Together with MQI Secretary General Khurram Nawaz Gandapur and other leaders, Chairman Supreme Council Dr Hassan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri visited the Itikaf City in Baghdad town and inspected the arrangements for Itikaf 2022. He directed the secretary administrative committee to take every possible care of the residents so that they can spend their time most productively in worship and prayer. Dr Hassan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri said that Itikaf is a sunnah of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and has unlimited rewards.

Khurram Nawaz Gandapur said on the occasion that people from all over Pakistan, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan as well as abroad will join the Itikaf. He said that Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri will deliver his special lectures on the subject of the cleanliness of heart.

The MQI Secretary General said that Itikaf City, which starts on the 20th of Ramadan, is a reflection of unity and integration in addition to being a center of spiritual training and social reform. He said that people belonging to various walks of life become part of the City for ten days, adding that it would not be wrong to say that Itikaf City becomes a picture of a mini-Pakistan for ten days. He said that people who come from diverse regions and speak different languages get together here for the sake of Allah's pleasure alone. He said that Itikaf City promotes unity, brotherhood and love among the participants.