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FROM THE DESK

Dear all,
We are pleased to announce that the tickets for our 17
th
August
event proudly supported by City of Melville are now available.
Details are available on the following page. Remember the early
bird rates are available till 28
th
July 2014.
The Group has also applied for public liability insurance which will
be available by the end of week.
The highlight of last two weeks were really Pakistani mangoes
which created a sudden enthusiasm among Pakistani community
all over Australia and the common feeling was as if celebrating
Eid before Eid.
These feelings were however saddened by the sudden demise of
young Pakistani boy in Melbourne during Skiing holiday. The
whole community shared their grief. In this issue we are also
presenting a profile of Child Health and Education Foundation in
Pakistan if you are looking for right use of your Zakat. PIA has
worked with this organisation at multiple occasion and is happy
to endorse the great work they are doing.
Best Wishes to all of you.





6
th
July 2014

Contents:
Page 1: From the Desk
Page 2: Message from Consul General
Page 3: Update on meeting with Stakeholders
AMUNC 2015
Page 4: Condemnation from Pakistani community
Iftar at WA Parliament
ECCWA Meena Bazaar
Seniors Week 2015
Page 5: CHAEF
Pak Shaheens donations for IDP










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Office bearers
President: Dr. Zarrin Siddiqui
Secretary: Ms. Fatima Khushnud
piasecretary@hotmail.com
Treasurer: Ms. Maria Farooq
piatreasurer@hotmail.com
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stanisinaustralia/
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UPDATE FOLLOWING MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS
The following two action items are now work in progress.
1. Development of a stepwise bereavement guide. We are working with a service provider on the development of
guidelines and plan to have first meeting in the first week of August. If you want to be part of the group or
provide your feedback please feel free to let us know.
2. The second item was to offer one year of free membership to new migrants and students for the first year and
prepare a directory of the Pakistani community organisations. We have started work on this and hoepfull be
able to complete the task by the end of September.
CONGRATULATIONS TO RIDA AHMED


In our last newsletter we mentioned about the bid for Asia Pacific Model United Nation to be held in
Perth. Congratulations to Rida and her team who are successful and Perth will now host one of the
biggest youth event around same time next year. This event is attended by a number of Pakistani
delegates so get ready to host Pakistani delegates next year as Rida assumes responsibility of the
Secretary General for AMUNC 2015.


Early bird Tickets are available at $28.00 dollars per head till 28
th
July. $32 after 28
th
July.
Kids under 12 are free but there are limited seats and they still require a ticket to enter so let us know
beforehand at pakistanis.in.australia@gmail.com.
http://www.trybooking.com/FHSZ
Enjoy a performance by Bindas Beats and A Pakistani Fashion Show with dinner. We also acknowledge
Pakistani community members who make us proud.

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PAKISTANI COMMUNITY CONDEMNS
We are in receipt of an email related to a Perth based group which is circulating the following message.
At the moment the Stop the Mosque group and their supporters are posting very vile stuff about Islam to that page. If any
of you want to respond to them fell free to do so. Go to Facebook and search for XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, like the page and
respond as you desire.
We have consulted our members and Pakistani community has unanimously rejected any such actions.
Some of the comments received are;
I dont think it makes sense to like their page... the ppl on that page are not asking for their
misconceptions about islam to be cleared, rather looking for a heated argument
LIke the page ?? if you don't agree with the content of some page and if its hate speech just report it to
Facebook administration, getting into debates on such pages is like highlighting an issue which should
be discouraged
This is literally a sensitive matter and shouldn't be dealt on social media. 2nd they people are not there
for reasoning; anything could trigger unnecessary debates.
On June 23
rd
we did receive a complaint by one of our community member regarding a hate flyer
being displayed in a laundry at Bassendean which was reported and both State Security and WA
Police immediately took action which is an assurance that the relevant departments are trying their
best to maintain peace and harmony among West Australians.
IFTAR AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE
An invitation has been received to attend Iftar at Parliament house.
ECCWA MEENA BAZAAR
Ethnic Communities Council of Western Australia will be holding a Meena Bazaar in first week of
November which will also include workshops on maintaining small businesses and performances by
different groups. It will be a very good opportunity for Pakistani ladies to participate and as PIA is a
member of ECCWA we will be able to offer free stalls to our members.
SENIORS WEEK EVENT
Once again we are getting ready for the Seniors event and expect to have an event on 15
th
November
this year so mark your diaries now.
This is a fortnightly newsletter to keep community informed of whats happening in Pakistan and in Australia with
a special focus on Western Australia at this time. We acknowledge that this newsletter is disseminated from
Noongar land. The earlier issues can be accessed through web by accessing http://www.scribd.com/PIAInc or
through the group Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/groups/pakistanisinaustralia. Our Youtube
channel can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/user/PIAChannel1 . You can also follow our twitter
account@PIAInc

CHILD HEALTH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION IN PAKISTAN

Children Health & Education Foundation with the support of well-wishers and benefactors the Vision has
now become a reality. We are diagnosing treating and medicating more than 8500 diseases daily of the
patients visiting all our 39 established and mobile healthcare centers where 142 health and education
activates are conducted. The healthcare activities include free Consultations, Diagnostic Tests that include
Ultrasound Facility Mother & Child Healthcare and quality Medications (to date in a short span of 6 years
a total number of over 7.2 Million diseases of patients have been treated with Medications) The schools
are laying special emphasis on Computer training and English Language Skills besides providing basic
education to all the residents of these deprived areas mostly Katchi Abadis.
So far it has been able to establish 136 Health and Education activities at various locations in Karachi, Hub
City, Lahore and Faisalabad. This work has been possible with support from individuals and other
organisations. You can find more information about the opportunities to sponsor an participate in the
activities from http://www.chaef.org