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FROM THE DESK

Our Honorary Investment Consul in Victoria Ayesha Bux

and a member from WA Sameera Nayeem both have lost

their fathers last week and we offer our condolences to the

families. This is a very difficult time for Muslim community in Australia as

it is once again singled out. We have been working closely with

other organisations and have also attended a meeting on last

Friday to come up with a strategy to deal with the fear that both

Muslim and non- Muslim Australians are feeling at the moment.

An event is also planned for 12th October within City of Perth

which we will participate. As soon as venue is finalized,

subscribers will be informed. This does mean that we will try to

send the next issue on 10th October.

On a positive note, there is a win for the ethnic communities as

the attempt to abolish non-contributory visa and other family

visa categories did not go through Senate.

Best Wishes and Eid Mubarak from the Group. While the cut off

date for Qurbani has passed for Edhi trust, you can still

contribute towards Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust Hospital’s

flood and IDP appeal.

29th September 2014

Contents:

Page 1: From the Desk

Page 2: Eidul Azha Message from CG Sydney

Page 3: Community Updates

Page 3: Upcoming Events

Page 7 5th Australia Pakistan Joint Meeting Report

Page 10 Qurbani Appeals

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COMMUNITY NEWS

HIGH COMMISSIONER OF PAKISTAN IN CANBERRA RESUMES OFFICE

On behalf of the group we welcome the High Commissioner of Pakistan in Canberra Her Excellency Naela

Chohan who has resumed office last week. We look forward to working with her office. At the same time

we wish to send our thanks to Deputy High Commissioner Asima Rabbani who did an excellent job as an

Acting High Commissioner and was of great help and assistance as and when required.

NEW AND EMERGING YOUNG LEADERS

Our congratulations to our members Rida Malik and Nevin Jayawardena who got elected to UWA Guild

last week with a great majority of votes. Rida Malik is now second Pakistani to join UWA Guild Council

following Rida Ahmed in year 2012 and year 2013.

Congratulations also to Rida Ahmed who is leading the team to host Asia Pacific Model United Nations

2015 in Perth and has just been awarded UWA Alumni grant.

PAKISTAN AUSTRALIA CULTURAL AND WELFARE ASSOCIATION INC.

Kindly send your donations to the following Bank Account Number or send it to the following

addresses. NOTE:- Your donations will be delivered direct to the victims by our representative(s)

For direct deposit, please quote ( Z) for zakat and (Q) for Qurban & (D) for donations

PACWA-- A/C No. 066128 1028 0742 Commonwealth Bank

Cheques to: PACWA, P.O.Box 305, BURSWOOD WA 6100

AUSTRALIA DAY 2015

This is now the time to start planning for Australia Day event in Pakistan. Our initial planning is for

installation of water pumps as they provide access to clean water to the underserved areas which

prevents them from preventable diseases. We have been in touch with Child Health and Education

Foundation (CHAEF) which is the organisation that we have been collaborating since we started Australia

Day project. Hence our plan for next Australia Day Project is to work with CHAEF and we will see how we

go with raising funds. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute and if anyone wants to contribute

35,000 for one water pump which is about 350 Australian dollars, the person can get his/her name on the

plaque or can devote it to their beloved. Let us know and we can facilitate or else you can do it yourself.

From this issue we have permanently included the details of CHAEF in the newsletter.

PAKISTAN EVE CELEBRATIONS

We have submitted the grant for Pakistan EVE celebrations in 2015. This will be a different event than our

previous ones as we are planning to have an open, free evening with games, stalls and displays hopefully

from community members as well as performances so if you want to participate, perform or have any

other ideas let us know. Initially we planned the event during harmony week but it seems we will all be

busy with world cup cricket. The ICC world cricket cup final is planned for 21st March and hopefully it will

be played between Pakistan and Australia (fingers crossed), so the tentative date for the event is Saturday

28th March 2015.

ASIAN GAMES 2014 #bringmedalhome

Congratulations to Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team on

securing gold medal and now we are anxiously waiting

for the defending champions. Best Wishes to Pakistan

Men’s Hockey Team who has qualified for semifinals

after a thrilling game against India the traditional rival.

