JAMMU: Jammu & Kashmir Waqf Board Chairperson Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi today inaugurated the 'Reconstruction & Beautification Project of Ziarat Hazrat Peer Baba Panj Peer (R.A)' at Manda in Jammu. The inauguration event was held by the Board after completion of the mega infrastructural project involving multi-layer constructions and beautification initiatives taken up by the Board last year.

Waqf Chairperson was accompanied by the Special Officer of the Board Dr Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Administrator Aabid Hussain and other officers and the members of the civil society. Executive Officer Doda Javed Zargar & Executive Officer Poonch Wajid Khan also attended the event. Dr Andrabi spoke to media after the inauguration event and expressed her satisfaction on the completion of this important project.

"Baba Panj Peer Shrine is a very important spiritual destination of Jammu, revered by the people of all faiths. Waqf Board took up this mega project last year and completed it within the fixed project completion timeline upholding to our infrastructural standards and quality work", said Syed Darakhshan. She said that we are happy to listen to the people expressing their pleasure and satisfaction over the developmental initiatives by the Board at all Sufi shrines throughout Jammu & Kashmir.

"We feel encouraged to know that people across Jammu & Kashmir are labelling past four years as the era of historic transformation and development with transparancy in Waqf Board. We are enthusiastically moving ahead with our mission of strengthening our spiritual centers and establishing our Sufi centers as the ideal places with all facilities and aesthetically befitting environment", said Waqf Chairperson. 

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A brilliant mind who studied at Netarhat Residential School and graduated in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur before earning his PhD from the University of Maryland, Dr. Ranjan chose to return to India and dedicate his life to teaching, research and social good.

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