Assalam-u-alaikum

RAMADAN MUBARAK TO ALL:

Ramadan is the month of fasting, praying and asking the blessing of Allah (swt). This is the month given as a gift to ummah to achieve taqwa.

Every Muslim and specially Pakistanis should take full advantage of it to reduce our sins and increase our hasanaat.

It is a month where we are trained to experience pain of hunger, to develop the habit of tolerance and to remember God and our duties towards our fellow human beings. The nights of this month are full of barakaat and days are full of hasanaat.

Every Muslim who finds this month should consider himself lucky to take full advantage thinking that it may be the last and who knows whether we will get the next one or not.

This is the month where unimaginable rewards await every fasting Muslim and when we get the chance to save ourselves from hell fire, which is a very horrible place to be.

We individually and collectively should ask Allah’s forgiveness of our past sins and sincerely try to avoid them in future because Allah is merciful Who has promised to forgive us provided we are sincere in our efforts to avoid bad deeds for the sake of our eternal life in the hereafter.

Let us all pray for the prosperity of our nation and forgiveness of our sins.

Pakistan Paindabad.

“PAD is the pulse of the Pakistanis stationed in the UAE, it’s multi-purpose hall would be a hallmark of achievements and social development for all Pakistanis,” said Muhammad Riaz Farooq Sahi, President PAD.

“It’s our determination to develop in Pakistan Association Dubai an atmosphere of Pakistan for the overseas Pakistanis. The Day of Independence emulates the strong message of unity, oneness and integral national bonding and belonging. At this moment, we have to have a resolution to make this hall a possibility,” said Muhammad Khaleeq, Secretary General of Pakistan Association Dubai.

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This year also marked the appreciation of the contributions of the founders of Pakistan Association Dubai by initiating the brick laying ceremony of the Multi-purpose, multi-faceted hall on 13th August, 2009. The event was graced by all and sundry including members of the various active wings; Professional Wing, Medical Wing, Maritime Wing, Youth Club, Girls Wing, Ladies Wing, IT Wing, etc. Also, noteworthy was the honored presence of the Pakistan's Ambassador to the UAE, H.E Khursheed Ahmed Junejo, Pakistan’s Ambassador At Large, Javed Malik also donned the event along with Consul General Saeed Khan Mohmand. The huge gathering comprised of people from every walk of life, doctors, engineers, students, businessmen and young and old women and children.

While a renowned intellect of the Punjab University, Prof. Ishtiaq Ahmed Gondal, too addressed the audience, where he highlighted the importance of sacrifices of the nation on the auspices of 14th August which marked the resurgence of the Muslim façade with a newer zeal and determination and broader visions. And that the blood spent now demands us to uphold the divine promises as only 2 nations, in the name of religion, surfaced. Also, he iterated the importance of merit which is a cornerstone for any community to rise up to the challenges and Pakistan Association has taken the right step in consolidating and reforming it in the times ahead.

While the Secretary General, Muhammad Khaleeq, detailed the plan and the vision of Pakistan Association Dubai. With a handy presentation on a projector he related the achievements and the ongoing projects, be it the weekly Medical Camp arrangement, the Scholarship arrangement for deserving but underprivileged students, ration, rent and utility bill payments for the underprivileged, ensuring well managed but never-humiliating exodus of the illegal immigrants safely back to Pakistan. He also introduced the Urdu version of Pehchaan which was its official launching for the community who prefer reading Pehchaan in Urdu. Moreover he stressed on the cooperation at every level that is required from the community to build the multi-purpose hall which is planned to surface by 23rd March, 2010 portraying the mini Pakistani n UAE.

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The President of the Association, Riaz Farooq Sahi, also delivered a unique but heart rendering message; summarizing, he said this auspicious day is our glorified legacy which is a pride for all of us. This day delivers the eternal lesson of our ancestors of resolute belief, consistent struggle and infallible duties. This day wants from us the determination and the intentions to serve the country’s interest better. The promises of social uplift have to be seen being put to task, this is the collective but individual responsibility to work in tandem, to work as a nation.

He urged he community to come together to make the multi purpose hall a reality; which in its precedent has an unfortunate history which was the becoming of personal rifts discrepancies and unprofessional disagreements which rot away the foundations of the extension of the association where the new foundations were laid yet again. Also, he said, after the Association identified its rejuvenated role they carry a vision of progress.

The brick laying ceremony began when the clock struck 0000 hrs coinciding with the Independence Day. Special dramatics items were presented by children from various schools and the national anthem was played when all stood up in respect.

To keep the history alive this year too, PAD organized a summer camp for children and teenagers entitled as “Flowers of Jannah”. The theme of the camp was "Living Islam Daily”. This summer saw more than two hundred registrations and the children were grouped, according to their age, into three sections.

During this 3-week camp the level of participation, motivation and support was highly commendable on the part of children and their parents. One of the unique aspects of this event was active participation of other nationalities as well.

Summer Camp

An interesting and colorful learning environment was provided portraying the true Islamic image and Pakistani culture. Apart from lectures and interactive sessions there were lots of activities including funloving competitions like henna painting, mango eating, quiz, debate, joke of the day, cooking, baking, handicrafts, beautification, poster making and thesis on “Muslim Era in Spain”.

To maintain the interest of young ones throughout the summer camp skits, stories, puppet shows, poems, drawing, and painting were included in the curriculum. A day's trip was also organized for the children to Dubai Museum which was really interesting and memorable.

Summer camp ended with a colorful final day function attended by a large number of community members. The ceremony was marked and honored by the presence of the mothers and quite a few renowned Pakistani community ladies, namely Mrs Lubna, Mrs Samina Nasir, Mrs Tirmidhi and Mrs Azeem.

Impressive and stunning performances by various groups were enjoyed and admired by the guests and mothers. Chief Guest Mrs. Samina Nasir praised the entire organizing team of summer camp especially the teachers and encouraged them to keep up the spirit.

PAD Religious Committee organized a program on the topic of “Istiqbal-e-Ramadan” on the 6th of August 2009. A renowned scholar Mr. Khalid Mehmood Khan, graduate of Shah Fahad University, Saudia Arabia, conducted the program as a speaker who made an impressive presentation to the audience on the topic over a big screen.

Mr. Khalid Mehmood Khan

The motive of the presentation was to explain the importance of Ramadan, and how we should use the Holy month of Ramadan in the most beneficial way for our life here and in the world hereafter.

Hundreds of participants proved their keen interest by showing a moment of pin drop silence during the presentation, clearly the words of Mr. Khalid Mehmood Khan were touching their hearts.

Stage secretary Mr. Tariq Javed at first called upon Hafiz Aftab Ahmed to come on the stage and start the program with recitation of an Aayah from Qur’aan which was then translated by Mr Usman. Mr. Khalid Mehmood Khan was then invited over to make his presentation, the program ended at 11:00 pm

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