BEWARE OF THE SCAM

NOMINATIONS SOUGHT: WA Youth Awards are now open for nominations so find the active

members who need recognition.

CHAEF has so far installed 160 Water Hand Pumps along with a SOLAR LIGHT (Lantern) costing us just Rs. 1,000/- or only US $ 10 to bring the light in the darkness for the poor people. Web: www.chaef.org Documentary: www.chaef.org/documentary HBL Zamzama Boulevard Branch Online A/c # 00120005728503

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UPCOMING EVENTS

PERTH: 5th October

PERTH: 12th October BURSWOOD 10 AM

MELBOURNE: 12th October

CANBERRA: 12th October

Location: Multicultural Hall, Level 2, 180 London Circuit, Canberra City

Time: 5:30pm with 6pm start

SYDNEY: 12th October

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5TH AUSTRALIA PAKISTAN JOINT TRADE COMMITTEE MEETING

VISIT OF MR MUHAMMAD SHEHZAD ARBAB, SECRETARY COMMERCE

HELD IN CANBERRA ON 18 SEPTEMBER 2014 &

PAKISTAN TO AUSTRALIA (16-20 SEPTEMBER 2014)

CANBERRA, 18 SEPT. 2014: The fifth meeting of Australia-Pakistan Joint Trade Committee (JTC) was held

in Canberra on 18 September 2014. Issues of Pakistan-Australia bilateral trade, trade policy, market

access, technical support and enhanced bilateral exchange of trade delegations were discussed.

It was agreed that Austrade and TDAP will collaborate closely for trade promotion activities. Australian

government offered aid for trade under the Country Assistance Programme for the strengthening of the

institutional capacity of the Ministry of Commerce and trade related private sector organisations of

Pakistan. Both sides agreed to continue technical cooperation in the areas of agriculture, engineering and

vocational training. They agreed to make use of various tools for market development including business-

to-business meetings, awareness seminars and exchange of delegations.

There was a consensus between the two

sides regarding challenges confronting the

global trade negotiations and the position

of Cairns Group on agriculture related

issues. It was agreed that all efforts would

be made to increase the bilateral trade

volume to one billion dollars by next year,

as the current trade volume was far below

the trade potential of the two countries.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on

Strengthening Bilateral Trade and

Economic Cooperation was signed between Pakistan and Australia on the conclusion of the meeting at the

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Canberra. Mr. Muhammad Shehzad Arbab,

Federal Secretary,

Ministry of Commerce, Government of Pakistan, and Ms. Jan Adams, Deputy Secretary, DFAT,

Commonwealth Government of Australia, signed the document on behalf of the two governments and

both the nations. The major components of the MoU are as under:

• It endeavours to facilitate and strengthen trade and investment between the two countries including

their organizations and institutions, with a view to achieve a continuous expansion of mutually beneficial

trade and investments.

• It aims to reduce barriers to trade and investment between the two countries. Both countries will

increase strategic bilateral cooperation including, but not limited to, the areas of agribusiness, education

services, energy and resources, Heavy & Light Engineering (including services and equipment).

• Major component of this MoU is Protection of Investments in accordance with customary international

law, and subject to its laws applicable from time to time and to the particular circumstances of the host

State along with transparency of laws and regulations.

• Formulation of implementation committee with the representatives from Australian High Commission

at Islamabad, Ministry of Commerce and Board of Investment of Pakistan. Function of the Committee is to

promote, monitor and discuss trade and investment related issues.

During the meeting, Pakistan side

was led by Mr. Muhammad Shehzad

Arbab, Secretary, Ministry of

Commerce, Government of

Pakistan, Islamabad. Ms. Asima

Rabbani, Acting High Commissioner

for Pakistan, Canberra, Mr. Abdul

Aziz Uqaili, Consul General of

Pakistan, Sydney, and Mr. Omar

Hameed, Joint Secretary (Foreign

Trade), Ministry of Commerce,

assisted the Secretary. Australian

side was represented by Mr. Paul

Grigson, Deputy Secretary,

Australian Department of Foreign

Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Ms.

