r Memon Welfare Society Saudi Arabia Issue #43 January 2013 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Assalamo Alaikum WRWB 5th Aniversary of MWS Soon Another issue of Newsletter for the month of JANUARY 2013 is in front of you. Hope it will be interesting and informative to you. Let us first of all take the opportunity to express our Best Wishes to the entire Community on advent of New Gregorian Year 2013. May this New Year bring peace & prosperity throughout globe in general and in Muslim Ummah in Particular, A ameen. It is also a matter of pleasure that existing body of Memon Welfare has very successfully completed first year of it s tenure. In this connection, it will be unjust if we give credit to MWS only, undoubtedly, our community also deserves credit equally since without assistance, guidance, support and cooperation it was not possible for present body to complete first year effectively. Inaugurating H.E.Consul General Pakistan Mr.A.Salik Khan and Dr. M.U.Chapra cutting cake to initiate from now to celebrate 5 th Anniversary of MWS in March 2013. As most our community members know that the existing Memon Welfare Society was found in April 2008 in La Sani Restaurant, Madina Road with attendance of only 60 community members. During last 5 years Memon Welfare experienced several impediment and lot of difficulties to continue it s operation. However, with change of names, MWS overcame the challenges and it continued progressing. The community s interest and confidence in Memon Welfare is now remarkable. We would like to thank our brothers who send to us their valuable views and suggestions that are useful for future guidance. We sincerely apologize in advance if there is any unintentional omission or error in this Newsletter. Thank you and wishing you all once again Happy & Prosperous New Year and look forward to continued support & cooperation from all our community members. May God Bless All. Best regards Newsletter Committee
ميمن ويلفيئر سوسائٹی کی فالحی خدمات ****************************************** - تعليم اور مدرسے کی فيس کے لئے غريب طالب علموں کی مدد - ان لوگوں کو جو طبی عالج کے اخراجات کا متحمل نہيں ہو سکتے کی مدد - کميونٹی کے رکن کے انتقال کے بعد تدفين ميں مدد - روزگار کی تالش ميں بے روزگار کی رہنمائی و مدد - بچوں کے لئے رشتے کی تالش ميں مدد - اس کے عالوه اپنی کميونٹی کے لئے اکثر ديگر سماجی اور فالحی سرگرميوں کا اہتمام - مختلف موضوعات پر سيمينار کا انتظام - خاندانی اجتماع - مستقبل کے کيريئر کے لئے طالب علموں کو مشوره - مشہور عالم شخصيات کے ساتھ شام - ہم پرانے لباس جمع کر رہے ہيں - ہم بھی مفت طبی کيمپ کے لئے غير استعمال شده ادويات جمع کر رہے ہيں کوئی شک نہيں ميمن ويلفيئر سوسائٹی - مختلف خاندانوں کومالقات کرنے سالم ودعا کرنے - ايک ساتھ کھانا کھانے کے مواقع فراہم کر کے کميونٹی ميں اہم کردار ادا کر رہی. اس کے عالوه ہم نے اپنی اپنی ذمہ داريوں اور فرائض کو انجام دينے کے لئے مختلف کميٹياں تشکيل دی ہيں. مختصرا ميمن ويلفيئر سوسائٹی خالصتا سماجی اور برادری کی فالح و بہبود اور انسانيت کی خدمت کرنے کے لئے ايک فورم ہے. جسکی پوری کميونٹی کو حمايت کرنی چاہئے ( Glory be to Allah who is above all faults, and all praise be to Him).
The Welfare Services of Memon Welfare Society Helping poor students for education fee Helping Community members for health care for those who cannot afford Helping in Coffin & Burial Services Helping & guiding unemployed in seeking employment Voluntarily Matrimonial services Beside above we are assisting some Madrassa by paying fees of needy students and school where the students will receive free education who cannot afford even the nominal fee. We also hold other social & welfare activities for our community such as Seminar, Families get to gather together, Career guidance sessions, evening with scholar, and also help financially and materially the victims of natural disaster such as flood and Earth quake etc. During last 4 months we have sent 4 shipments of used clothes for poor people in Pakistan & India. We also collect unused medicines for free medical camps organized by Pakistan welfare Society in Consulate General of Pakistan Jeddah. Memon Welfare Society is playing a significant role by providing an opportunity to the community families to meet, greet and eat together once in a quarter, which is a piece of good fortune. Moreover, we have constituted various committees to undertake various social and welfare tasks as and when necessary. In brief MWS is purely social and welfare forum to serve the community and humanity.
