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ACT Chief Minister Mr. Jon Stanhope has accepted the position of
PATRON of the Pakistan Business Association of Canberra Inc
( Report to Sada-e-Watan by Zia Qureshi JP )
Sunday 27th August:
The ACT Chief Minister Mr. Jon Stanhope at the Pakistan Independence Day function organized by Pakistan Australia Friendship Association (PAFA), Pakistan Business Association Canberra (PBA) and Pakistan Cricket Club Canberra (PCCC) officially launched Pakistan Business Association of Canberra.
ACT Chief Minister Mr. Jon Stanhope has accepted the position of PATRON of the association.
Speech of the P.B.A President:
Firstly, I would like to congratulate all of you on the 59th Pakistan Independence Day. I would also like to announce that today, the Chief Minister & Minister for the Business and Economic Development, Mr. Jon Stanhope will be officially launching the Pakistan Business Association of Canberra.
Ladies and Gentlemen as you know, I have served the Pakistan Australia Friendship Association as President for 4 continuos years. My executives & I successfully lobbied & transferred the leadership of PAFA to young, modern thinkers like Mr. Khawar Saleem Khan and his dynamic team because I strongly believe that ONLY younger people can represent Modern Pakistan. Tonight’s function is a living proof of harmony and unity and credit goes to these PAFA Executives.
After achieving this goal, I decided to form the Pakistan Business Association of Canberra. Through this organization I wish to bring the Pakistani Business community together and explore the opportunities of growth. Pakistani businesses are very young and going through the developing process, thus it was in need of an organization that can represent them on one platform.
Some of the objectives of the association are:
· to promote the establishment of the small businesses
· to assist and provide facilities for industrial research AND
· to provide a forum primarily for Pakistani businesses in Canberra & Queanbeyan to promote and to
cooperate with the government and other associations in the attainment of such objectives.
I would like to encourage specially those involved practically & physically in business or thinking of doing business within the Canberra region to join the Pakistan Business Association.
Now I would like to introduce the executives of the association:
Founder President: Zia Qureshi JP Director of H & Q Realty Pty Ltd.
Vice President: Khalid Hafiz Director of Tilston Pty Ltd
Secretary: Peter Herbert Director of PCH Services
Treasurer: Lynn Qureshi Director of Qureshi Import & Export
Executive: Melanie Faris
Executive: Sheikh Iftikhar Hussain
I especially would like to thank Mr. Peter Herbert for his generous donation of $1,000, Mrs. Lynn Qureshi for her $1,000 and Mr. Atif Iqbal, Director of the Australian Taxation Professionals, for a helpful $250 donation to the Pakistan Business Association of Canberra.
We executives at the PBA, look forward to working with you and making sure the relevant government departments hear our combined voices.
Finally I leave you with this thought:
Take the challenge, realize the potential, imagine the possibilities, plan to succeed together, we will achieve. Let’s make it happen.
Pakistan Zindabad
Zia Qureshi JP
0410 327 831
