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PAWA NEWS is the newsletter of the Pakistan Association of Western Australia (Inc).

PAWA NEWS

FOREIGN MINISTER OF PAKISTAN VISITS PERTH

The Honourable Foreign Minister of Pakistan Mr. Shah Mahmood

Qureshi will be visiting Perth in March. We have organised an evening

with him in the second week of March and details have been

communicated to members. If you have not received the information it

may be just an error on our part or your contact details may not be

correct in our database. Please contact any of the Executive Committee

members for further information and reserving your place.

LOOKING FOR PAWA STARS

We are looking for the members of community all ages who can be

role models for others in areas of academic excellence, community

service, arts and sports. If you know of any person who should be

awarded a certificate of appreciationfor their achievements in 2009 -10

please let us know urgently through email. We are particularly keen to

acknowledge high scorers in 2009 Tertiary Entrance Examination

(TEE),

RIDA GOES TO GLOBAL YOUNG LEADERS CONFERENCE IN USA

Rida Ahmed student of year 12 at Shenton College is

among very few outstanding young scholars who will

be representing AUSTRALIA at this prestigious

conference in United States. Rida has earlier attended

two consecutive conferences in Pakistan arranged by

Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) as

Australian delegate and interestingly has been also representing

Pakistan at United Nations Youth Association Conference in WA for last

three years.

CONGRATULATIONS TO KHALID BASHIR

APNAPAN the Pakistan Student Association at UWA

was established in 2008 with Dr. Zarrin Siddiqui and

M Fareed as the founding President and Gen.

Secretary respectively. This was followed by Dr.

Fahad M Dogar as President who has now graduated

and left for Pakistan. In a message he sent his warmest wishes to all the

Pakistani community and friends. It is a pleasure to announce and

congratulate Mr. Khalid Bashir a PhD student at UWA as the thirdPresident of APNAPAN. PAWA has last year collaborated in a number

of events and will be looking forward to work with the new team.

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Pakistan Association of Western Australia (Inc), 46 Kanangra Crs. Greenwood , WA 6024, Australia Ph: 0434841705Website address http://www.pakistanassociation.com Email: [email protected]

Executive Committee

2009 – 2010

Dr. Zarrin S Siddiqui

President

Mr. Sumair Sajjad

Secretary

Mr Mohammad Zaki

Treasurer

Mr. Ayaz Qaiser

Dr. Farah Adeeb

Mr. M Nazar Khan

Mr. S Nizamuddin Ahmed

Pakistan Association of Western

Australia

PAWA Membership

Individual 15$ per annum

Seniors 10$ per annum

Can be deposited electronically

or by cheque

Bank : ANZ Bank

Account Name : PAWA

BSB : 016464

Account Number : 560693466

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ETHNIC COMMUNITIES COUNCIL OF WA CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

At 189 Royal Street, East Perth 8.45 am

International Women’s Day is round the corner and Ethnic Communities Council of WA is organising a

seminar on . The details are on our website in upcoming events.

Women Making Peace in Papua New Guinea -Film Night

Come and hear tough and inspiring stories from women in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, in video footage not

screened before. Robyn has worked with women in PNG and with First Nations in Australia, for over 25 years.

Monday 8 March 2010 at 7.00pm at Lecture Theatre - Room 104 in Building 213

Curtin University, Kent St, Bentley

Entry by donation. All funds go to the Tari District Women's Association (Southern Highlands Province, PNG)

NEW AWARD FOR WA CITIZEN OF THE YEAR.

This year’s Western Australian Citizen of the Year ceremony will feature a new award paying tribute to the

late Sir Ronald Wilson, a prominent public servant, lawyer, judge and social activist. Announcing the

opening of nominations today, Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Interests John Castrilli said the

inclusion of the Sir Ronald Wilson Leadership Award recognised the exceptional work of an individual in

the fields of equality, human rights and social justice.

“For 37 years the WA Citizen of the Year Award has produced awe inspiring winners and demonstrated

that WA’s greatest assets are its people.” Mr Castrilli said there was a tremendous amount of talent in the

community - people who truly deserved to be acknowledged for their contributions.

“I am very pleased to recognise the achievements, vision, commitment and spirit of individuals and

service organisations which make our State a better place to work and live in,” he said.

“The State Government is proud to support the awards and encourages people to get involved.”

Nominations close on Thursday April 1. Governor Dr Ken Michael AC will announce recipients at a gala

award presentation dinner on Saturday May 29. Information and nomination forms can be found on

Celebrate WA’s website http://www.celebratewa.com.au

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