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The new look of Swimming Pool of Karachi Club Main.

March 2013Karachi Club Publication

Messagefrom theChief Editor

Dear Readers,

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” (Eleanore Roosevelt).

I wholeheartedly dedicate this edition to our young members who have enthusiastically opted to participate in the Scout Boot Camp tobe held on 30th March 2013 at Karachi Club Annexe.

Our club’s joy, glee and chirpiness are well complimented by our children members who play a vital role as club icons when it comes to sports or entertainment.

If you peruse through the upcoming events, you would be delighted to see exciting and stimulating proceedings which will motivate the children and encourage them for active participation. As fun fillers, swimming and music classes will be a thrill and exhilarating opportunities to scout the young members’ talent and flair.

I would unreservedly appreciate the children members to come forward and contribute interesting and appealing articles on topics which are within the cultural norms and values. Write up on Fact Files, I.T, fashion, education,health, cuisines, fashion and corporate updates etc are most welcome.

With warm regards,Shamoon Bakir Ali [email protected]

Up coming events

1st March KC Singles Handicap Snooker Tournament 4:00 pm onward at Karachi Club Main

8th March Formation of KC Cricket Team - Trials 2:30 pm onward at PADS Cricket Ground

8th March Seminar on Positive Thinking 5:00 pm at Karachi Club Main 12th March KC Open Pairs Bridge Event 6:00 pm onwards at Karachi Club Annexe 12th March KC Ranking Squash Tournament 4:00 pm onward at Karachi Club Main 14th March KC Ranking Badminton Tournament 4:00 pm onward at Karachi Club Main 16th March KC Day & Night Tape Ball Cricket Tournament (age 17 & above) 2:00 pm onwards at Karachi Club Main 22nd March First Grand Quiz Rama Show of 2013 (Celebration of Pakistan Day) 8:15 pm onwards at Karachi Club Main 30th March Scout Boot Camp 3:00 pm onwards at Karachi Club Annexe 31st March Bohra Food Festival 8:00 pm onwards at Karachi Club Main

Karachi Club MagazineKarachi Club Magazine

Hiba AnisUmama IrfanShazia ShoaibAnusha Jawed KarimMustafa S. SadriwalaEmaan Abbas

MembersKausar Ali KhanGhulam Hussain JaghaniHuned Bakir Hussain

Publication Sub-Committee 2013

Associate EditorsM. Javed Zakaria - EnglishAbdul Hafeez Memon - Urdu

Afifa ShoaibAmmarah ShoaibAisha Munaf MehntiSayeda Inayat Nasser

Muhammad YousufDr. Syed Mansoor ZaidiAli Asghar Mohsin AliShehzad Qadir MotenH. Aslam Moosa Bangda

AdvisersFarida LavingiaSidra S. FarooquiSafina ShahidMariam Godil


Club Events

Prayer does not change the God, but it changes him who prays.

Eid Milad-un-Nabi

Rabi Ul Awal is the month for Muslims to rejoice the arrival of the Nabi. Milad being an expression of this rejoicement is pratcised all over the world. Karachi Club to continuing its tradition of holding Milad every

year organized it on 8th February under the guidance of Aamir Abdullah Zaki, Convenor Entertainment Committee. Being ladies only program it was largely attended by the female members of the club. Ms. Ishrat recited the Naats whereas Dr Farida Ahmedspoke on the importance of month of Rabi ul Awal.

undisclosed facts about our legends life history.

Songs of Mehdi Hassan, Madam Noor Jahan, Nusrat Fatheh Ali Khan, Mehnaz Begum & Ahmed Rushdi was sung bytheir students and new upcoming Pakistani Artists.

It was a well attended function as many senior members of the club, including President and Secretary along with managing committee members were present with their families. It was a night which will be remembered by the members and guests.

