCYCLIST: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday took serious notice of an accident outside the Pak secretariat, in which a speedy vehicle hit a motorcyclist, and ordered police to take strict action against the accused car driver. According to the sources, the squad of interior minister was passing through Pak Secretariat where a motorcyclist was lying injured after a speedy vehicle hit him. Malik stopped his car and rescued the injured motorcyclist and sent him to hospital immediately for treatment through a joint secretary of his ministry. “The minister also apprehended the driver of the said car and handed over to police and ordered to take action against him,” the source added.