The Pakistan Ladies club of Jeddah organized a welcome reception for the newly appointed Pakistan Consul General’s wife Afshan Aftab Khokhar at a local restaurant on Wednesday.
The main aim and motive of the reception was to introduce club initiatives, the members and activities of the club to the new chairperson of the club Afshan Aftab Khokhar, wife of the Pakistani Consul General.
“The Pakistani community is a big family where different people may have differences but in the end, we are one and will work together for the benefit of the community and people,” said Khokhar.
She also said that charity work is an excellent initiative and asserted that her home is always open for any type of community initiative.
Rubila Jamil, assistant coordinator of the Pakistan Ladies club, welcomed the chief guest and chairperson of the club, Afshan Khokhar, and other guests and members.
“When we met Afshan Khokhar for the first time and discussed our club activities, she showed a keen interest and encouraged our initiatives for the community and for students in need. We found her to be a very devoted person by nature so we are sure she will help us in fulfilling our goals and initiatives,” said Jamil.
Nikhat Nadeem , the coordinator, explained the role and initiatives of the club in organizing charity dinners, cultural programs and mina bazars in which members always participate with enthusiasm and give donations in aid of students fees and other community needs.
Afshan Khokhar admired the efforts of the Pakistan ladies club and assured her full support for their initiatives.
Nilofar Shahid, Bintul Hasan, Shazia Suhail, Tabasum Alvi and others sang different folkloric, patriotic songs and poetry and presented comedy programs.