Jan Adms, Deputy Secretary DFAT and senior officials of Department of Agriculture,

Austrade and EFIC.

After the meeting, a formal lunch was hosted by Ms. Jan Adams in the honour of Secretary Commerce

Pakistan and the Pakistani delegation. Both the delegations exchanged views on WTO issues and shared

the common stance of the two countries on Cairns Group.

SYDNEY, 17 SEPT. 2014: Earlier, the Pakistani delegation led by Mr. Muhammad Shehzad Arbab, Secretary

Commerce Pakistan, reached Sydney on the eve of 16 Sept 2014. Mr. Abdul Aziz Uqaili, the Consul

General of Pakistan Sydney, along with the staff of the Commercial Section, received the Secretary

and Mr. Omar Hameed, Joint Secretary (Foreign Trade), Ministry of Commerce, and accompanied them to

their hotels. Next morning, the Secretary Commerce held a meeting with the leading Australian

businessmen of Pakistani origin in Hotel Holiday Inn The Rocks Sydney. The business and investment

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opportunities for overseas Pakistanis in their homeland Pakistan were discussed at length. The

participants expressed their confidence in the present government and Pakistan. The security situation

in Pakistan was frankly discussed during the meeting. All the participants were of the view that the law

and order situation was not as alarming as was being projected in the local and global media and that the

situation was significantly improving after the launching of operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan

against the extremists / terrorists and the targeted operation against the criminals in Karachi. However, it

was agreed that there was a need to improve the perception about Pakistan. All the participants resolved

to further improve the image of Pakistan in Australia.

Mr. Adeel Momin, CB Consultancy; Mr. Adnan Nasir, Euphoria Trading Pty Ltd; Dr Taufiq Shah, AMRDC Pty

Ltd.; Hafiz Shahid Iqbal, Austech Health Services & AHS Import / Export Pty Ltd; Mr. Kashif Amjad, SlimTel;

Rana Iftikhar Ahmed, PABC & Citilink Finance; Mr. Muhammad Aamir, All Linens Pty Ltd; Mr. Muhammad

Asif, Citilink Finance; Mr. Naseer Taseer and Mr. Summer Nicks of Fox Studios Sydney; Mr. Tayyab

Madani, XEITGEIST Entertainment Group Pty Ltd and Mr. Zain Sherriff, Lion Group. Mr. Azam Muhammad,

former Consul General, and Syed Zafar Hussein Shah, Sada-e-Watan Online Newspaper, also

participated in the meeting. In the afternoon, the Secretary Commerce held a luncheon meeting with

Australian companies / organizations doing business with or having stakes in Pakistan. Mr. Hassan Kanji of

Kanji Associates; Mr. Gus Balloot of Numan International Pty Ltd; Mr. Neil Evans, Snowy Mountain

Engineering Pty Ltd and Mr. Aleksandar Voninski, UNSW attended the meeting while Hon Mehreen

Faruqui, MLC NSW Parliament and Mr. Ali Kawtani, Nimco Foods could not make it. Hon Shaoquett

Moselmane, MLC, NSW Parliament and Marnie Wright, Deputy Director DFAT also graced the occasion.

Mr. Abdul Aziz Uqaili, Consul General of Pakistan Sydney and Mr. Shifaat Kaleem, Consul, Consulate

General of Pakistan Sydney, were among the hosts of the event.

The Secretary Commerce exchanged views with the Parliamentarian and the business leaders for

promoting bilateral trade between the two nations and increasing Australian FDI in Pakistan. The

Australian business leaders informed the Secretary about their business interests in Pakistan and also

expressed their satisfaction while doing business over there.

Before departure to Canberra, the Secretary

Commerce visited Sydney Opera House. The

Consul General arranged an official tour of

Sydney’s landmark, which was conducted by the

Government Relations Department of Sydney

Opera House. The Consul General and the Consul

accompanied the Secretary and the Joint

Secretary Commerce, during the tour of Opera

House.