Rameeza Mueen: Recipient of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz 2018 and Pakistan’s Motivational Sensation

When we talk of personalities who have given the global community a reason to believe in a better world, who have made Pakistan proud of what it is today and who are seamless symbols of women empowerment, Rameeza Mueen’s name pops up almost immediately. Coming from an austere, middle class background, it is Rameeza’s single-handed hard work and brilliant idea that has brought her national and international success. She is the recipient of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz 2018 and Pakistan’s Motivational Sensation.

Zakat is the religious form of almsgiving in Islam treated as an obligatory act and by Quranic ranking, it comes next after the prayer (Salat) in importance. To become a righteous Muslim one is obliged to pay Zakat and fulfill one’s duties to the unprivileged people of the society.

Roksana, a 34-year-old single mother needs a hysterectomy. Roksana has uterine prolapse, a condition that occurs when the muscles and ligaments supporting the uterus weaken, causing severe pain, and bleeding and urine leakage. Roksana went to a private hospital but the doctors refused to operate her until she could pay for all her hospital bills and surgery costs. Roksana was in a pathetic situation. The doctors had denied treating her at such a crucial time when she badly needed medical attention.

Business is a part of the society and the time is gone when business houses could separate them from the rest of the community. The business houses and corporations affect the survival of many people, their surroundings, natural resources and the environment often by implementing their aggressive and profitable business strategies.

Generally people from the lower and lower middle class face the most tremendous emotional blow whenever a medical emergency occurs in the family. This causes severe financial stress which is further burdened by expensive hospitalization bills and medicine costs especially in the case of cancer, heart ailments, cochlear implants, kidney disorders and other such life-threatening illnesses.

Corporate Social Responsibility is about building and implementing strategies which involves our planet, its people, and business profits together to achieve sustainable growth. It is not that without CSR a company cannot exist but it is just that with well strategized and well-implemented CSR program a company can flourish.

Charitable trusts are working sincerely to resolve the most complicated issues of our society and are forbidden to join any commercial activities. Charitable trusts are allowed to generate profits on their particular trading, products or services but are bound to spend these profits in charitable projects for the recipients. Charitable Trusts are non profitable organizations so they cannot distribute any profit among their trust members.

Global humanitarian crisis has uprooted millions of lives with the catastrophic blow leaving this huge stream of mankind totally clueless about their future. Today our world and its people are suffering in silence. In countries like Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, Burundi, Madagascar, Central African Republic humanitarian crisis have gone beyond tolerance. The prolonged hardships of manmade feminine, insurgencies, and effects of global climate change have become exhausting and tolerating this crisis is no longer possible.

Welfare organizations work for the wellbeing of people. These organizations work to ensure secured, happy, and healthy and safe living for all in the society. Every circumstance in life can affect an individual’s wellbeing, including factors like access to nutritious food, education, employment, medical facilities and secure housing.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to the moral and ethical efforts made by a company for the betterment of the society in some way. Now a company can contribute in numerous ways to improve the society ranging from donating money to nonprofits or charitable organizations or implementing environmentally friendly policies in the workplace.