KARACHI CHAPTER NEWS
VOLUME 01/ 2 April, 2000***************************************************************************
Dear Kohatian,
On the April 2, 2000 the Karachi Chapter organised a get together. Zafar Hamdani (5th), Dr. Maqbool Ur Rashid (4th) and Myself went from Lahore to attend this get together.
The get together was being organised by Maj. Hidayat Ullah 1st entry : the president of Karachi chapter and he was helped by many Kohatians who did a wonderful job. The main force was Commander Mehmood 10th entry, Lt. Qasim Sethi 23rd entry, K.P. Awan 2nd entry and Commander Suhail Aslam 7th entry.
The venue of the get together was a naval area known as Nathiagali. It was a picturesque beach with very well arranged facilities ranging from divers in the sea to safe guard the kids playing in the water to providing water tanker and generator. The food was sumptuous and the music was provided by the bands of Avari and PC hotels. There was an atmosphere of festivity and every one enjoyed. The organising committee took care of every thing to the degree of perfection. The little son of Commander Mehmood aged 1.3 years was constantly on stage dancing and was the best part of the proceedings. Then Mr. Rhogani sons provided fun by their dances and singing and kept every one laughing.
Mr. Waqas Gardezi (5th) acted as the stage secretary. Kohatians left the music show for sometime to discuss matters concerning the association. The entire proceedings were captured in a video film. All told, there were about 150-175 people. It was a shade less than the standard of Karachi. We came back to Karachi in the evening.
The only sad news was that our beloved teacher Nazim Rasool died on the 1st January 2000.
The good news was that Javed Sultan (5th) cleared his board to become a Brigadier.
We missed the company of Mr. Asif Sandila as he has been the driving force of the association at Karachi. I would personally like to thank all those Kohatians who despite of their busy schedules took time off to entertain us and stayed with us till our departure especially Maj. Hidayat (1st), Lt. Sethi, Khalid Rathore(5th), Swati(5th) and Commander Mehmood.
I would also request every one of you to take active participation in the activities of our association.
Farukh Hasanain