Maskatiya Charitable Trust (MCT) ensures access to education for the underprivileged by adopting Government Schools. MCT bears both the cost of renovation and furnishing the adopted schools, and hiring a competent management and teaching staff so that the children can be provided a good education without charging the students any fees.

MCT was formed in September 2003 as a Family Charitable Trust. There are six Trustees; Mr. Wahid Maskatiya is the Managing Trustee. He devotes a substantial amount of his time to the affairs of the trust.

MCT received a donation of Rs. 420 million from Mr. Karim Maskatiya and Rs. 150 million from Mr. Robert Cucinotta to assist MCT in executing its mandate. Since that donation, Mr Wahid Maskatiya has steered the trust in achieving its stated mission goals and providing qualitative education to Karachi's underprivileged children. The trust carries out its work from its headquarters in Phase VI of Defense Housing Authority... more>>