Raja Azam Adopt-for-Life Fund
In coordination with The Noor Foundation UK, Pioneers of FREE Kidney Dialysis
U.K. Charity Reg. No. 1068649 | Established 1998
In coordination with The Noor Foundation UK, Pioneers of FREE Kidney Dialysis
U.K. Charity Reg. No. 1068649 | Established 1998
"Adopting" renal dialysis patients in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir to guarantee them FREE, life-saving treatment for LIFE.
Tributes
His death is the end of a remarkable era in Pakistani and Kashmiri Community history in Nottingham
By Akhtar Hussain (Author, "Four Tribes of Nottingham.")
"[Autumn, 1960]... I soon realized that he [Raja Mohammed Azam] was different from the Pakistanis I had met so far in Nottingham. His voice was deep and firm, but clear and soft. He spoke in a measured and thoughtful tone. He was well informed. He knew a lot, and made sure we knew that he knew a lot. Within minutes of our introduction, we were talking about Pakistani politics, General Ayub Khan, Pakistani Army take-over of the country in 1958, its impact on the development of democracy in Pakistan and the solution of the dispute between India and Pakistan on the issue of Kashmir. He felt very passionately against the Indian occupation of his motherland, the State of Jammu and Kashmir. I shared his sense of injustice on the issue of Kashmir, and his focus on many issues and problems of a growing Pakistani community in Nottingham..." full text
The Raja Azam Adopt-for-Life Fund has been created in honour of the late Raja Mohammed Azam, founding President of All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference UK; Chairman of the Islamic Centre, Nottingham, UK; and a continuous support system and liason for members of the UK Pakistani/Kashmiri community.
He, who lived and died for ideals
By Prof. Nazir Tabassum
"...In 1955, when he [Raja Azam] came to U.K., London was the hub of world political movements. There were people who supported the cause of Palestinians; there were those who supported the African national liberation struggles, many were campaigning for the liberation of Latin American states... so were the attractions that lured Raja Azam to come to UK and beg international support in favour of Kashmir's liberation..."
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