Spiritual Excellence and Character Building Workshops attended by 10,000 women - Central Women I�tikaf 2007

Dated: 20 December 2007

By the grace of Allah and the Waseela of Holy Prophet PBUH, the city of I’tikaaf is really the symbol of a great collective effort for the training of Muslims at the center of Minhaj ul Qur’an International, under the world leading and shining personality of Shaykh ul Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri. Thousands of men and women come here only for the will of Allah (SWT) and Rasoolullah (SAW), and to learn the real thoughts of Islam. Since the attendants are in their thousands, hey are administered and served by a very large panel of managers and very large operating teams to make this I’tikaaf successful. These are some of the teams which makes this world’s biggest I’tikaaf after Holy places of Makkah Shareef and Madinah Shareef a successful event.

Central Committee

Head	Sheikh Zahid Fayyaz (Head I’tikaaf 2007)
CO-Coordinator for External Matters	Dr. Tanveer Azam Sindhu
Head Women I’tikaf	Mrs. Farah Naz
Co-Head	Mrs. Shamim Khan, Mrs. Tayyaba Tahira
Secretary	Bushra Riaz
Deputy Secretary	Shazia Shaheen
Members	Heads of All committees and Heads of all areas of accommodation of Women I’tikaf.

Structure

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Zainab Hall (Boys Hostel Building)

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Rabia Hall (Minhaj University Building)

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Khadijah Hall (Girls Hostel Building)

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Fatima Hall (Girls College Building)

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Ayesha Hall (Model School Building)

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Tents (part of that building in which tenting is made)

Other than all these areas of accommodation, Women I’tikaaf Camp has many washrooms, Wudu areas having Taps, a very Wast Pindaal (Collective Place for the purposes of prayers, lectures and Mehfil), Three Canteens in the whole area, Central Control Room, Control rooms of each Hall, Other administration places, Sale center, Hijaab House etc.

Dispensaries.

All the areas of accommodation include dispensaries working for 24 hours to provide medical aid at any instant. Dispensaries here are served by the very qualified doctors, working voluntarily like Dr. Aneeqa Hashmi (Fatima Memorial Hospital) and Dr. Nagina Zubair (Jinnah Hospital Lahore) along with the other doctors forming a team.

Zainab Hall.

Designation	1st floor	2nd floor	3rd floor
Head	samina saleem	Shaista tasneem	Uzma Siddique
Secretary	TabasumYasmeen	Hira Khan	Aatiqqa Junaid
Incharge Cleanliness	Humera Anwar	Hina Khaqaan	Samina Rehman
Incharge Allotment	Aneela Nisar	Hafiza Samina	Musarat Jabeen
Incharge Halaqa jaat	Shahida Haq	Zahra tufail	Ismat Bibi
Incharge Meeting	Anam Sarfaraz	Saima Sadaf	Nabila Munir
Incharge medical	Marina Khan	Hina Khaqaaz	Sara Sayyad

Rabia Hall

Designation	1st floor	2nd floor
Head	Ghulam Ayesha	Maroofa Naz
Secretary	Irsa Khan	Sadia Tabasum
Incharge Cleanliness	Hafiza Rashaida	Humera Akram
Incharge Allotment	Zahra Tufail	Shumaila Tufail
Incharge Halaqa jaat	zunaira Zaka ullah	Razia Jamshed
Incharge Meetings	Zahida Raza	Amina Shabir
Incharge Medical	Sara Nasir	Samina Liyaqat

Khadijah Hall

Designation	1st floor	2nd floor
Head	Shazia butt	Asma Manzoor
Secretary	Malika Saba	Shama Khaqaan
Incharge Cleanliness	Fozia Aslam	Maryam Sultan
Incharge Allotment	Kanwal Shehzadi	Sidra Waheed
Incharge Halaqa jaat	Humera Javed	Huma Bibi
Incharge Meetings	Seher Khan	Fozia Aslam
Incharge Medical	Shahana Kiran	Amina Safda

Rabia Hall

Head	Asifa Safdar
Secretary	Tayba Kausar
Incharge Cleanliness	Sundas Gulzaar
Incharge Allotment	Sumera Perveen
Incharge Halaqa jaat	Zobia Hanif
Incharge Meetings	Sundas Sana
Incharge Medical	Samia Aslam

Ayesha Hall

Head	Juveria Hassan
Secretary	Shama Mushtaq
Incharge Cleanliness	Shumaila Abbaas
Incharge Allotment	Shakila Riaz
Incharge Halaqa jaat	Hajira Arif
Incharge Meetings	Memoona Zafar
Incharge Medical	Maria Siddiqi

Committee for organizational and Training Matters

Head	Razia Shaheen
Co-head	Fozia Shaukat
Members	Rafia Ali, Fatima Mashadi, Farida Sajjad, Perveen Malik, Sumera Khalqi, Rabia Urooj Malik, Shazia Shaheen.

Halaqa jaat committee

Head	Razia Shaheen
Co-head	Nabeela Javed
Secretary	Kahdijah Fatima
Members	Rafia Ali, Fatima Mashadi, Farida Sajjad, Perveen Malik, Sumera Khalqi, Rabia Urooj Malik, Shazia Shaheen.

