[caption id="attachment_136" align="alignleft" width="200"] Focus Pakistan Members[/caption] Three new members were inducted in the organization. Two of these, who were present during the meeting, introduced themselves. They were Mr. Adeel Aslam, an IT Professional and Miss Quratulain Mammon an Electrical Engineer respectively. Both of them showed keen desire to work for the objectives of the organization.

The chair proposed to review and reorganize the executive committee after the next elections which have been delayed due to serious illness of Muzaffar Muhammad Ali, our secretary general.

The Annual General Meeting of FOCUS Pakistan was held on Saturday 17 September, 2005 at its registered office 12-St. John’s Park, Lahore Cantt. Nineteen Members along with Executive Committee Members and Office Bearers attended, whith Dr. Owais Farooqui president the meeting. First of all, Secretary General Muzaffar Muhammad Ali read the minutes of previous meeting; then he presented the Annual Report, and the clippings of media coverage of different

At Shalimar Hall, Pearl Continental Lahore, at 3:00 PM. Senator S. M. Zafar, Chief Justice Supreme court (r) Dr. Naseem Hassan Shah, Lahore High Court Chief Justice (r) Mian Allah Nawaz, Justice (r) Mohtarama Nasira Javed Iqbal, Senior Columnist/ Journalist Mr. Sarfraz Syed, Dr. M. Owais Farooqui, and Mr. Muzaffar Muhammad Ali delivered their opinion. A number of important personalities of the relevant orientation including senior students from local

Senator John Kerry (Presidential candidate in 2004, and presentlay Chairman of foreign relation committee) was on his first visit to Pakistan on Saturday the 14th of January 2006. President of Focus had the opportunity to meet with senator Kerry at a function organized by chairman of Pakistan Senate, Mohammad Mian Soomro. Dr. Owais had an opportunity to participate in a discussion with senator Kerry and raised the question of image of both countries

The chair introduced Mr. Asim Qadri, the President of Rotary club and informed the members of how Focus and Rotary can work together for a better Pakistan. Mr. Qadri informed the members that there are 170 Rotary clubs in Pakistan and 31 clubs in Lahore alone. He mentioned that the young Rotractors can liaise with the ‘Focus’ group as well. He suggested highlighting and acknowledging the people who are an example for others. The chair informed

Proceedings: The chair opened the meeting. The points discussed and decisions taken are as follows: Launch of Focus Pakistan ‘Newsletter’ Linking up with Rotary Club Restructuring of the Executive Body Induction of New Members Reactivation of the Website

“Educating Pakistan: Myths & Realities” Focus Pakistan organized an interactive discussion on Wednesday, 18th January at Alhamra Hall III, Lahore on “Educating Pakistan: Myths & Realities”. The participants included former federal minister and vice-chancellor of Beaconhouse National University Sartaj Aziz, Chairman Mashal Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy, Project Director of the Directorate of Staff Development Dr Rukhsana Zia, former Chief Secretary

In our society, corruption is so deep-rooted and widespread that we cannot put that down without bringing about a complete change of the system of governance and societal transformation of values. DR OWAIS FAROOQUI, president, FOCUS PAKISTAN FOCUS PAKISTAN conducted an eclectic seminar on the topic of ' Corruption and Punishment'. The upshot of the seminar was that corruption should not be tolerated at any level of civil society and of the state

Magazine Issue 2 Discussed general issues prevailing in Pakistan nowadays like IMF package and condition of the Pakistan Economy. All members had tea in a light mood. Then discussed all the aspects of magazine -- The next issue of Focus Pakistan Newsletter which is decided to be released in the second week of January. Meeting came to an end and it was decided that the magazine committee would meet again on the 21st of December 2008 to finalize the