Muakhaat-e-Madina was great example of social cooperation: CM

LAHORE, Jul 05 (APP):Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that Islam presented the idea of social cooperation over 1,400 years ago through the innovative `Muakhaat-e-Madina’ and the `Ansaar’ and `Muhajir’ communities presented a great example of mutual cooperation, which is worth following even today.

According to a handout, he said in his message, issued here on the International Day of Cooperatives, being observed on Friday, that the cooperative agencies would be run in their true spirit so that more and more needy people could benefit from them. The cooperative agencies should perform according to the golden principle of mutual help so that the social movement could be continued in society.