Just to update community,,,,,,,,,,,,,, MWS Current Activities: 1. Assistance being provided to needy students of Private School and Madrassa Hifzul Quran. 2. Collecting and delivering unused medicines to Pakistan Welfare Society for their free medical camp take place every alternate Friday. If an one has unused medicines, please contact Mr. Mansour Shivani on 0508367915 or any other office bearers of the welfare society. 3. Collecting used clothes for poor and needy people in India and Pakistan. Four shipment have so far been dispatched to Pakistan and India. Another shipment is ready for dispatch, please deliver used clothes at Al Shifa Center for Fresh Chicken & Meat Opp Marhaba Super Market, Near Souk Minarah, Azizia,(Ahmed Kamal Makki Tel:6754078/0541299786). 4. Al Muslim Welfare Society in Karachi Pakistan who receives our used clothes shipment for onward distribution to poor & needy people, requested us for 100 blankets for poor families since winter has started. MWS has sent 100 blankets to them. 5. Helping very needy from Zakat fund, particularly paying the fee of poor students of Madrassa. 6. Upon demand of memon families residing in Riyadh, a gathering of memon families in Riyadh will take place soon insha Allah through our representative. 7. Some more activities community interest will be announced soon. 8. Winter break Family Get together took place last week. MWS Events/Programs in Near Future: 1. Family Gathering or family Picnic in some Istrah in north of Jeddah for the community to be held during winter months of January insha Allah. 2. An introductory session with office bearers of all welfare organization of Jeddah to take place soon. 3. An evening with celebrity 4. A MEGA EVENT ON THE OCCASION OF FITH YEAR OF MEMON WELFARE SOCIETY WILL BE CELBERATED IN FIRST QUARTER OF NEW YEAR THAT WILL INCLUDE VARIOUS PROGRAMS.
Brief Report of the Memon Families Get together held on 27 th December 2012 at Fine Grill Restaurant Azizia, Jeddah Saudi Arabia An event of Memon Families was held on 27 th December 2012 at newly opened Fine Grill Restaurant which was attended by His Excellency the Consul General Pakistan Mr. Abdul Salik Khan, Deputy Consul General Mr. Imran Ahmad Siddiqui, great scholar of our community Dr. M.Umer Chapra and other doctors, engineers, and businessmen of our community. The event begun with recitation of Holy Quran recited by Hafiz Osama M.Altaf Basheer and a Naat was presented by Ahmed Irfan Kolsawala. The event was attended by almost 450 persons, consisting of Ladies & Gentlemen (younger and elder). Mr. Arif Memon, President of Memon Welfare Society welcomed the special guests and other attendees of the event while Mr. Tayyab Moosani Gen. Secretary gave an introduction of dignitaries and presented a brief about welfare programs and activities of Memon welfare Society which was keenly paid attention by the consul general Pakistan and the audience. GS admired the role of H.E. the Consul General in uniting all welfare groups of Jeddah by arranging their gathering from time to time. No doubt his services will be remembered by the community all times. Then, the Consul General was invited to address and express his feelings about MWS. He applauded the activities and welfare services extended by MWS to the community. He also expressed his best wishes to MWS for completing 5 years of its existence which will be celebrated in first quarter of 2013. The Consul General announced that he will be saying goodbye to the community in Jeddah soon as he will be going back to Pakistan for new assignment. His Excellency served Consulate and the Community for almost 3 years. After his announcement of returning to Pakistan for good, the event turned into his farewell party. As per agreement with the restaurant, MWS did it s best to maintain quality of the event in all respects particularly in the quality of food. The dinner consisted of various dishes of delicious food that increased the value of the event and entire food was liked and praised by each and every participant. Almost 450 male & female members of our community attended the event. MWS deserves congratulation for holding such a great occasion for
