Assalam-u-alaikum

Lest someone loses the battle of life
Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said,
“He who becomes ignorant from matters of others, is not one of us”.

Serving fellow humans is the ascent of humanity. Helping the deprived, needy and helpless is indeed our raison d'être.

Thousands of our compatriot brothers and sisters, who left their homeland in search of green postures abroad hoping to become a support for their dependents, have themselves become dependents due to various unforeseen difficulties.

Pakistan Association Dubai, the center point of the hope of Pakistani Community in the UAE, established its Welfare Committee following the vision to support those very Pakistanis. A weekly welfare camp is conducted on every Monday in its premises. Where 40/50 distressed Pakistanis are heard and their problems are solved as per committee’s potential.

In this respect, Pakistan Association Dubai spends weekly an amount of AED.20,000/-totaling to AED.80,000/- a month approximately. We have spent AED.300,000/- in the last six months which surpasses all previous spending during same period.

Unfortunately, due to the recent Global Financial Recession, our sources are drying out and several of our donors have themselves become victim to the present financial crunch. Nevertheless, irrespective of the circumstances we have to move forward with your help as it is our duty and debt towards our fellow beings.

We request you to come forward and help us to counter this gigantic task by donating selflessly and informing the fellow countrymen of PAD’s activities, thus helping equally. Lest not someone consider him/her self alone in this hour of need and lose the battle of life. We have to become a ray of hope for them... CLICK HERE To view the statistics of the last 2 months welfare cases.

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Mr. Riaz Farooq visited the Pakistani consulate to welcome Mr. Amjad Ali Sher General Consul with a pleasant bouquet of flowers.

Mr. Sahi presenting a bouquet of flowers to the newly elected Consul General

Mr. Muhammad Riaz Farooq Sahi, along with his team of PAD, visited the Pakistani Consulate to welcome the newly appointed Consul General of Pakistan Mr. Amjad Ali Sher and presented him a beautiful bouquet of flower. (too repetitive)

Mr. Amjad Ali Sher stated that "our door will be open for the community at all times". He also said that with the help of prominent members of the community he will unearth the problems and address them. Mr. Muhammad Riaz Farooq assured him every possible support from the Association.

Mr. Muhammad Riaz Farooq Sahi was accompanied by Mr. Raja Ashiq, Social and Legal Affairs Secretary and Mr. Asad Ullah Khan, Office Manager of PAD.

The Sixth Free Medical Camp at PAD, a great success, was honored with the presence of our chief guest Mr. Amjad Ali Sher, Consul General of Pakistani Consulate

Consul General Mr. Amjad Ali Sher visited PAD Free Medical Camp (View gallery)

Presedent of Medical Wing, Dr. Zia Ul Hassan, under his supervision, conducted the Sixth Free Medical Camp with the help of his team including; doctors, nurses and volunteers, who devoted their time, energy and experience for the Pakistani community living in the UAE.

More than 20 doctors of various specialties provided free consultancy from 2:30 pm till 6:30 pm on Friday, High demand, among the 106 patients who availed this opportunity, of Optometrists, Dentists, ENT, Internal Medicine, Orthopedists, Ophthalmologists and Child specialists was seen.

Consul General Mr. Amjad Ali Sher also visited the Free Medical Camp and appreciated the humanitarian efforts, assuring complete support on behalf of the Pakistani Consulate. He acknowledged all the doctors for playing such a major role within the Pakistani community.
Our next free Medical Camp will be held on Friday 20th November 2009 from 2:00 pm till 5:30pm. For the sake of humanity you are requested to spread the word.

Trails for the selection of PAD's cricket team were conducted on the 15th and 22nd of Oct 2009.

Players on the field

PAD arranged four cricket trail sessions, two before Ramadan from which 18 players were short listed. The remaining two sessions, held on the previous two Thursdays, saw approximately 120 candidates from various clubs, schools and colleges of which 25 were short listed.

As of now, a total of 40 players are selected who will be tested in 2 to 3 friendly games. Two final teams would eventually be selected based on the outcome of these matches.

The first match has already been held on Tuesday 27th of Oct. at Zabeel Park from 8:00 pm till 11:00 pm. All members were invited to come and enjoy the match.

Pakistan Association Dubai arranged a course of Free English language classes on Friday mornings from 10 am to 12 pm at PAD. The first session was held in Ramadan and three have been completed to date.