A Tribute To Pakistani Legends - Musical Program

To pay tribute to our National heroes of Musical Industry, the Entertainment committee under the convenorship of Aamir Abudllah Zaki organized “A Tribute to Pakistani Legends” Musical program on 23rd Feb 2013 at KC Main Lawn, which was attended by more than 1200 members.Abdul Hafeez Memon a senior member of the clubwas given the task of comparing. As Mr. Memonis closely affiliated with the musical industry ofPakistan the members were astonished to hear some

March 2013 Karachi Club Publication

Club Events

Winners Never Quit, and Quitters Never Win.

Girls Cricket The cricket committee under the convenorhsip of Mr. Amin Bawany organized Girls Cricket Tournament on 16th Feb 2013 at KC Main Lawn. More than 60 girls participated in the event where the teams were divided as KC Barbies, KC Dolphins, KC Cindrellas and KC Angels.

It was very well planned tournament where each team had the chance of playing 8 overs. The tournament started with the recitation of Holy Quran followed by National Anthem.

The matched was witnessed by members and thier families.

The Winners were KC Barbies under the captainship of Mrs. Farah Danish and the Runners up were KC Dophins under the captainship of Miss Sania Jamali. The teams were awarded prizes by the chief guest Jawed H. Karim, alongwith MC members Mr. Ayaz Siddiq, Mr Munanf Mahenti.

WELL DONE CRICKET COMMITTEE

History of women's cricket Courtesy: Abbas Lavingia

The history of women's cricket can be traced back to a report in The Reading Mercury on 26 July 1745 and a match that took place between the villages of Bramley and Hambledon in Surrey.

The Mercury reported:"The greatest cricket match that was played in this part of England was on Friday, the 26th of last month, on Gosden Common, near Guildford, between eleven maids of Bramley and eleven maids of Hambledon, all dressed in white. The Bramley maids had blue ribbons and the Hambledon maids red ribbons on their heads. The Bramley girls got 119 notches and the Hambledon girls 127. There was of bothe sexes the greatest number that ever was seen on such an occasion. The girls bowled, batted, ran and catches as well as most men could do in that game."

The 2nd Women’s Test match between Australia and England in Sydney in 1935.

Recorded by G. B. Buckley in Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket.


Club Events

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

The final was played on Saturday the 2nd Feb

2013, Sultan Mohammad who is 4th in current

Pakistan Ranking was the Winner while Naveen

Perwani, a regular player at the Club and ranked

1st in Sindh province was Runners Up. Zakaria Usman,

a senior member of the Club, was the Chief Guest

at the prize distribution ceremony along with

Ashfaq Tola, President of the Club to give away

trophies to the winners.

Latif Masters once again at KC

Latif Master Snooker Champioship which was a regular Snooker event of the club till couple of years ago was again held, this time under the umbrella of Karachi Club's Billiard Sub-Committee. As many as 10 top ranking National Players and 14 Karachi Club Regular players participated in the event. During the course of event members had the opportunity to play with leading National players.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.


Club EventsMen Final was won by Mehmood Shekhani and runners up was Ahmed Aslam, whereas Womens Final was wonby Zehra Bashir and Kainat Baloch was Runners up.

Mr. Ayub Bawany was the chief guest and Jawed Karim Honrary Secretary of the club was present to distributethe prizes to the winners and the Runners up.

Table Tennis Championship

KC Table Tennis Championship was held from 15th to 17th Feb 2013 to boost the players of Club. A token prize money was awarded to motivate and encourage the amateurs of the Club. The tournament was participated by 29 boys and 7 girls.

Library - a sanctuary; a horizon. by Maryam Murtaza Sadriwala It is a sanctuary for an ardent lover of the written word. When you enter its premises, the sounds of the outside world melt away and you are left with a comforting silence and the only company is shelf after shelf of books. This is a silence which is not gloomy. It is a silence which awes. It is a silence which exudes reverence forthe written word and hails all those who appreciate the worth of the knowledge. I have always loved stepping into the threshold of a library. My first memories of a library are that of my school. It was a pristine, white sprawling room divided by rows of bright, red shelves and round tables and chairs. The librarian was a dragon and we feared her arched eyebrows and hisses of “shs”. Despite this fear, I relished the library lesson as my friends and I perused shelf after the other, giggling and snatching that forbidden whisper. My next memories are of the Karachi Club library. Some 20 years ago, the library was at the far corner of the club - dark and dingy, and usually abandoned. But I always managed to drag my mom into it as I was fascinated by the stacks and stacks of Archie comics it possessed. continued on next page . . .