Memon Families regardless of nationalities. We have received a magnificent feedback and appreciation about the event and upon request of the audience, we shall be holding another similar event in near future insha Allah. On the occasion of completing fifth years of MWS, Fine Grill Restaurant to offered MWS a complimentary cake of 5 Kilo in male and 5 kilo in female section. The cake cutting ceremony was performed by the good hands of H.E. Consul General and Dr. M.U.Chapra which gave a notion of commencement of celebration of 5 th Anniversary from now. Thereafter, the Dinner was served to the participant guests. Just before inviting guest to have Dinner, our major sponsors Mr. Mohammed Badee was requested by MWS to present a plaque as a token of appreciation to the Consul General and Mr. M. Jawed Tai was called to present a plaque to Deputy Consul General. At the same time two top scorer student of Matriculation Examination (i) Ahmed Irfan Kolsawala and (ii) Miss Omaima M. Altaf Basheer were given away Black Berry Cell Phone by Haji Younus Dhaddy and his wife respectively. Congratulation to them. In recognition of MWS welfare services, the owner of Jamil Restaurant, Mr. Shaukat Ali announced 50% discount on the grand dinner on the occasion of of 5 th anniversary of MWS. At last, on behalf of Memon Welfare Society, we wish to express congratulation and our heartiest gratitude to the community members for their support, assistance, help and participation to make the family event a GRAND SUCCESS. We believe, without community cooperation and support we could have never been able to achieve success, so credit of success goes to entire community. Our MWS team members deserve thanks for contributing their untiring efforts to make the last event great success. May Allah bless our Memon Community with unity, strength, generosity and prosperity. A'ameen. The event ended with a pleasant and very friendly atmosphere.
.Family Get Together on Thursday 27th December 2012 Venue of the Event FINE GRILL RESTAURANT, AZIZIA, JEDDAH H.E.Consul General Pakistan Mr. Abdul Salik Khan and Dr. M.U.Chapra being welcomed Mr. Mohammed Badee, Sponsor of Subsidy of Invitation Cards of the event being welcomed and introduced with the guests,
Office Bearers of MWS with H.E.Deputy Consul General Pakistan Mr. Imran A. Siddiqui Patrons and Key Office Bearers of MWS with H.E. Deputy Consul General Pakistan
Conversation among guests going on Introduction and Conversation among guests going on
President of MWS Mr. Arif Memon Welcoming the guest Gen.Secretary of MWS Mr. Tayyab Moosani Presenting welfare activities report. H.E.Consul General Mr. Abdul Salik Khan expressing his views to the audience.
Chief Guest and Office bearers addressing the guests of the event. i Guest are paying attention to the speeches s
Dinner is ready and about to be served to the guests
H.E.Consul General Pakistan being presented by Mr. Mohammed Badee, our sponsor, a Plaque as token of appreciation. On behalf of Jawed Tai, Mr. Wasim Tai is presenting Plaque to Deputy Consul General Mr. Imran Siddiqui
Haji Younus Dhaddy presenting a gift of Black Berry Cell Phone to meritorious student Ahmed Irfan Kolsawala, Mr.Shaukat Ali Owner of Jamil Restaurant announcing the discount in dinner of 5th anniversary President Arif Memon is greeting and thanking to Consul General for gracing the attendance. a
Complimentary Cake offered by Fine Grill Restaurnat being cut by good hands of Consul General and Dr. M.U.Chapra to inititate from now to celeberate 5th anniversary of MWS to be held soon.
