BJP leader and Jammu Kashmir Waqf Board Chairperson Darakshan Andrabi has issued an order calling for a selection panel to appoint clerics for waqf-run mosques in the Kashmir valley.
In her latest order, Waqf Board Chairperson has said that old age persons whose words are tough to understand will be replaced by degree holder Imam’s, Mubalighs, Muazins in coming days.
“Jammu Kashmir Waqf Board is a religious institution which deals with Mosques and Shrines. We need Imam’s, Preachers and Muazins to carry out religious duties. At several Mosques and Shrines we have no arrangement of people who lead congregational religious duties there. So in this regard J&K Waqf has decided to carry out a recruitment drive soon to fill the vacancies so that the shortcomings would be resolved,” Dr. Darkshan Andrabi said.
She said that Waqf Board will invite applications and interviews in this regard will be conducted soon/
“It is demand from public that the older Imams shall be replaced. We will look into the matter and situation will be addressed on priority basis. Those who will lead prayers and congregations should be under age and degree holders,” she claimed.