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Man who raised £1m for Pakistan to meet its PM
Jasper Hamill
24 Jan 2011
A Glasgow-based charity boss is to meet the Pakistan prime minister to point out the money raised by Scots to help victims of last years floods.
More than 20 million people were affected by flooding, which devastated homes and infrastructure and claimed around 2000 lives.
Habib Malik, director of Islamic Relief, will represent the British wing of the Muslim charity at a meeting of charities helping the country recover from the flooding when he meets Prime Minister Raza Gilani.
Mr Malik, who will be wearing his kilt, said: I will be reminding him what Scottish charities are doing to help Pakistan.
We have raised one million pounds alone and the Scottish Government has donated almost half a million.
There are seven million people still homeless more than Scotlands population. It is a heartbreaking situation.
The Muslim Charities Forum will take place in the Marriot Hotel in Islamabad, which was attacked by suicide bombers who detonated a huge truck bomb in September 2008.
The country has recently been hit by suicide bombings and political strife.
Mr Malik said: I have been to Pakistan many times on humanitarian missions.
Once, while I was there, a UN food distribution centre was hit by a suicide bomber.
The charity chief also expects to fly out to Sudan at the end of the month, where the situation could turn nasty as the south secedes from the north.
During Mr Maliks first aid mission in that country, he saw a family so hungry they were forced to eat grass.
He said: I didnt know what poverty was until I saw that.
Jasper Hamill
24 Jan 2011
A Glasgow-based charity boss is to meet the Pakistan prime minister to point out the money raised by Scots to help victims of last years floods.
More than 20 million people were affected by flooding, which devastated homes and infrastructure and claimed around 2000 lives.
Habib Malik, director of Islamic Relief, will represent the British wing of the Muslim charity at a meeting of charities helping the country recover from the flooding when he meets Prime Minister Raza Gilani.
Mr Malik, who will be wearing his kilt, said: I will be reminding him what Scottish charities are doing to help Pakistan.
We have raised one million pounds alone and the Scottish Government has donated almost half a million.
There are seven million people still homeless more than Scotlands population. It is a heartbreaking situation.
The Muslim Charities Forum will take place in the Marriot Hotel in Islamabad, which was attacked by suicide bombers who detonated a huge truck bomb in September 2008.
The country has recently been hit by suicide bombings and political strife.
Mr Malik said: I have been to Pakistan many times on humanitarian missions.
Once, while I was there, a UN food distribution centre was hit by a suicide bomber.
The charity chief also expects to fly out to Sudan at the end of the month, where the situation could turn nasty as the south secedes from the north.
During Mr Maliks first aid mission in that country, he saw a family so hungry they were forced to eat grass.
He said: I didnt know what poverty was until I saw that.