DINNER IS READY Dinner is ready and guests are having it peacefully Dinner is ready and guests are having it peacefully Accessoried of Dinner ready and being taken by the guests
Guests are enjoying Dinner Time with delicious dishes and quality of food Supervison on food supply going on by the MWS responsible members
Thanks and Appreciation We sincerely thank our following sponsors who bear the amount of subsidy given to the community on invitation cards and for other petty expenses. Mr. Mohammed Badee (Businessman) Mr. M. Jawed Tai (Businessman) Mr. Kaleem Ahmed (Businessman and our patron) Mr. Tariq Madani (Businessman) We are also thankful to respectable Mr. Mohammed Ishfaq, the Owner and Mr. Shezad, the Manager of Fine Grill Restaurant Azizia, Jeddah for giving us an opportunity to hold our family event at their new restaurant @ reasonable rates. We look forward to continued relationship with them in the future. -X-X-X-X-X- خدمات برائ ضرورت رشته/ Important Announcement about Matrimonial Services After family gatherings organized by memon Forum during the year, several families have become active in searching match for their grown up children from among the community. Al Hamdo Lillah in this connection a good progress is going on, in fact proposals among various families for their children are being exchanged with the help of families of some office bearers under strict confidentiality. Since the Memon Matrimonial Website is under construction which might take time, we kindly request all those memon families whose children are grown up and they intend to look for OR waiting for match now or after some time, to submit very brief particulars about their children. We can help them in finding match for their children. All information provided to us will remain confidential and all communications between two families will also be under strict confidence. Needless to mention that some families are already in contact with us and we are extending help to them for finding match for their children. Serious families may kindly fill out the following blanks and forward to us on masa@memonassociation.com OR female family members can contact a responsible lady of Forum on 0569905776 and let her know the details about searching a match. Good Luck. Name of Head of Family Nationality Home Phone No. Mobile Email Children: Sons : (1) Age Education Earning Yes or No (2) Age Education Earning Yes or No Daughter : (1) Age Education (2) Age Education
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Little Smile!!! Fill in the blank and tell us who can be fit & suitable for the blank!!! Q: HOW DO YOU KEEP A BUSY ALL DAY? > A: Put him in a round room and tell him to sit in the corner. > > Q: How do you make a laugh on Saturday? > A: Tell him a joke on Wednesday. > > Q: Why did the stare at frozen orange juice can for 2 hours? > A: Because it said 'concentrate'. > > Q: How do you keep a busy? > A: Write 'Please turn over' on both sides of a piece of paper. > > Q: Why can't make ice cubes? > A: They always forget the recipe. > > Q: How did the try to kill the bird? > A: He threw it off a cliff. > > Q: Why did 18 go to a movie? > A: Because below 18 was not allowed!!! -x-x-x-x-x-x Eik ne arbi ko khoon dey k uski jaan bachai. Arbi ne usay MERCEDES gift kardi. Arbi ko phir khoon ki zarorut pari, ne phir khoon dia. Ab k bar Arbi ne till waly laddu gift kiye, :Ghusse se, mercedez kion nahi di? Arbi:Munna!! Ab hamarey ander bhi ka khoon dor raha hay -x-x-x-x-x A called a newspaper office and asked: Mera Baap Mar gaya hai, kya charges hongay? NewsPaper: Rs.50 per word. : Oh bohat ziyada hain, Acha likho "Ghafoor Bhai Died". Newspaper: Sir! It should be minimum 6 words! : Oh ho! Jara sochnay do... Acha likho....... Ghafoor Bhai Died - Suzuki for Sale Teen Dost Tha Phela Dusra aur Tesra Ramzan Ka Mahina Tha Dostoo Ne Bolaa Ke Yaar Zakat Dena Hai Too Aap Log Kaise Daite Ho To Phela Dost Bola: Hum Khali Maidan Me Jaakar Gol Daira Banataa Ha Aur Asman Ma Paisa Uchalta Ha Jo Paisa Daira Ka Baaher Jaata Hai Woo Zakat Karta Hai, Aur Jo Andar Hota Hai Wo Humara Hota Hai Phir Ne Bola: Hum Aik Lakeer Khechta Ha Or Paisa Uchalta Hai Jo Paisa Left Hand Par Jaata Hai Wo Zakat Karta Hai, Aur Joo Right Hand Par Hota Hai Wo Humara Hota Hai Phir Dost Se Poucha Ke Wo Kaisa Zakat Karta Hai To Ne Kaha: Astagfirullah Aap Log Aisse Zakat Kartay Ho? Ye Lakir Fakir Kya Hai? Ham Khali Maidan Ma Jaata Hai Or Paise Asman Me Uchalta Ha Jo Paisa Asman Me Gya Wo Zakat Ka Or Jo Paisa Niche Aaya Wo Hamaara!
Present situation in Pakistan, interesting dialogue between son and mother Wishing entire community a happy and prosperous New Year 2013 Thank you for your time and attention,,,,,,,,newsletter Ends Here