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Sunday, 01 February 2009 15:20

Close to a dozen Abdalian Alumni met at Pearl Continental for their monthly meet today. This monthly meet activity was started by Dr. Saeed Lehrasab about three years ago and it takes place on the first Sunday of every month. These meeting give the alumni an opportunity to meet one another at close quarters. This particular meeting was representated by 16th Entry being the senior most and 46th Entry being the junior most. Zakir Habib belonging to the 16th Entry and Zohaib Hassan from the 46th Entry, sandwiched 17th, 24th, 25th and 44th Entries.

This meet takes place between 4pm and 6pm and lately it was decided by the coordinators that the venue will alternate between Islamabad and Rawalpindi every month. The participants today inlcuded Zakir Habib (16th Entry), Tariq O. Rehman (17th Entry), Dr. Afaq Husain, Azhar Ali Shah, Dr. Saeed Lehrasab, all three from the 24th Entry, Engr. Tahir Nizami (25th Entry), Bilal Javed (44th Entry) and Zohaib Hassan (46th Entry).

Alumni who are interested to attend the next event on the first Sunday in March are advised to contact Dr. Saeed Lehrasab (24th Entry) at his cell number 0333-524-5142. Amir Goraya (30th Entry) called to regret that he could not attend due to his daughters illness.

Participants go by the "dutch-system" and pay on a per head basis. Azhar Shah, Zakir Habib and Bilal Javed were taking part in such a meet for the first time. Saeed Lehrasab, wearing his Indonesian cap, was also attending for the first time after coming back from Haj, though he happens to be the founder starting this activity three years ago.