 

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25 people from various walks of life were seen availing the opportunity to learn the basics of spoken English and Personality Development during the 1st session. Each session saw a gradual increase in the number of attendants.

A motivational speaker, Dr. Zarqa Taimur is devotedly carrying out the sessions of basic spoken English along with Mrs. Samina Nasir, Principal of Pakistani School in Ajman, who focuses on the Personality Development perspective. She also presented the students with new formal shirts in order to help them groom themselves better.

The fourth session will be held on next Friday at 10 am therefore we would like to request you to convey the message to those who would like to attend the class which is held for the betterment of the Pakistani community in UAE.

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PAD organized a beautiful evening with Urdu Poets from UAE, India and Pakistan.

 

Famous Poets from Pakistan and india based in UAE

On the 22nd of October 2009, Pakistan Association Dubai arranged an evening glittering with poets from India and Pakistan, who were invited to share their masterpieces of poetic work. The program started with a delicious dinner.

After the dinner, General Secretary of PAD, Mr. Muhammad Khaleeq commenced the program. The recitation of the Holy Qura'an by Ijaz Shaheen was followed by performance of the invited poets namely: Dr. Muzaffar Ahmed Hanfi, Ajmal Naqshbandi, Irfan Muzaffar Hanfi, Dr. Asim Wasti, Tariq Anwar, Mueenuddin Gazi, Ijaz Shaheen, Zafar Amar, Riaz Munsif, Talib Shah, Faruukh Raza Siddiqui, Khalid Nizamani, Fazal Lasharie, Perveen Lashari, Shaqila Rehman, Faiza Fiza, Nighat Hussain, Majid Hussain, Teranum Ahmed Tabaan, and Anwar Ahmed Tabaan. Mr. Zafar Amer's unique poem presented in three different languages (Urdu, English and Farsi) was immensely appreciated by the audience.
The poets were certainly successful in providing our audience with a gratifying experience by the end of the evening.

You can not trade bad hours for good ones, what you can manage, however, is your attention.

 

No matter what you do, time marches on at its own pace—tick, tick, tick—and there's nothing you can do to change that (unless you can go pretty close to the speed of light). Time is a great equalizer; it runs at the same speed for everybody, rich or poor, jet pilot or snail farmer. You can't manufacture time, you can't reproduce time, you can't slow time down or turn it around and make it run in the other direction. You can't trade bad hours for good ones, either.

What you can manage, however, is your attention. Attention is a resource we all possess. Your attention reflects your conscious decisions about which activities will occupy your time. You are where your attention is not necessarily where your body is.

The first step is to precisely understand your priorities. There's a big difference between managing your attention to accomplish priorities and checking off items on your to-do list. Our natural tendency is to do what is fun, convenient, or absolutely necessary at any given time—but your true priorities may not fit into any of those categories. So, here's a question to ask yourself, "If I could accomplish only one thing right now, what would that one thing be?" Your answer will quickly identify your top priority, where you should be directing your attention.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, the World War II general who went on to become a popular president of the United States, used what is now called the Eisenhower Method for managing priorities and attention. After identifying the tasks confronting him, he drew a square and divided it into four quadrants as seen below. I have overlaid the 4 D's into each quadrant to further simplify the actions you should take. Each and every task should have one of the 4 D's performed on it – Do it, Dump it, Delegate it or Defer it.
Be sure to distinguish between "urgent" and "important" activities. Important activities are beneficial and should be accomplished, if not right away, then eventually. Urgent activities are time sensitive, but not necessarily crucial to your bigger goals.

As you identify priorities, be realistic about what you can accomplish. Be honest with yourself about what you truly want to achieve in your life and work. Where do you want to invest your attention? Although important tasks are your top priorities, most of the time these are not the things that appear to be urgent. Don't be fooled into thinking that whatever seems urgent is worth taking your attention from your most important goal. Eisenhower's mantra was "What's important is seldom urgent, and what's urgent is seldom important." Less important priorities should not receive more attention than more important priorities.

Learn more about other pretty good habits you can swap for really great ones from my latest book. I co-authored Winners ALWAYS Quit with my mentor and best selling author, David Cottrell. Read it today and win tomorrow!

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By Lee J. Colan and The L Group, Inc.

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