Makli

Nawabshah is a city which is usually neglected for bigger events, conferences and gatherings. Situated at nearly 2 hours drive from Hyderabad, the city portrays the beautiful traditions of Sindh with their hospitable and caring people. Rotaract club, a part of Rotary club, is basically a funding organization which performs various community services and donates funds to various other organizations. Rotaract Pakistan represents the younger Pakistani generation and also provides them with the opportunity to help poor people. The motto of Rotaract reads as “fellowship through service”. Hence Rotaract is not just about the services, it also believes in making friends and finding new people from different walks of life.

Rotaract district assembly, an event which is organized once a year, was held at Hotel Sukoon Nawabshah on 28th June, 2008. Rotaract clubs of Nawabshah, Hyderabad, Mirpurkhaas and all the clubs of Karachi participated in the event. The two day event featured some presentations and lectures followed by dinner and a musical programme. The participating clubs of Jinnah zone includes Rotaract clubs of Metropolitan, Cosmopolitan, Karsaz, TIP, SZABIST and most importantly Ide Reu (an institution for special youngsters). Long time after and the newly reinvented Rotaract club of TIP also featured with its two participants. The director club services and a member were the two from TIP. Escorted by Nida Yousuf and Shehrayar Qureshi, the coaster for Jinnah zone departed from Boat Basin Karachi carrying around 25 Rotaractors. The whole 4 hour journey turned into an amazing one when Shehrayar Qureshi started playing ‘Antakshari’. Later music, cards and a stop at dhabba for break, make the whole journey different from the normal. We reached Nawabshah at around 4 PM and enjoyed the lunch at Hotel Sukoon. After that, we went to our respective hotel rooms and started preparing for the grand event.

The registration started around 6:30 PM with a welcome Hi-Tea. The formal programme initiated with the fateha by Rtr. Saeed Ahmed followed by National Anthem. Welcome address was given by Rtr. Syed Ali Kazmi followed by an address by DRR 2007-08, Rtr. Usman Sidduiqui. The planning of new Rotaract year and district council announcement was given by PP. Rtr. Muhammad Yousuf Choudhry. He also distributed the badges to the new council. Another important lecture was from the PP. Rtr. Arif Sidduiqui (DRRN 2009-10) who highlighted the responsibilities of club director’s and committee’s chairmen and later the responsibilities of club presidents were cleared out from PP. Rtr. Bilal Fazil ADRR (South) 2008-09.