Bhopal: An All-India Waqf Board (AIWB) seminar would be held here on June 20 to discuss important matters related to Waqf properties.
The seminar has been called at the initiative of Madhya Pradesh Waqf Board Chairman Ghufran-e-Azam to discuss national agenda of Waqf properties and related matters.
Besides Union Law and Justice and Waqf Minister Salman Khurshid, Uttar Pradesh Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Azam Khan and Maharashtra Waqf Minister Mohd Arif Naseem Khan have also given their consent to attend the seminar.
All the 25 Waqf Board states were asked to participate in the seminar out of which 23 gave their consent for it, State Waqf Board CEO S U Sayyed told a news agency.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and state Waqf Minister Ajay Vishnoi would also address the seminar at Administrative Academy in Bhopal, he said.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, June 10, 2012, 13:11