MQM Co-ordination Committee has asked in a statement as to which law of the country makes the collection of Zakat and Fitra by a welfare organization an illegal act? It said that people of Karachi are fully aware that Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation of the MQM is actively engaged in public welfare works using money collected in the form of Zakat and Fitra.
Local office-bearers of MQM were present in Gulbahar Sector of the MQM when Rangers raided it and arrested sixteen workers along with the area sector in-charge. Rangers are justifying their action by equating the collection of Zakat and Fitra with extortion.
The Co-ordination Committee said that stopping MQM workers and KKF volunteers from collecting Zakat and Fitra is a great injustice to the people and creating hurdle in the way of welfare activities of KKF.