New Delhi, August 10 Imarat Shariah Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal was here today honoured with the second "Life-Time Achievement Award" by the Institute of Objective Studies (IOS). Ameer-e-Shariat Maulana Syed Nizamuddin, who is also shouldering the responsibility of the General Secretary of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), received the award on behalf of the 87-year old institution. The first award had been given to former Supreme Court Chief Justice A M Ahmadi.
The award ceremony, held at the India Islamic Cultural Central (IICC), was presided over by Justice A M Ahmadi himself and participated among others by Haryana Governor A R Qidwai, Union Minister for Chemicals, Fertilisers and Steel Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister of State for Home affairs Shakeel Ahmad and Minister of State for Human Resource Development Syed Ali Ashraf Fatimi, former Member of Rajya Sabha Santosh Bharatiya, Imarat Diector Maulana Anisur Rahman Qasmi, Islami Fiqah Academy (IFA) chief Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, IOS Chairman Dr Manzoor Alam and Secretary General Dr Z M Khan. The programme was conducted by Dr Ausaf Ahmad, economist and Editor of Urdu quarterly "Mutaaleat".
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