PTI UK Launches Women’s Wing for South East - 27th Oct 2013 The evening was hosted, organized & initiated by Mrs Zahida Ul Haq. The proceedings started with recitation of the Quran & Naats by Aminah, Uzma & Annum. The first speaker was Mrs Farzana Mukhtar, co-host & member of Pti West Midlands. Farzana’s main point was that the children of Pakistan deserved time & effort of Pti, particularly from the Womens Wing. She gave context to the launch of this new group. Women have always played a key role in the development of Islam & Pakistan & gave examples such as Hazrat Khadija RA & Fatima Jinnah. Farzana also covered Pti approach to women which is based on equality & without discrimination as compared to all remainder of political parties of Pakistan. She emphasized that to play our role we would have to be brave & shoulder that responsibility. The next speaker was Mrs Aima Ali, Pti – West Midlands. Aima emphasized that the chance for Overseas Pakistanis to receive the vote for Pakistan elections may become a reality in the future. Therefore, we should prepare for this now by raising the awareness of Pti amongst the OSP population. She shed some light on the election and the cases of corruption that took place to the detriment of Pti. Aima compared Imran Khan’s character, determination and capability with some existing Pakistani leaders to explain why change was desperately needed. Mrs Rabia Khan’s speech centred around family, community and the role that Pti was playing in bringing everybody together. Pti was a channel for positive community action to save Pakistan. Mrs Anila Qazi – Pti London gave some background on her own political background. She was politicized having read the history of the formation of Pakistan. She started her political activity with another Pakistan political party, but she became disillusioned due to corruption & nepotism. She felt they were detached from the ordinary people of Pakistan. Anila felt she had to support Imran Khan’s political & charitable vision for the sake of the people of Pakistan. To demonstrate the role that women can play in the political arena, she quoted Margaret Thatcher who saved Britain from economic collapse. She encouraged women in the room to take responsibility and take action to raise funds and encourage relatives to vote Pti. Dr Habiba Khan commented on the charitable work of Pti, including the work undertaken to help people following the Balochistan Earthquake. She explained that the funds raised had been distributed on a fair basis with the direct help of Naz Baloch (member of Pti CEC). Zahida Ul Haq reiterated the desperate need to keep raising funds to send to Balochistan. She thanked all who had previously donated. Miss Ayesha Abid passionately took the audience through the issues relating to Thalassemia (TAPP). She explained that this was a cultural issue requiring changes in attitude and behavior. The risk to children could be substantially reduced by couples being tested before marriage. She distributed information leaflets and a collection was undertaken. Zahida Ul Haq as host then requested a guest to give feedback of the event. Mrs Atya Ellahi responded and acknowledged that she had already become familiar with Pti through social media– Pti was very good at using this channel. However she had found the event very enjoyable and useful as personal relationships were best for mutual support. Atya also confirmed that having a Women’s Wing would bring more support for Pti in the UK. Reporter for the day was Mrs Saffina Ellahi. Children were also present with Baby Aabiyah (daughter of Asim Basra – President SE) being the Pti UK South East Region Mascot. Refreshments, hot snacks, hall & stage décor undertaken by Mrs Zahida Ul Haq.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 22:08:11 +0000