Mechanism needed to solve unsettled problems - Hakeem

COLOMBO: A well-planned structural mechanism is needed to properly address the unsettled and unattended problems of the Colombo Muslims, said SLMC national leader Rauff Hakeem at party head quarters 'Dharussalam' in Colombo on Wednesday.

He said that the Muslim community in Colombo was lagging behind very much in the field of education as well.

The SLMC leader was speaking at a special function at which appointment letters were issued to 84 branch organisers who represented a cross section of the Muslim community in the metropolitan.

The leader also called upon all Muslim Parliamentarians, Provincial Council members and other local government bodies to join hands with the SLMC in its ongoing efforts to resolve the problems of the Muslim community.

The problems of the Colombo Muslims have been segmented into three wide areas. Firstly their educational and cultural problems, secondly their health, housing and recreation problems and lastly their economic problems would be addressed by the SLMC with assistance from experts in the fields, he said, adding that the SLMC would draw out clear and far sighted plans on these.

The administration of the Colombo MC is in a mess and both the major political parties are making frantic efforts to form an alliance with the SLMC.