Pakistanis celebrate 75th Independence Day

The Pakistan Association of Australia organised a function to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day in Sydney on Sunday evening 14 August at Himalaya Emporium in Bankstown with traditional zeal and fervour.

Pakistan came into being on 14th august 1947, this year 2022 being the 75th independence anniversary of Pakistan. The event was attended by a number of politicians from, community and business leaders and members of the Pakistani community in Sydney.

PAA Team 2022

‘A leader is known by the team he keeps, and a team is known by the events it executes’, the maxim was proved once again valid and correct by Farhat Jaffri, President of the Pakistan Association of Australia commemorating the 75th year of Pakistan’s independence in Sydney.

The event started with a recitation of Quran by Imran Khan and prayers for Pakistan and Pakistanis not only in Pakistan but around the globe.

Hamid Saroha, General Secretary of the Association, reiterated the importance of adhering to Islamic values and stressed that those should also be reflected in each step of our lives.

Pakistan Association of Australia (PAA) over the last 50 years since its inception has held various successful events and each one depicted something new and innovative.

This time it’s incumbent President Farhat Jaffri raised the bar to a new height with fewer promises and pure solid actions. He took the audience through recent past successful events that provided great opportunities to network not only for adults but whole families.

Mr Jaffri shared his vision to break the norm and churn out one after another event continuously this year and until Pakistan Defence Day in March. Many events are planned to spread over the Pakistani Business Expo.

Also, there were many first-timers like all past presidents of PAA who were invited and given great respect and shared the table with the High Commission Pakistan to Australia Choudhary Zahid Hafeez and prominent politicians. They were also accoladed with impressive awards presented on stage.

Another first-timer was the initiation of a lifetime-achievement award that was given to respectable Dr Akbar Khan for his great achievements and services to the community.

A long-awaited desire of the community was also fulfilled by first announcing to submit nominations for the Pakistani Australian of the Year 2022. After a tough voting competition, the award was won by philanthropist and community leader Mr Faheem Rashidi who has a long history of selfless services to the community.

Pakistani Australian of the Year 2022: Mr Faheem Rashidi

The Consul General Mr Mohammad Ashraf expressed his great pleasure and congratulated the President of the Association for organising such an impressive and well-organised event. He expressed satisfaction over the performance of his consulate and how it has served during Covid-19.

The Young Innovators team ran a quiz for a local community event organised by the Pakistan Association of Australia. A customise quiz was designed concerning the 75th independence anniversary of Pakistan.

All the questions specifically were designed and developed for the particular event and occasion. There were three winners all girls of different ages.