Mehfil e Naat-o-Zikr Committee

Head	Shazia Mazhar
Co-head	Kulsoom Tariq
Secretary	Rubina Khaki
Members	Rubina Khaki, Shabina Majida, Fariha Siraj, Rashida Iftakhar, Minhaj Naat councils.

Reception Committee

Head	Fozia Shaukat
Co-head	Sumera Khalqi
Members	Razia Shaheen, Rabia Urooj Malik, Shaista Tasneem, Kahdijah Fatima, Shazia Shaheen, Uzma Siddique, Nabeela javed.

Allotment Committee

Head	Shazia Butt
Co-head	Asma Manzoor
Members	Students Girls College

Record Maintaining Committee

Head	Aliya Liaqat
Co-head	Maroofa Naz
Secretary	Kishwar Shaheen
Members	Fozia Shafique, Fozia Mehmood, Rehana Tariq, Sumera Rafaqat.

Medical Aid Committee

Head	Madam Fazal Jaan
Each hall contains its own medical committee along with the dispensary and Doctors.

Sale center Committee

Head	Rakhshanda Jabeen
Secretary	Maryam, Students Girls College.

Media Committee

Rabia Urooj Malik

VIP Committee

Head	Rafia Ali
Co-head	Dr. Noshaba Hameed
Members	Fatima Mashadi, Alia Liaqat, Alia Sadded.

Security Committee

Head	Tauqeer Ahmad Sindhu
Co-head	Farah
Secretary	Samia Bibi
Members	Aunty Ghulam Zahra, sisters from Field.

Sound system Committee

Head	Fozia Shafiq
Secretary	President Bazm e Minhaj Girls College.

Discipline Committee

Head	Sumera Rafaqat
Co-Head	Zahra Noori

Decoration Committee

Head	Rabia Urooj Malik
Secretary	Abida Naseem

There are also many more other teams here in I’TIKAAF such as cooks, sweepers, Food Distribution Teams, Drivers, Ambulances, Canteen members and hundreds of other sisters making I’tikaf run very smoothly and Successfully.

Halaq jaat

Many Qualified Teachers from all over Pakistan offered their special services to teach the attendants of I’tikaaf. A special and specific syllabus was formed by Minhaj ul Qur’an Women League for I’tikaaf according to requirements. The syllabus was posted to sisters in all of the field all over Pakistan, to allow them to be prepared fully for their lectures. This syllabus contained selected verses from Holy Qur’an an their interpretation, Hadiths from Minhaj us Sawwi along with the interpretation and many other Booklets were formed regarding matters of Prayer, Fasting and daily matters.

Teachers of Halaqa jaat

Teachers from all over Pakistan are as below;

Fariha Khan (Faisalabad)
Mrs. Gul e Firdous (Gujraat)
Mrs. Rafia Ali (Lahore)
Sayyada Nazia Mazhar (Jehlam)
Naheeda Rafiqua (Rawalpindi)
Sajida Muazafar (Lahore)
Farah Rehan (Deena)
Safoora Bibi (Fateh Jhang)
Shumaila Khalqi (Faisal abad)
Dr. Naila Yaqoob (Fateh Jhang)
Mrs. Shamshad Qadri (Lodhraan)
Ruqqaya Nazir (Gujraat)
Uzma Siddiqe (Lahore)
Mubashira Mubeen (Lahore)
Iffat Waheed (Lahore)
Ayesha Irshad (Lahore)
Mrs. Farah Iqbal (Lahore)
Mrs. Maryam Tanveer (Lahore)
Atiya Hayder (Gujranwala)
Aqsa Qadri (Kharian)
Mrs. Ayesha Shabir (Lahore)
Samina Yasmin (Lodhraan)
Gulshan |Irshad (Wazir abad)
Tahira Firdous (Lahore)
Saima Izzat Baig (Kamonki)
Shagufta Yasmeen (Shakarghar)
Mrs. Nureed Fatima (Lahore)
Mrs. Fozia Shafiq (Lahore)
Samina Kausar (Deena)
Shenaaz Akhtar (Booraywala)
Rahila Kausar (Mandibahaud din)
Shakila Kausar (Jaranwala)
Sayyada Shazia Mazhar (Jehlum)
Sayyad Sidra Gillani (Gujranwala)
Rafia Urooj Malik (Chakwal)
Nasira Mehmood (Lahore)
Ayesha Hussain (Kamalia)
Saadia Almaas (Lahore)
Riffat Tahira (Gujranwala)

Collective lectures.

Five collective lectures are delivered to all attendant women on miscellaneous topics including Briefing about I’tikaaf. These lectures were delivered by the most senior personalities in Women League. The main purpose was to have the same effect and results from all the attendants.

Collective prayers.

Taraveeh Prayer and Tasbeeh Prayer is offered collectively in I’tikaaf and leaded by an Imam. Taraveeh prayer is leaded by Imams from Minhaj Tehfiz ul Qur’an Institute. Tasbeeh prayer is usually leaded by an HAFIZA from Girls College.

May Allah Almighty bless all by his will and the will of His beloved PBUH, accept all these efforts and Give all sisters Istaqamat for this great Mission e Mustafwi.

By Rabia Urooj Malik