MQM Houston Unit Apprises the Houston City Mayor Bill White and Councilman M. J. Khan on Relief Efforts at Camp Altaf Hussain.    (09/15/2005)

The MQM Houston Unit met again with the Houston City Mayor Bill White and Councilman M. J. Khan and briefed them in detail about the activities of MQM Unit during the past week. The unit in-charge Muhammad Zaheer informed the mayor that the MQM-Houston Unit has provided approximately $10,000 worth of goods, school supplies, groceries, medicines, blankets and water to the 25 families in Catalina Apartments situated on Bissonett street. Unit in-charge further added that along with the above mentioned relief goods, the Houston Unit has been providing thousands of dollars worth of accommodation, food and medicines to the affected families on daily basis. MQM Unit has provided a Computer and a television set to the residents as well. The MQM workers are continuing helping the dislocated families with their needs and requirements. On Monday, two more families have been provided with the shelter in one of the apartment complex, near Beltway-8 and Bissonnet. In reply to a question by a local media regarding the fund raising, Unit in-charge informed that he has requested all the donors to deposit their contributions directly to Mayor’s Relief Funds or to MQM’s Khidmat-e-Khalq Committee.

At the end, Mayor White thanks all the MQM supporters, workers and volunteers for work well done and requested continued support towards the relief efforts.