Assalam - u - alaikum,

Summer is here and its time for us to get ready to pack up and head for vacations.  The kids are jumping around and the house has been turned upside down, I guess that this is the story of most of the households now.  This is a time of family reunions and get together. Pakistan Association Dubai has arranged a colourful Summer Camp for kids with sport, recreational and religious programs in order to ensure that the time is well spent by the children.  Information on the program called the “Flowers of Jannah” can be obtained either by logging on to our website www.pakassociationdubai.com or by calling the Association.  
 
A variety of cultural, religious and entertainment programs were arranged by the Association in the month of June.  Surprisingly, the weather turned refreshingly pleasant during these sessions and the audience hit a jackpot with a lot of entertainment during these relaxing times.
 
The situation at the home front has again turned a bit cloudy and we would like to request all our countrymen to pray to Allah to bring a lasting peace and prosperity to Pakistan and rid it of all evil elements.
 
We would like to wish you the best of luck for your summer vacations.

Mustafa Ali Baig Sarfaraz Shahid, Inam Ul Haq Javed, Zahid Fakhri, Shoukat Jamal and our local guest Dr. Zubair Farooq, having individualistic style and humor. The audiences also proved to be the most disciplined, appreciative and of highest literary taste.

All poets were highly appreciated as they touched the topics of today with humor and originality which can only be done through the medium of Urdu.

Such occasions remind us of our high intellect, rich traditions, proud heritage and healthy tastes. This Mushaira will definitely serve as a milestone in the cultural development of Pakistani community in UAE.

This Mushaira had taken the audience away from trails and turmoil of present lives and provided the fresh breeze of hope and courage to laugh at ourselves and others around us. The poets, everyone in his unique language and style, pointed out the miseries and disappointment in such a way that they looked adventure instead of adversities. They provided a very heavy doze of courage and hope to change the BAD into Pleasant GOOD.

The credit of it all goes to the benevolence of the sponsors, hard work of the organizers and support, appreciation and encouragement of Urdu loving community living in UAE.

We pray that PAD succeeds in its effort to unite the community in development of good traditions and healthy culture and we see more of such events in future.

Jinnah's Lahore address lowered the final curtain on any prospects for a single united independent India. Those who understood him enough know that once his mind was made up he never reverted to any earlier position realized how momentous a pronouncement their Quaid-i-Azam had just made. The rest of the world would take at least seven years to appreciate that he literally meant every word that he had uttered that important afternoon in March. There was no turning back. The ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity had totally transformed himself into Pakistan's great leader. All that remained was for his party first, then his inchoate nation, and then his British allies to agree to the formula he had resolved upon. As for Gandhi, Nehru, Azad and the rest, they were advocates of a neighbor state and would be dealt with according to classic canons of diplomacy. - Stanley Wolpert, Jinnah of Pakistan.

The British had been compelled to recognize the Muslim League as the sole representative of the Muslims of India by 1940 and Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah as its undisputed leader.

Jinnah decided to address a public gathering on the opening day. It was a huge gathering of the Leaguers, the Khaksars and the Muslims at Minto Park (now Iqbal Park).

Though, most of his audience of over 100,000 did not know English, he held their attention and visibly touched their emotion. He asserted that the Muslims were "a nation by any definition". In his historical address he laid the foundation of a separate state for the Muslims of India:

The Quaid-i-Azam flanked by Liaqat Ali Khan at All-India Muslim League Lahore Session in March, 1940.

"The Hindus and the Muslims belong to two different religions, philosophies, social customs, and literature. They neither inter-marry, nor inter-dine together, and indeed they belong to two different civilizations which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions. Their aspects on life are different. It is quite clear that Hindus and Muslims derive their inspirations from different sources of history. They have different epics, their heroes are different, and they have different episodes. Very often the hero of one is foe of the other, and likewise, their victories and defeats overlap. To yoke together two such nations under a single state, one as a numerical minority and the other as a majority, must lead to growing discontent and the final destruction of any fabric that may be so built for the government of such a state."

The session began with Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan presenting the annual report on March 23, 1940. After the report, Maulana Fazlul Haq from Bengal, moved the famous Lahore Resolution, better known as the Pakistan Resolution, "…the areas in which the Muslims are numerically in a majority as in the North-Western and Eastern zones of India should be grouped to constitute 'Independent States' in which the constituent units shall be autonomous and sovereign." The resolution was seconded by Choudhry Khaliq-uz-Zaman who gave a brief history of the causes which led the Muslims to demand a separate state for themselves. Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, Sardar Aurangzeb Khan, Sir Abdullah Haroon, Nawab Ismail Khan, Qazi Mohammad Isa and I.I Chundigar supported it, among others.

The function started with recitation from the Holy Qurán by Qari Imamuddin.

In their speeches, the President of PAD Mohammad Riaz Farooq Sahi and the General Secretary, Syed Sabir Husain thanked the Council General for his unconditional support to the community in general, and to the Association in particular. They appreciated the efforts and the noble intentions of the CG for building the new premises of PAD.

At this occasion, a Pakistani taxi driver Mr. Rahim Khan was awarded a shield by the Association for his honesty and dedication to his profession. PAD also awarded him the honorary life membership.

At the end the honourable Council General addressed the audience. In his emotional speech, the CG thanked the members of the community for their support. He mentioned that this place and these people will stay in his memories for a long time.