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Mrs. Zarina Wajid for harnessing international support
for education of Pakistani girls
Pakistan’s active participation in the multi-lateral
forums must be focussed on tapping support and cooperation for the welfare of
people, said Mrs. Zarina Wajid Shamsul Hasan wife of Pakistan’s High
Commissioner to UK Mr.Wajid Shamsul Hasan on the
occasion of annual fair organized by Commonwealth Countries League with an
objective of raising resources for the CCL’s
Education Fund at the Kensington Town Hall this weekend. The fund is dedicated
to education of disadvantaged girls in the developing Commonwealth countries
and 400 girls including those from
The active participation of
About 40 countries participated in the colourful event by
holding stalls of handicrafts and national products as well as foods and
beverages. At the end of fair, there was a grand raffle draw in which people
won fabulous prizes sponsored by various High Commissions.
Mrs. Zarina Wajid Shamsul Hasan was actively involved in
setting up the stalls and remained on the stalls the whole day. She underscrored the significance of participation in the
activities of multi lateral organizations such as Commonwealth for promoting
the products and culture of Pakistan as well as fostering support for uplift of
the deserving sections of population through such forum. She emphasied the need for tapping available channels and
generating more resources for education of girls in
Mrs. Qamar Murtaza Qureshi of
APWA informed that the UK Chapter of APWA had been contributing towards the
uplift of women in
The brochure printed by CCL on this occasion also carried
the pictures and views of two Pakistani girls Javaria
and Mehak who are recipients of CCL scholarship. Javaria has expressed her views as “the scholarship has
motivated me to study with full zeal and enthusiasm and achieve my goal of
becoming doctor”
November 11, 2008