Club Events

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

Inauguration of New Badminton Court

The new team of club management under the umbrella of its President Ashfaq Tola and Jawed Karim is undergoing the process of renovating the club but special emphasis is given to those regions of the club where the young generation is involved, an area wherethey are more comfortable and relaxed.

Mr. Ismail Shariff convener sports committee is successful in completing his plan of refurbishing the areas, the process of which started last year and a new look has been given to the Squash and Badminton courts where our amateurs are taking full privilege of the facilities and refining their game.

VISIT THESE DISTRICTS AND BE A SPORTSMEN

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Over the years the club library became a wide spaced, artfully designed area with a remarkable array of books on every topic. When I was in school I used to spend hours picking out an Enid Blyton or Sweet Dream romance after my swimming sessions at the club. In University, the formidable literature section of the club library was a haven for the matter I needed for my literary sessions at Karachi University. I would furiously note downcouplets of Faiz and translations of Ghalib hoping to be well equipped for our weekly meetings.

The University library was an institute within the institute. Floor after floor of books; floor to ceiling windows letting in the streams of sunlight; students hunched over their piles of books - it was an aura made for partaking the juices of knowledge. One felt as if it was a portal into several other worlds. One felt like a scholar - whether you were one or not!

Even today, whenever I enter the club premises, my primary thoughts are those of making a beeline for the library. Once inside I have a mélange of books to choose from. While I scan the shelves for my favorite authors, my daughter sits in a colorful little chair in the children’s section and flips pages of beautifully illustrated books. And I smile in wonder and gratitude.

Being a member of any library is a blessing. When you are within the walls of a library, surrounded by the heady scent of paper and ink, you are part of the fraternity of readers. Some read to acquire knowledge, some flip through journals and magazines to keep themselves updated with the latest news and trends; some come to escape the noise and chaos of the outside world and be encompassed - albeit for a few hours - in a bubble of imagination, fiction and reality.


Club Events

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

Punjabi Food Festival

Ayaz Siddiq convener Kitchen Committee along with his team organized PUNJABI FOOD FESTIVAL at Karachi Club Main on sunday 17th Feb 2013. The Program was largely attended by the members with their families who had the opportunity of having especially cooked Punjabi cuisine like Makai ki Roti and Sarsoon ka Saag,

Daal Makhni, Nargisi Kofta etc.

The Festival was well complimented by Punjabi Cultural songs and Bhangras.

The idea behind organizing such festival was to give members a chance to enjoy a different taste which is normally not served as the regular menu.

Condolence

Karachi Club Members express their deep grief on the passing away of the following fellow members. May AlmightyAllah rest the departed soul in eternal peace. Aameen

Mohammad Yaqoob Habib Ghandhi

L - 100730th January 2013

MaqsoodKamal Khan

T - 748629th January 2013

Wedding Bells

Saradaughter of Fatima Yaqoob Admaney (P-1359)weds Umair Tanveer on 8th March 2013.

Wardahdaughter of Khurshid Ahmed Khan (L-1953)weds Taha Farid Alavi on 8th March 2013.

Shifa (D-1822)daughter of Hanif Moon (P-3957)weds Dr. Muhammad Ali on 16th Feb 2013.

Muhammad Haris Agar (T-7877)son of Abdul Majid Agar (L-1190)weds Madihadaughter of Najeeb Rehmatullah (P-3127)on 14th Feb 2013.


F.A.M.I.L.Y is one of the strongest words anyone can say, because the letters of family means Father and Mother I Love You!

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