On the world blood donor’s Day, A blood donation camp was organised in Anantnag town of south Kashmir in the memory of slain Mirwaiz of south Kashmir, Dr. Qazi Nisar.
In a press release, Idara Tehiqaqat e Islami said, the blood donation camp was organized by Khair e Aam trust, it’s charitable wing, under the banner of Shaheed e Ummat blood bank for the needy patients.
Organized by Khair e Aam Trust managed Shaheed e Ummat Blood Bank, nearly fifty volunteers donated blood for the needy patients. The blood will then be donated to various hospitals in south Kashmir where it is donated to the patients in need.
Every year, the camp is organized which falls five days ahead of the anniversary of the former Mirwaiz of south Kashmir, Dr. Qazi Nisar who was assassinated by unidentified gunmen in Dialgam in the year 1994 at the age of 41.
Dr. Qazi Nisar returned to the Kashmir valley in 1984 after completing his Ph.D in Arabic and then started a job at the Kashmir University’s Arabic Department, however, he quit the job and was appointed as the Mirwaiz of South Kashmir by Mufti Abdul Rashid.
In his short era of nearly ten years, the slain leader spent three years in Jail, but managed to lay foundation of nearly fourty schools in rural areas of south Kashmir.
He also built religious seminaries in south Kashmir, the biggest of them being Idara Tehqiqat e Islami, which has produced hundreds of religious scholars, clerics. He also authored four books on critical subjects like the age of Hazrat Ayesha when she was married to the Prophet.