Sat 28 November, 4pmMehfil for my father at Manchester Central MosqueAll welcome

إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un

From Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, we come, and to Him we shall return.

He helped everyone and anyone. We carry that on.

The Ahmed Welfare Foundation provides food, medical aid and schooling for families in need in Pakistan, and supports orphanages and homes for elderly people in Lahore. It is funded by the people who knew and loved him.

100% of Donations Go to Those in Need

My mother and I cover every other cost ourselves, including travel.

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Mukhtar Ahmed, smiling, in a navy suit and striped tie
In loving memory of Shaheed Baba Jee Alhaaj Mukhtar Ahmed رحمة الله عليه (RA) 1935 – 2020
His death anniversary

Mehfil e Zikr e Mustafa

In remembrance of my father, Alhaaj Mukhtar Ahmed (RA)

When
Saturday 28 November 2026, 4pm prompt
Where
Manchester Central Mosque
20 Upper Park Road, Manchester, M14 5RU
  • Langar will be served
  • Separate seating for ladies
  • Children welcome
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Poster for the Mehfil e Zikr e Mustafa in remembrance of Alhaaj Mukhtar Ahmed (RA), with his photo, the programme, and the date, time and venue: Saturday 28 November 2026, 4pm, Manchester Central Mosque

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A note from me

My father was my everything: my role model in life and in business. He passed away suddenly in December 2020. We asked the people who knew him for clothes to give to people in need, and many gave money too. They have kept giving in his memory every year since.

He always wanted to help people in Pakistan on a bigger scale, but he passed away before I could help him set it up. This foundation is how I do it for him.

Shaz Ahmed

Make a Dua for Him

If he touched your life, or even if you never met him, please make a dua for Shaheed Baba Jee Alhaaj Mukhtar Ahmed (RA).

In his words
  • Humanity comes before everything.
  • Don't feel bad if people only remember you when they need you. Allah has chosen to answer their prayers through you.
  • If you help someone's child today, someone will help yours in the future, whether you are here or not.
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Black and white portrait of a young Mukhtar Ahmed in a white shirt and dark tie
His story

From a needle to an elephant

Born in 1935 in Jalandhar, he sold pakoras from a wooden cart as a boy in Burewala, ran market stalls from Galway to Belfast, and built T&A Wholesale Cash and Carry in Stoke-on-Trent. Wherever he went, he helped people find work, gave away the secrets of his trade, and never asked for anything back.

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Where the money goes

Every pound reaches the people we help

100%of every donation goes to the cause. My mother and I pay every cost ourselves, including our travel.
1,000+food rations handed out in Ramadan 2026 to families who could not afford food.
1,500+cooked food packs handed out in a single distribution, outside hospitals and where people in need gather.
2hospital wards built and equipped in 2022: a female ward and a nursery.

How we spend every donation

Latest updates

Top of a Lahore Leads University fee receipt dated 6 October 2026, showing tuition fees of Rs 149,621, with the student's name and numbers covered 6 October 2026 · Lahore, Pakistan Helping a student through his engineering degree Children from the orphanage taking turns on a basketball arcade game, seen mostly from behind 28 September 2026 · Lahore, Pakistan A first day out for the children at the orphanage Around 30 children from the orphanage and their carers standing behind bags of rice and flour, with their faces blurred August 2026 · Lahore, Pakistan All the rice and flour the orphanage needs

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