Al-Qadir Trust (officially Al-Qadir University Project Trust) is a non-profit organization founded in 1996 by

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...

. The trust works to provide poverty relief and promote education and healthcare.

History

The Al-Qadir Trust was founded in 1996 by

, who served as

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from 2018 to 2022 . He is the founder of the

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(PTI), a political party that advocates for social justice and economic development. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Al-Qadir University took place on 5 May 2019, at

Sohawa Sohawa is a town in the Punjab province of Pakistan, and is the capital of the Sohawa Tehsil, which is an administrative subdivision of Jhelum District in Punjab. Sohawa has grown from a small village in 1947 to a large town in 2014, with majo ...

, at which the prime minister of Pakistan,

, laid the university's foundation stone. The trust was established to provide relief to the poor and needy in Pakistan. The trust's first project was to build a school in the village of

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. The school was named after Khan's father, who was a teacher. The trust has since expanded its activities to include a variety of other projects, such as providing food and shelter to the homeless, providing financial assistance to students, and running hospitals and clinics.

Controversies

The trust has also been criticized for its alleged involvement in sectarianism. In 2019, the trust was accused of providing financial assistance to a banned sectarian organization. The trust denied the allegations. In 2023, Imran Khan was

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by the

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(NAB) on charges of

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related to the trust. He was later released on bail.

References

External links

* {{official website, https://alqadir.edu.pk/ 2019 establishments in Pakistan Imran Khan Non-profit organisations based in Pakistan Organizations established in 2019 Jhelum District