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Petarian-Abdalian Relief Effort (Update 07-Sep-2010)
 To date, 173 tents have been set up, and nearly 2,000 residents are occupying the tents.
Tents are installed in rows for easy access and management.
We have been setting up each new tent after a genuine family arrives at the camp to avoid squatters.
We have additional tents to accommodate nearly another 1,000 residents. We expect that these will be occupied over the next 4-5 days.
We have already constructed 12 toilets for the residents, and more are being constructed. The toilet rooms are made of cement blocks with proper desi style WCs, and a septic tank behind each block to drain out the sewage.
We have set up 4 water tanks of 400 gallons. Water is pumped into these tanks from Kalri Lake using pumps. Kalri Lake is a fresh water lake (technically potable water having less than 400 TDS) which supplies water to Karachi city. We shall be arranging for additional water tanks in the coming week insha Allah.
We have ordered one water filtration plant which is expected to be installed tomorrow. This will ensure that all viruses and bacteria in the water are filtered out and remove water borned diseases.
All residents are registered with our staff.
We have set up a few flood lights to provide general lighting of the area at night. More lights will be installed soon.
We obtained a proper HESCO/WAPDA electricity connection for the camp. At the moment they provided a small transformer, but have agreed to upgrade it to a larger one since the current one does not cater to the required load. We have loads of water pumps and lights primarily. We hope to get the new transformer in place by tomorrow insha Allah.
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Dr. Agha Taj and his team are in the process of setting up the medical facility.
Sigma Motors will be sending the ambulance tomorrow.
By the way, for your information, the first baby was born at our camp. It created quite a stir and all our staff tried to become the midwives.
Last Sunday, a team of Petarian Association led by Brig Mukhtar and Perways Inam visited the camp and surveyed the facilities. It was a great moment of cooperation, and TPA offered to send mats (chata'is) for each tent.
We have been providing food rations to each family at the camp. We provide them rations for one week at a time. They cook their own food. We provide them with coal and they also use dry wood from the vicinity. Typically, the cost of food is around Rs. 400-500 per person per week.
We currently have 3 trucks and one Landrover Defender at our disposal for getting all the supplies and moving our teams.
Two of our young Petarians who just passed out from Petaro also spent a few days at the camp as volunteers.
Currently we have a staff/volunteers of around 22 people at the camp to manage and operate the camp.
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Thursday, 09 September 2010 19:10
Syed Aqil Shah takes up Sports Ministry
Syed Aqil Shah, ex-President of Abdalians' Association was appointed as the Minister of Sports by the NWFP government after he won a provincial seat on an ANP ticket from Peshawar in the last general elections held in February 2008. Syed Aqil Shah belongs to the 11th entry (1963-68).
Aqil Shah got his early education from Burn Hall School Abbottabad. He joined Cadet College Hasanabdal in 1963 and joined Government College Lahore after passing out in 1968. His interest in sports developed earlier in life and Cadet College gave it a much needed impetus.
His political life spans over 30 years. He acted as the member of Peshawar Cantonment Board for two terms. He has also served as President National Awami Party, City District Peshawar, for two terms. He has occupied senior positions in the party and has remained Provincial Joint Secretary ANP (two terms), Provincial Senior Vice President ANP (one term), Provincial Information Secretary ANP (two terms). He is currently occupying the position of the Provincial Minister for Sports, Government of NWFP. He has also remained as a member of the Senate of Pakistan for one term.
Saturday, 21 June 2008 04:55
Abdalian heads Air Blue as its CEO
Tariq Chaudhry, a US-based information technology expert is the chief executive and chairman of Air Blue, a rapidly expanding airline from Pakistan. Tariq is from the 17th entry and was the Wing Commander of Haider Wing. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California and decided to settle in the US after completion of his studies in 1980. Tariq is also a philanthropist and takes keen interest in the health and education sector development in Pakistan.
Airblue has completed two years of its service in Pakistan and is now flying to the Emirates as well. It has plans to commence its flights to the UK from this summer too.
Friday, 23 February 2007 11:46
Naveed Zaman promoted Lt. Gen.
Maj. Gen. Naveed Zaman was promoted to the rank of Lt. Gen. in the recent promotion board held at GHQ on 5th October, 2011. Gen Naveed Zaman has also been appointed Military Secretary (MS) in GHQ, succeeding Lt. Gen. Mohsin Kamal. Congratulations Sir! He belongs to the 19th Entry and was serving in National Defence University Islamabad before he was promoted.
Sunday, 16 October 2011 22:02
Kamran Israr Mirza's (KIM) Yahoo account hacked
He has reported the matter to Yahoo and is in constant contact with Yahoo support team to solve this issue. KIM has now advised the community members to ignore any messages originating from this email adress.
Tuesday, 26 September 2006 05:00
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