Pak Khyber Wing-Dubai

Pak Khyber Wing announces new panel

By Jamil Khan @ The Gulf Today-Sharjah, October 14, 2013

DUBAI: Pak Khyber Wing (PKW), a body under the Pakistan Association Dubai (PAD), has announced its new body of office-bearers with the aim of increasing the number of its members as well as extending the welfare activities for the Pukhtoon community residing in the Emirates.
The announcement was made by Haji Khyal Zaman Orakzai, chairman of the Pak Khyber Wing, while addressing a press conference at the PAD office.
The new office-bearers were also present on the occasion including president Shakoor Rehman Afridi, finance secretary, Syed Wazir Bangash and Zulfiqar Shah, press secretary.
“The PKW has completed its two years and is the only registered organisation of Pukhtoon from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and so far has undertaken a number of welfare initiatives for the community,” Orakzai said.
The PKW, according to the officials, spent a huge amount on different social welfare initiatives for the community in Dubai besides contributing for the PAD multi-purpose hall and upgrading of a Pakistani school in Dubai.
Orakzai pointed that the philanthropists of the Pukhtoon community in Dubai also contribute annually to successfully run two orphanages in KPK.
“Parwarish is being providing education and hostel facilities to around 100 children in Swat for the past three years while Khyber Gloona (flowers of Khyber), another orphanage in Peshawar city, accommodates 45 students.
“These children were affected by the insurgency and floods in the past 4 years and the community philanthropists in Dubai are taking all necessary measures to provide them with decent education free of cost,” he added.
Before the setting up of PKW, a group of community philanthropists were working as Pukhtoon Welfare Organisation but it was not getting registered and the PAD set up a new wing to provide a legal shelter to the welfare organisation to benefit the community.
The PKW officials complained that they have been asking PAD to provide them office facility in its premises but in vain for the last two years.
“The PAD has around nine wings and most of them have been given offices but not the PKW which creates hindrances in our smooth operation to carry out welfare activities for the community,” he complained.
Shakoor Rehman Afridi, president, told that they have started membership and once they reach 200 members, they will hold new elections to choose the body for the next two years.
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PSCS – Elections 2013

Pakistani body in Sharjah announces polls

By Jamil Khan @ The Gulf Today-Sharjah, October 14, 2013

SHARJAH: The newly-appointed five-member election committee of Pakistan Social Centre Sharjah (PSCS) has announced the schedule for elections to choose a new body to run the social centre over the next two-year term. The elections will be held on Nov. 6 and only panels of individuals will be allowed to contest, rather than individuals, for the 11 PSCS posts.
This was announced by Shah Nawaz Bukhari, chairman of the election committee in the presence of other four members, including Abdul Waheed Paal, Syeed Sajjad Hussain Shah, Zareen Zada Khan, Ziaul Haq and Chaudhry Zafar Iqbal, former president of the Centre.
According to the officials, the PSCS elections will be held under the supervision of Ministry of Social Affairs, Sharjah, on Nov. 6.
“Earlier, the date was Nov. 1, but on the directives of the Ministry of Social Affairs, it has been shifted to Nov. 6 and will be held from 8am-5pm at the Centre,” Bukhari said.
He also announced the code of conduct for the elections. Only panels will be allowed to take part in the election process and each panel has to obtain the membership of 100 new members.
The registration fee for each new member will be Dhs250 for a year and Dhs500 for a 5-year term. The registration of new members will go on till Oct. 30 and a new list of all the members, including the existing 220 members, will be displayed at the Centre on Nov. 2.
The election committee will accept nomination papers till Oct. 25 along with the election fee of Dhs3,000 each, for the post of president and general secretary, while Dhs2000 each will be the fee for nine other posts. Last date for withdrawals is Oct. 27. There will be no refund.
“We are encouraging the community to come forward and take part in this process as this Centre is for them and it is their responsibility to take care of their own community. Any resident of Sharjah, Ajman or Ras Al Khaimah is eligible to participate in the elections,” Bukhari added.
Bukhari said the elected body will be announced on Nov. 9 at a press conference, while the date of the oath-taking ceremony would be announced later.
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