KMYA Dammam annual general body meeting held

naeem@coastaldigest.com (Moyhammed Iqbal Katipalla)

April 3, 2012

Jubail, April 3: The 23rd general body meeting of Katipalla Muslim Youth Association-KMYA, Dammam was held at Hotel India Gate Auditorium, Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recently.

KMYA founder and honorary president Haji Abdul Hameed presided over the function. KMYA working president B M Rafeeq, Khalid Hamza, P Abdurrahman, S Abdul Azeez, and P Abdul Hameed were present.

KMYA general secretary Ismail Katipalla read out the annual report of KMYA to the audiences and explained its achievement of 2011 and 2012 in details and also briefed the audience of its achievements since its inception year 1989 till the present.

Following KMYA members have been selected for the various administrative tasks for the year 2012 - 2013

President: TA Khader, Vice Presidents: Ismail Katipalla and P M Usmanm, General Secretary: Zakir Husain Panambur, Joint Secretary: Umer Farooq, Jubail, Treasurer: P M Tajuddeen, Directors: (Sanchalaka) Haji P Abdul Hameed, Khalid Hamza, B M Rafeeq, P A Rahman, S A Azeez, P Abdul Hameed-Jubail.

Executive Committee Members:

Jubail: Muhammed Basheer, Mustaq-Qanbar, Firoz, Hamza, Iqbal Qanbar, Suhaib, Nazeer

Dammam: Ahmed Swadiq, Shakeel, Khalid S., T A Shareef, P M Muhyidden Haji, M H, Mustafa, Jaffar

Alkhobar: Saifullah, Niyaz Ahmad, Shareef (Rolex), P M Arif

It is resolved in the meeting that a family get together function will be conducted in Jubail in the month of June 2012, and the fund accumulated from that will be used for charitable purpose.

KMYA extended its heartfelt grief and sorrow for the demise of our last executive committee member P A Zainuddin and also prayed for maghfirath. Also remembered and prayed for maghfirath for those founder members who died here while working and back in India since the formation of this association (P A Hassan Bava, P Abdul Hameed, P Usman, P Zainuddin)

In the beginning Ismail Katipalla read out the verses and du’a from Quran and narrated the meaning. Ismail Katipalla welcomed the members and guests. Treasurer Janab Tajuddin presented annual financial report. General secretary Zakir Husain Panambur extended vote of thanks and the meeting concluded with du'a and Swalaath.

KMYA started functioning in the year 1989 with the sole intention to help and support financially poor and down trodden people in and around Katipalla area by providing them education, bearing the partial expenses of girls’ marriage, medical fee and house repair work etc. Apart from this, it has participated and contributed fund for various activities undertaken by Katipalla Panambur Muslim Jamath, they are: heavy duty generator to Panambur Jumma Masjid, construction of Noorul Huda Education Institution, Jasmin marriage hall, construction of Panambur New Jumma Masjid, distribution of scholarship to financially backward students of surrounding Katipalla area, distribution of prizes and honouring students who secured first and second places in various schools and madrasas.

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