Karachi Club Biography
Source (google.com.pk )Rotary Club of Karachi is experimenting with Bio Sand Filter. After extensive testing we have setup dozens of units at Machar Colony Karachi. Results are good but it takes a few weeks for the bacterial culture to start which cleans the water.
Attending the Rotary Convention in Canda, we discovered water filters by Sawyer . Now we have started getting these out in the filed, plus need to partnership with other clubs to expand the reach of this project.
We can consider making it in a Matching Grant Project but moving forward on it as the flood survivors need water filtering desperately.
The Karachi Club has been embroiled in controversy regarding the allegedly unjust ‘Mastermind’ and ‘Genius’ awards it presents to students, but the administration of the club has declared the matter closed.
“This is a closed chapter,” stated Jameel Sarkani, President Karachi Club. “It is an internal matter of the club and should not be prodded by outsiders.”
The ‘Mastermind’ and ‘Genius’ awards are presented to students who have excelled academically in a given year. In a recently published report, it emerged that Syeeda Aziz, a student who had taken part in the competitions, had failed to receive a prize despite achieving 12 straight A’s in her ‘O’ levels. She and her father, Khwaja Azizullah, alleged that the committee deciding the prizes for both competitions had been biased.
“Applicants who are selected for the competition must appear for further aptitude tests and interviews,” explained Ali Asghar Valika, nine-time president of the club, in a meeting with The News. “Their extra-curricular activity record is also screened and affects final decision of the committee.”
However, the matter of the distribution of prizes was declared an internal affair when The News attempted to probe further. When discussing the club itself, Valika termed it a socially protected place for the affluent that offered its members many facilities and encouraged healthy competition through a variety of sporting and other activities. According to Valika, the club was not a commercial organisation and offered subsidised food.
There is no scholarship programme for its members, as according to club officials, those who can afford its high fees are capable of sending their children to top schools of the country.
“Those who pay Rs1.2 million membership fees are naturally quite well off,” said Valika, but added that currently, the club was facing a loss, despite its high fees.
If you are a Pakistani and have no idea who Atif Aslam is, then you must be surely living under a rock. :)
He is “the” pop sensation of Pakistan who has been crooning music on both sides of the sub-continent. What i like about Mr.Aslam is that he has a very good boy image and it does seem that this is just not an image but a fact. Despite being famous and well by this time, wealthy, this guy seems to have no airs about himself. None of his music videos show him serenading women in an uncomfortable proximity. In all shows and videos that i have come across, he seems polite and humble.
That being said, reports state that he has known his wife for about seven years. This shows that he is a committed individual and i do like his choice. What a pretty girl, Sarah Bharwana is. MashaAllah. From what i hear she has a master’s degree from the Kinnaird College for Women in Lahore, is a sporty person and has been teaching for a while.
To me, they look made for each other and i wish them the best of happiness, love, companionship and peace and tranquillity in their marriage. Ameen.
If you are a Pakistani and have no idea who Atif Aslam is, then you must be surely living under a rock. :)
He is “the” pop sensation of Pakistan who has been crooning music on both sides of the sub-continent. What i like about Mr.Aslam is that he has a very good boy image and it does seem that this is just not an image but a fact. Despite being famous and well by this time, wealthy, this guy seems to have no airs about himself. None of his music videos show him serenading women in an uncomfortable proximity. In all shows and videos that i have come across, he seems polite and humble.
That being said, reports state that he has known his wife for about seven years. This shows that he is a committed individual and i do like his choice. What a pretty girl, Sarah Bharwana is. MashaAllah. From what i hear she has a master’s degree from the Kinnaird College for Women in Lahore, is a sporty person and has been teaching for a while.
To me, they look made for each other and i wish them the best of happiness, love, companionship and peace and tranquillity in their marriage. Ameen.
Here are some pictures from their mehendi which took place at the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club in Lahore. Irfan Ahson was their official photographer and those beautiful pictures have rightfully been kept private by the family.
I like what the groom and the bride are wearing save for that huge turban/paggar that Atif seems to have changed into for a dance performance or vice versa. The bling on the turban is well… strange. :) The bride is wearing a Karma creation, specifically a dress from their Gajra collection from Karma Red.
Here are some pictures i managed to get from the internet.I claim no rights or privileges to these photographs. Heck! I wasn’t even there
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