A mosque rebuilt by the Turkish Red Crescent on the spot in northeastern Pakistan, where a 120-year-old mosque was destroyed by an earthquake on Wednesday.
The mosque rebuilt by the Turkish Red Crescent in Pakistan opens Built-in Hokran Chak village, Jhang District, Punjab province, the mosque was inaugurated by the Turkish Secretary-General of the Red Crescent, Huseyin Can.
The organization’s director of international programs and operations, Alper Uluca, chairman of the Turkish Red Crescent delegation in Pakistan, Ibrahim Carlos Camilo, and Zafar Iqbal, chairman of the NGO World Foundation, also attended the ceremony.
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Upon arrival, the Turkish delegation was welcomed by the villagers and thanked for the construction of the mosque in their village. At the opening ceremony, Huseyin Can said it was a great honour to build a mosque in a fraternal Muslim country.
“The Hazrat Ibrahim Mosque was built in 1901 and demolished during the 2017 earthquake in the region,” Can later be told the Anadolu Agency.
Construction began in October 2019, but completion was delayed by six months due to the coronavirus outbreak and country restrictions. Can also pray with his delegation in the newly built mosque.
The mosque is built on 400 square meters and has a capacity of more than 750 worshipers. A religious seminary for local children was also established at the site of the mosque.
“The Turkish nation has not forgotten the friendship between the Muslims on the subcontinent,” Can say, referring to their support for the Turkish war of independence.
Turkey has always stood behind its Pakistani brothers and sisters in troubled times of floods and earthquakes, he added.
The Turkish Red Crescent has been conducting humanitarian relief missions in Pakistan since 2005 and supporting the people of the region with many projects.
