PIA NEWS VOL.

Issue 25

PIA News
Vol.4

8 th Dec 2014
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A WORLD IN MOURNING

PASSION, INTEGRITY & APNAPAN

The last two weeks have been

very sad for the Australian
community when they lost their
beloved cricket star. This was a
grief that was shared worldwide
by everyone specially the ones
who love sports. Pakistani
community also prayed as Phil
Hughes was battling for life and
mourned when the news of his
sad demise came. The same
sadness was felt in Pakistan. The
photographs from the Seniors
Week event are now uploaded on
the facebook and for those who
are not on facebook the link is

skype. The date is 11th December,

6 pm, AEST and the skype id is
apccii.

Thanks to Wasif Zia and all of you

who have provided feedback
regarding the new layout.

Defence Advisor
on Skype
A new e-collaboration has been
initiated with Australia Pakistan
Forum. The Forum is organising
an event in which our Defence
Attache Brig. Mohammad Asghar
will be speaking to the audience.
The title of his talk is Pakistans
contribution towards War against
Terror. As a number of our
members on facebook group have
requested, for the subscribers of
Pakistanis in Australia it is an
excellent opportunity to
participate in the event through

However, we are looking forward

for the Defence Attache to give
us time regarding his visit to
Perth.
As the year goes by, we are
pleased to inform that the group
is in receipt of a grant from Road
Safety towards its event on 21st
March 2015 at North Perth
Community Hall.
Stay Safe and have a pleasant
journey to all who are now getting
ready for holidays.

Pakistanis in Australia Inc. is an incorporated group to support students and migrants in their settlement and to initiate projects in
Australia and Pakistan that promote mutual collaboration between two countries and promote a positive image of Pakistan and
Australia.

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WESTPAC CLOSES REMITTANCE SERVICES TO PAKISTAN

As a community we are one of the affected communities who will be directly
impacted by the WESTPACs decision to discontinue the remittance services to
Pakistan among many other countries and will urge the Federal and State
governments to take steps to assist in community to resolve this issue. We are very
grateful to Shadow Minister for Immigration and Multiculturalism Michelle Rowland
MP who spoke at Parliament House about the vital role of remittance services in
migrant communities. The speech is available at;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOEymch0DY0
PERTH DETENTION CENTRE

The President attended the first meeting of the consultative Group and raised the issue of Halal food ( as we get
to know of a detainee who fed himself on a bowl of rice during his stay) and inetrpretors. It was advised that
Halal food is available and simialrly only accredited interpretors are used bey the facility.

WA COMMUNITY LEADERS FORUM

We are also now part of the WA Community Leaders Forum established by WA Police Commissioner. A meeting
was held last week and if there are any issues that you want to raise please do keep us informed.

Pakistani cricketers in mourning for Phil Hughes in Pakistan

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RIDA AHMED BRINGS AMUNC 2015 TEAM TO

PAKISTAN
It was only 15 years back when Rida left Pakistan for the first time and has
been since then experienced the best of both Australian and Pakistani
education system she has learnt to live in two homes and thanks to facebook
never short of REAL friends.
She has been visiting Pakistan regularly so the culture shock that other
expatriate kids experience was never a problem for her. It was in 2008 that
she made first debut in Perth with the United Nations Youth Association, and
again that year on an international level at the LUMS Model United Nations in
Lahore and since then has never turned back any offer to provide support to
young and emerging leaders in Pakistan.
When MUN was organised by Institute of Business Administration in Karachi, she even got another Australian
student (Felix Pal) to accompany her and be one of the Committee Chairs of the conference. Meanwhile she has
been attending Global Leaders Conference in the USA and has been recognised at various levels for her
contribution.
This passion continued to grow as in 2015, once again Rida has been invited to chair multiple Model United
Nations around the world including Turkey, India and Pakistan. This is especially important to her as 2015 is the
year where she will be hosting the Asia Pacific Model United Nations Conference (AMUNC), on behalf of the
University of Western Australia, as the Secretary-General. This is the first time in the conferences 21-year
history that the conference is coming to Perth, Western Australia, expecting an attendance of 700+ students
from the Asia Pacific region and beyond.
Model United Nations are a very important part of the student life in Australia, as this is the best avenue for the
emerging young leaders to learn and expand their knowledge on global issues, develop skills such as
negotiation, compromise and public speaking, meet and network with thousands of like-minded students
around the world and also learn invaluable traits such as tolerance and acceptance, by putting themselves in
others shoes.
Rida will be attending Model UN IBA Karachi (MUNIK) and NUST International Model United Nations (NIMUN)
in January, to speak to the students in Pakistan about AMUNC and coming to Australia.. She will be going to
Pakistan alongside 3 other students: Felix Pal (University of Melbourne), Bodie DOrazio (University of Western
Australia) and Rhys Pogonoski (University of Sydney).
She can be contacted at rida.ahmed@amunc.net or on +61 430 386 165.

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Dr Mumtaz Khan and his business partner Dr Kristen Kiroff have

opened a new aesthetic medicine business. They are located in Perth
City and Clarkson. All appointments are strictly bound by doctorpatient confidentiality. There is an introductory offer of free consults
and 15% off all treatments until 31 December 2014. Their website is
aviiva.com.au

Office Bearers
President: Dr. Zarrin Siddiqui
Secretary: Ms. Fatima Khushnud
piasecretary@hotmail.com
Treasurer: Ms. Maria Farooq
piatreasurer@hotmail.com

Mailing Address
Pakistanis in Australia Inc.
46 Kanangra Crescent
Greenwood
WA 6024
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pakistanisinaustralia/
Twitter @piainc

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