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  By Abdul Qadir Qureshi   (Pakistan News & Features Services) A seminar ‘Role of Libraries in Women Empowerment’ is being organized by Literary Committee of the Karachi Press Club (KPC) with the collaboration of National Library Association (NLA) and Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan (RCKD) at the KPC Auditorium on March 26.  Syeda Shehla Raza, Deputy Speaker, Sindh Assembly, will be the keynote speaker while the seminar will also be addressed by Munazza Abidi, Senior Vice President, NLA, Farheen Mahmood, Vice President, NLA, Asma Hassan, motivational speaker and author, Dr Aftab Imam, District Governor, Rotary International, and Jahangir Moghul, Charter President, RCKD.  The session, to be held from 3 to 5 pm, will be moderated by A H Khanzada, former Secretary, currently heading the KPC’s Literary Committee, and he will be assisted by Syed Khalid Mahmood, Advisor, NLA, and President, RCKD.  The seminar is being held as a part of the International Women’s ...

  By Abdul Qadir Qureshi   (Pakistan News & Features Services) The top functionaries of Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan (RCKD) and Library Promotion Bureau (LPB), who jointly organized a seminar on the subject of COVID-19’s impact on libraries at the bureau’s record office, housed in Liaquat Memorial Library, Karachi, on September 30, have called for developing reading culture in the country in order to keep pace with the times.  “Whatever the circumstances or no matter how long this pandemic stays, we have to devise a strategy whereas people have the tools to access information so that they are not left behind in competing with those living in other parts of the world,” Jahangir Moghul, a former District Governor of Rotary International besides being Charter President of RCKD, reckoned.  Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari, Founder President of LPB, did not mince words in stating that the government should do much more in engaging the masses into reading, suggesti...

  By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan (RCKD), with the collaboration of Library Promotion Bureau (LPB), will be organizing a seminar on the subject of COVID-19’s impact on libraries at the bureau’s record office, housed in Liaquat Memorial Library, Karachi, on September 30.  Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari and Prof Dr Nasim Fatima, two of the stalwarts of the profession of library and information science, along with some of the top Rotary leaders, will be sharing their thoughts on one of the most relevant topics these days.  Jahangir Moghul, a former District Governor of Rotary International besides being Charter President of RCKD, Asim Murtaza Khan, President, RCKD, and Syed Khalid Mahmood, Vice President, RCKD, will also speak in the session which will begin with introductory remarks from Syed Ahmed Naqvi of LPB while Waqas Moghul, Secretary, RCKD, will present vote of thanks.  The programme is being orga...

  By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan, in its weekly meeting on September 16, held at Food Inn, housed in the famous food street of the Sindhi Muslim Cooperative Housing Society (SMCHS), reviewed its plan to hold programmes in accordance with the designated months of Rotary International.  The meeting was chaired by the club President, Engr Asim Murtaza Khan, and it was attended by the former Presidents, Jahangir Moghul, Syed Khalid Mahmood, Barrister Sarah Asim Khan and Waqas Moghul besides other office-bearers and members of Rotary Darakhshan.  Having held the installation ceremony with great fanfare in July, despite the threats of COVID-19, they had participated actively in the membership and new club development month in August. As part of the current month being highlighted for basic education and literacy, Rotary Darakhshan has approved holding a seminar with the collaboration of one of the librarian bodie...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan, with the collaboration of Rotary Club of Dhaka Central, hosted a live webinar on the subject of promoting, building and enhancing the image of Rotary on August 22.    The event, broadcast live on various social media channels, was followed by hundreds of Rotarians in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia besides many other countries.  The webinar was organized under the auspices of Jahangir Moghul, Assistant Rotary Public Image Coordinator (ARPIC), with the blessings of Sam Showket Hossain, the Zonal Rotary Public Image Coordinator. Sam Liu Chi Tien Surgeon, Director, Rotary International, was the keynote speaker in the webinar, which began with the welcome speech from Asim Murtaza Khan, President, Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan, at the designated time of 1330 hours (Pakistan Standard Time) and concluded with vote of thanks from Irfan Qureshi, a Past D...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) A live webinar of Rotary International, held on August 22, highlighted the role of journalists in publicizing the various events and one of the speakers advised the fellow Rotarians to avoid red-tapism in dealing with professional newsmen if the idea was to get mileage for the various events and projects of their organization. “It’s my personal request to the Rotary leaders of our district in particular to be polite and humble when dealing with journalists. Cultivating relationship is not a bad idea. But please don’t be rude or engage them in red-tapism, which is also against the spirit of Rotary,” Syed Khalid Mahmood, himself an eminent media professional besides being an active Rotarian, observed in his speech during the webinar titled ‘Promoting, Building and Enhancing the Image of Rotary’ and organized by Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan.  “There’s absolutely no doubt about it that we need to buil...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The popular social figure of Jahangir Moghul, in his new role of the Assistant Rotary Public Image Coordinator (ARPIC), will be organizing a live webinar on August 22 with the objective of promoting the image of Rotary International, one of the largest voluntary service organizations of the world.  Jahangir Moghul, who was elected as the Governor of Rotary International District 3271 (Pakistan) for the year 2015-16, has been appointed the ARPIC for the Rotary year 2020-21. “This is going to be our first webinar of the new Rotary year. It will be held on from 1330 to 1630 hours (Pakistan Standard Time) on the subject of Promoting, Building and Enhancing the Image of Rotary,” he informed PNFS.  The joint zoom meeting, to be participated by Rotarians of Pakistan and a few other countries of the region, is being hosted by Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan, the home club of Jahangir Moghul, with Rota...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Engineer Asim Murtaza Khan, one of the bigwigs of Pakistan’s oil and gas sector, was formally installed as the President of the Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan for the year 2020-21.  The honours were performed by the Governor of the Rotary International, District 3271 (Pakistan), Prof Dr Farhan Essa, in a ceremony held in Karachi on July 31. He decorated Engr Asim Murtaza with the Presidential sash.  Jahangir Moghul, the Charter President of Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan and the only District Governor to be produced by the club, was also present on the occasion.  Engr Asim Murtaza has been working as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), in an honorary capacity, at the Petroleum Institute of Pakistan (PIP), a think tank of the petroleum industry, since November 2015.  Previously he had worked at the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) for over 32 years, having served on key operations and general manageme...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Rotary clubs across the planet celebrated the International Women's Day 2017 with great fanfare and Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan marked the occasion by holding a gathering at the DA Beach View Club in Karachi on March 8. The day to commemorate the struggle for women's rights and celebrate the political, social, economic and cultural achievements of women throughout history was accorded due deference by the Rotary Club, helping in creating greater awareness.  The International Women's Day witnessed a number of conferences, meetings, rallies, exhibitions and festivals in Pakistan and it was in the fitness of things that the Rotarians were proactive in celebrating the annual event.  Historically, the International Women's Day was observed for the first time in New York in the early 1900s while it was adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 1975.The 2017 theme for International Women’s D...