Minhaj Welfare Foundation

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Minhaj Welfare Foundation
Founded17 October 1989
Founder Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Type Charitable organisation
FocusTo provide food, water, education and health care to the needy.
Location
Key people
Faisal Hussain Mashadi, Tehseen Khalid, Sagheer Akhtar, Shahid Kaleem, Adnan Sohail, Muhammad Ahmad Moeen
Website www.minhajwelfare.org

Minhaj Welfare Foundation (MWF) is a non-governmental international relief and welfare organisation and a branch of Minhaj-ul-Quran International. It was founded on 17 October 1989 by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, [1] and registered in the UK.

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MWF's projects can be divided into four major categories: education, health care, emergency aid and welfare support.

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References

  1. About MWF
  2. Minhaj Free Eye Surgery Camp held in Mansehra
  3. Nation Pakistan Report
  4. Minhaj Education Society opens schools in two relief camps
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  8. Minhaj Welfare Foundation Flood Appeal on BBC NEW 24
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  12. Around 50,000 to take part in Aitkaf at Minhajul Quran Archived 1 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  13. The News -25 couples tie the knot at mass marriage
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  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. 10 couples tie knot-july 2011
  17. MWF marries off 26 couples - Pakistan Today
  18. The Express Tribune: Ten displaced couples tie the knot
  19. Minhaj Foundation to give orphanage to 500 orphans Archived 9 September 2012 at archive.today