Zubair Qureshi
Ambassador of Turkiye Dr Mehmet Pacaci, Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Japan Embassy Mr Ito Takashi, TİKA Regional Head Mohsin Balci, Turkish Red Crescent representative Ergest Lemka, the Indonesian embassy’s Director Information & Socio-Culture Heryanto Blitza, philanthropists, members of civil society and donors on Wednesday attended the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal’s (PBM) event “PBM at a Glance” and praised its projects aiming at education and rehabilitation of orphans, child workers, empowerment of women, support to Thalassaemia-patients mostly children and other such positive initiatives.
The PBM had organized the event that was first of its kind under the supervision of the Managing Director (MD) Amir Fida Paracha at the Aiwan-e-Quaid, Fatima Jinnah Park.
Various stalls were set up on the occasion including Pak Women Empowerment Centers, Child Labour Rehabilitation Centers, Pakistan Sweet Homes, Individual Financial Assistance for Medical, Education and Shelter Homes, etc.
Besides dignitaries, parliamentarians, multinational companies, national and international NGOs, teams of electronic and print media, representatives of NGOs and beneficiaries of PBM Projects also participated in the event.
Addressing the ceremony, MD PBM, Amir Fida Paracha, said the event aimed to market the ongoing programmes and initiatives of the PBM to philanthropists, international NGOs, diplomatic missions, multinational companies, and other donor agencies.
The goal was to promote collaboration and highlight efficiency of the organization to the donors and philanthropists, said he.
He emphasized the importance of collaboration with various institutions to maximize its limited resources and services to further expand the domain of social safety nets, tackle poverty challenges, and contribute to poverty alleviation.
The event also aimed to attract different donors and philanthropists to share the burden of the government of Pakistan through self-reliance and to combat poverty by empowering PBM projects in terms of resources with the vision of collaborations as well as partnerships for a noble cause.
The donors, philanthropists and other guests lauded the efforts of PBM and the initiatives of MD Paracha for introducing automation, digitalization and other measures for transparency in the department in his short tenure after assuming the charge of Managing Director-PBM.
The administrative team of the PBM made thorough preparations for the event, assigning responsibilities to various officers. The ceremony was attended
The event was also attended by Mr Amin Abdul Rehman from Qatar charity, representatives from Islamabad and Rawalpindi Chambers of Commerce of twin cities, representatives of All Pakistan Chinese Enterprise and Association, Aruba Salima and Sharon Wang, Sayed Sohail Abbas Minister for Health and Law GB Government, Deedar Malik from GB Government and Nisar Ahmad Rajput Deputy Chief Social Welfare Section Ministry of Planning Commission/ Ministry of planning, Development and Social Initiatives, representatives from British High Commission, volunteers from SZABIST, NUML, Bahria University and others.
