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n By Ras H. Siddiqui Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar, who He subsequently gave up his British amongst others spoke on the occasion, in the new environment (very diff erent
is also the current Governor of Pun- citizenship and became the Governor but due to space constraints this report from Britain), and even her Urdu skills
he Sarwar Foundation jab province in Pakistan. One does not of Punjab (2013 to 2015) when he was will focus on what was said by Punjab’s she thought would be questioned. But
(https://sarwarfoundation. know if there is, or has been, another a member of the PML-N and became First Lady Mrs Perveen Sarwar and the seeing the need that exists changed
Torg/) is a remarkable orga- person like him, one who has been a member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e- Governor. And before we get to that her perceptions as she embarked on
nization doing some great work in both a member of the British Parlia- Insaf (PTI) in 2015. one is happy to report that this event a path to help and create Hunargahs
Pakistan. It has been active for some ment and an elected Pakistani Sena- A fundraiser for Sarwar Founda- had a substantial representation from (skill training centers) for women. She
time now and is addressing a variety tor, but he seems to have succeeded in tion was arranged on April 14, 2019 at the Sikh community from the region, said that people wanted to educate
of issues that are in need of attention capturing the imagination of people in the Hilton Sacramento by prominent a welcome sign for all of us. their kids but had to make diffi cult
in the country including clean wa- both countries. Born in the Faisalabad members of the local Pakistani-Amer- Mrs Sarwar thanked the gather- choices (sometimes between food and
ter, health, women’s empowerment area of Punjab and belonging to the ican community and it was extremely ing for their presence and spoke of education) due to their abject poverty.
and education. In a country where Arain clan, Sarwar went and settled well attended. Th e event emcee was the decision-making process in her Water-borne diseases are also a major
these issues have been sidelined for in Scotland in 1976 and was extremely Tariq Mirza and the recitation from household on their move back home issue along with childhood diabetes
too long due to fi nancial limitations successful in launching a cash-and- the Holy Qur’an and translation were from Britain. She asked (Sarwar) how (children living on only cheap Gur and
many organizations have taken up carry business chain there. He also provided by Imam Aamir Hussain. she could leave her children and move Rice diets). She added that Hepatitis is
this challenge. Sarwar Foundation is became a British citizen and made Many local and regional leaders of back to Pakistan. Th ey discussed the also a major challenge which Sarwar
certainly one of them. an equally successful political career the community attended this program plight of many children and women in Foundation is trying to address with
What is really unique about this in the process. As a member of the and some including Javaid Akhtar, their home country and said that they some of its limited resources. Mrs Sar-
foundation is that it was founded Labor Party from Glasgow, he repre- Deputy Consul General Shoaib Sar- made up their minds on that basis (to war thanked those in attendance and
by the fi rst Muslim to be elected as sented the area from 1997 to 2010 and war, Gurjatinder Randhawa from the applause). She said that when she ar- praised the Pakistani-American
a Member of Parliament in Britain, retired that year to move to Pakistan. Sikh community and Arshad Farooq rived in Pakistan, she was a little scared FUNDRAISER, P18

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