
SERVAS PAKISTAN
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54 th Anniversary celebrations - Servas Pakistan.
Servas Pakistan Meeting was held to celebrate the 54th Anniversary of SERVAS International at Hotel Pearl Continental, The Mall Lahore, Pakistan on 10th of October 2003. The meeting was presided by the National Secretary of Servas Pakistan Mr. Muhammad Naseem. The Meeting was started in "Shalimar C" Conference Hall at 3.00 p.m. In the meeting, there were fifty nine members from all over Pakistan including six female members, one observer from Servas Nepal, Guest Speaker and the Chief Guest. The honorable Chief Guest was the President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry, he congratulated all the members of SERVAS Pakistan on the occasion of the 54th Anniversary of Servas International and highlighted his experience of traveling in different countries of the world. He also told the Servas members about the importance of Peace & Tourism. He realized that the mission of Servas is to create the atmosphere of friendship through “Open Doors Open Minds” in different nations of the entire world. He also prayed for the bright future of SERVAS.
All members actively participated and proposed suggestions to uplift the activities of SERVAS Pakistan. The second SERVAS Pakistan Newsletter & Servas International News # 45 was distributed among the members. Mr. Nauman Naseem & Mr. Manzoor Ahmad distributed the Servas Key Chains & Servas Telephone Index among all the members of SERVAS Pakistan. This meeting was held as Servas International Anniversary day and to review the activities of last Servas meetings.
Programme Coordinators Ms. Shamsa Malik & Mr. Faisal Naveed Toor welcomed the Chief Guest and other participants. Programme was started with recitation of Holy Quran followed by the National Anthem of Pakistan and Servas Song. Dr. Saleem recited few verses from the Holy Quran with translation. Programme Coordinator told the importance of National Anthem and Servas Song. Programme Coordinators briefly introduced Servas Pakistan as well as Servas International and its activities worldwide.
Ms. Munazza Naseem offered all members to show their personal interest in Servas development projects. She said that we need your good suggestions for Servas Travel Guide. All members shown their agreement to help the Servas in future and also promotion of Servas in Pakistan. Mr. Dinesh Tiripathi who is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Nepal & also was an observer of Servas Nepal in this meeting said that Servas International is a peace building movement through open door it creats atmosphere for International brotherhood. Without people to people relation you can not build the peace, people have important role to play. Servas provides space for cross cultural dialogues which is beneficial for the peace building process. He also congratulated to all Servas members of Pakistan in this occasion. He also pleased to see the Servas work & activities in Pakistan & appericiated the efforts of Servas Pakistan`s National Secretary to promote Servas in this region.
Our Guest Speaker Mr. Babar Butt requested to all the members to work hard & increase the circle of Servas activities in Afghanistan, Iran & turkmenistan, he appreciated the efforts of Mr. Muhammad Naseem in this regard.
Before this event photographer made the Group Photos of all members with Chief Guest. At the end of this beautiful meeting an Anniversary Cake with Hi-tea offered to all the participants, and all the members enjoyed with Hi-Tea in the beautiful Dinning Hall ( Marco Polo) of this Hotel. Report by Humaira F.Qureshi, Servas Pakistan News Bureau Incharge. |