The newly established Tharawat Investment House will sponsor the Hajj Awareness Week, to be organised by the Supreme Committee for Hajj and Umrah, in Bahrain next year.

The announcement was made by Arif Mohammed Al Alawi, board director and chief of Tharawat upon a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs in Bahrain.

The meeting was attended by Bahrain's Hajj Mission chairman, Shaikh Adnan Al-Qattan, and Shaikh Abdul Nasser Abdulla, the chief of Hajj and Umrah Affairs at the Ministry of Islamic Affairs.

'Our support of this year's Hajj Awareness Week and declaration of our intention to do so next year is part of the commitment on the part of Tharawat to enhance social partnership, especially in activities and programs aimed at the public good,' Al Alawi said.

Building on the success of the awareness campaign sponsored by Tharawat, Al Alawi suggested the organisation of a GCC-wide awareness week in which private establishments of GCC countries should participate.

Dr Freed bin Yaqoub Al-Miftah, undersecretary for Islamic Affairs commended the support of Tharawat towards the Second Hajj Awareness Week, which emphasised essential instructions and guidelines through well organised road shows in Bahrain, as well as through a series of presentations.

Tharawat, regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain, was launched in July 2008 as a Sharia’a compliant investment company with an authorised capital of $100 million and paid up capital of $33.25 million.-TradeArabia News Service