By Syed Mussarat Khalil
Jeddah-Pakistan International Overseas Forum (PIOF) hosted a dinner reception in honour of business Icon and President of PIOF Usman Haji Abdul Hameed Sharif, at a local restaurant in Jeddah recently.
The reception was attended by central vice president of PIOF Riaz Bajwa, chairman Saudi Arabia chapter Mohiuddin Khan, general secretary Dr. Rozina Shaheen, secretary of information & media management Atiqur Rehman, deputy secretary of information & media management Shoaib Altaf, secretary IT & HR Syed Zubair Uddin, central office secretary Arif Zeb Tanoli, director trade & business Shahid Latif Sheikh, members of central committee Dr. Afsar Ehtesham, Jan Muhammad, member executive committee Ms. Anjum Rana, head of the welfare committee Nasr Iqbal Sardar Khan, joint secretary Abdullah Rehman. Members Nadeem Siddiqui and Chaudhry Khalid Rafique.
Convener Pakistan Solidarity Forum Riaz Bukhari, Akram Gujjar PML-N, Azhar Warraich PML-Q, Tasawar Hussain Choudhry PPP and Mohammed Yahya Ashfaq, Pakistani diver in Saudi Arabia too attended.
In his speech the chief guest of PIOF, President Usman Haji Abdul Hameed thanked members of PIOF and participants for honouring him. He also expressed his gratitude to the founder chairman of PIOF Tahseem ul Haque Haqi. He briefed about his recent visit to Islamabad and fruitful meeting with the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, Speaker of national assembly Asad Qaiser and other officials.
He said Prime Minister Imran Khan is keen to solve the issues of Overseas Pakistanis on a priority basis. The President assured that a PIOF delegation will visit Islamabad soon. Riaz Bukhari and Chaudhry Akram also addressed with gathering and congratulated the Usman Haji. They praised various social and welfare activities of PIOF and said that the efforts being made for overseas Pakistanis through this platform are commendable.
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