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The new look of Banquet Hall of Karachi Club Annexe with a capacity of 350 guests.
February 2013Karachi Club Publication
Messagefrom theChief Editor
Dear Members
It was a pleasure to broach the first candid newsletter for you, in which we highlighted the Election fever of 2013. I am grateful to my dear members for their appreciation and positive response to the first publication which leads me to update you with the second newsletter which will keep the members posted and updated with the upcoming events of the club.
As chief editor of the newsletter, I will highly welcome and value the youth members to contribute interesting fact files on global issues and happenings, sports events, fashion, poem and poetry, information on technology, IT, education, fashion, hobbies and so on which will add essence to thetext and contribute pleasure reading to our members.
Your valuable suggestions and feedback to further improviseour newsletter will be surely taken into consideration.
With warm regards,Shamoon Bakir Ali [email protected]
MC members eMail IDs
PRESIDENT
ASHFAQ YOUSUF TOLA [email protected]
HONORARY SECRETARY
JAWED H. KARIM [email protected]
MEMBERS
AAMIR ABDULLAH ZAKI [email protected]
AMIN DURVESH [email protected]
FAHEEM SAKRANI [email protected]
ISMAIL SHARIFF [email protected]
MUHAMMAD AMIN BAWANY [email protected]
MUHAMMAD AYAZ SIDDIQ [email protected]
MUHAMMAD HANIF LAKHANI [email protected]
MUNAF USMAN MEHENTI [email protected]
SAIFUDDIN HUSSAIN MADRASWALA [email protected]
SHAMOON BAKIR ALI LOKHANDWALA [email protected]
SHIRAZ THAVER [email protected]
SOHAIL AMIN DHEDHI [email protected]
Up coming eventsMonthly Open Pairs Bridge Event 12th February6:00 pm at Karachi Club Annexe - Banquet Hall
Table Tennis Championship 15th, 16th,17th February6:00 pm at Karachi Club Main
KC Tape Tennis Cricket Tournament (Girls) 16th February5:00 pm at Karachi Club Main - Lawn
Punjabi Food Festival 17th February7:00 pm onwards at Karachi Club Main
Scout Boot Camp 2nd March3:00 pm onwards at Karachi Club Annexe
Trials for formation of KC Cricket Team 8th March2:30 pm onwards at Pads Cricket Ground
Seminar on Positive Thinking 8th March5:00 pm at Karachi Club Main
KC Day & Night Tape Ball Cricket Tournament (age 17 & above)16th March2:00 pm onwards at Karachi Club Annexe
Karachi Club MagazineKarachi Club Magazine
Hiba AnisUmama IrfanShazia ShoaibAnusha Jawed KarimMustafa S. SadriwalaEmaan Abbas
MembersKausar Ali KhanGhulam Hussain JaghaniHuned Bakir Hussain
Publication Sub-Committee 2013
Associate EditorsM. Javed Zakaria - EnglishAbdul Hafeez Memon - Urdu
Afifa ShoaibAmmarah ShoaibAisha Munaf MehntiSayeda Inayat Nasser
Muhammad YousufDr. Syed Mansoor ZaidiAli Asghar Mohsin AliShehzad Qadir MotenH. Aslam Moosa Bangda
AdvisersFarida LavingiaSidra S. FarooquiSafina ShahidMariam Godil
February 2013Karachi Club Publication
Club Events
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Finance Seminar It was during hustle and bustle of Elections 2013 that a Seminar was organized by the Club's Finance Sub-Committee with cooperation of M/s. Eman Financial Services. Seminar organized on Friday 21st December 2012 concentrated on Strategic Wealth Planning with a special focus on Tax Free Income, Global Trade
Expansion and Islamic International Investments. Valuable insight and information was provided by the speaker on Asset protection, succession planning, Foreign Currency savings and international investments. Despite being held during a busy period the Seminar was largely attended by our members indicating interest of our members in such informative seminars.
Festival which was organized on Sunday 20th January, It was a largely atteneded event where members were served with live cooked Chinese dishes prepared with finest ingredients yet at affordable price. Steaming Hot Soups and aroma of freshly cooked Chowmein in chilly weather was enjoyed by all who were present. Members watch out for the Festival in February which will be a new theme.
Chinese Food Festival Kitchen Sub-Committee keeping the tradition of last year's Sub-Committee has chalked out a fun filled plan for the year 2013 which not only includes updating of the menu, introducing various Buffets and Al Carte optins for the members but also a series of popular Food Festivals. First in the series was Chinese Food
February 2013 Karachi Club Publication
Club Events
Friendship doubles your joy and divides your sorrow.
Jawed Karim, along with many Managing Committee members besides number of club members and their children. Asad Bhagat won the Men's Final. Speaking at the prize distribution function, the President and Honorary Secretary, appreciated the efforts of the convener Ismail Shariff for the promotion of Tennis, Squash and Badminton sports in the Club. They also promised to lay synthetic turf for the tennis courts to bring it to National and International levels. All winnerswere awarded mementos at the conclusion.
Farewell Tennis Tounament 2012 It was the last Tennis tournament of the Tennis calender for 2012. Even though many tournaments were contested during the year but the last tournament of the year still invoked lot of enthusiasm and interest and many leading tennis players of the club participated. Men's single final was played between Asad Bhagat and Hamza, which was witnessed by the Club's President, Ashfaq Tola, Honorary Secretary
Squash A Farewell squash Tournament was organized for regular players of the club during the month of December 2012.
Renowned Squash player Mr. Zubair Jahan also witnessed the event along with Mr. Naveed Alam and Mr. Lauqman Ashraf who are Karachi Club’s regular players. President Mr. Ashfaq Tola and SecretaryMr. Jawed Karim honoured the winners with prizes.
February 2013Karachi Club Publication
Club Events
If you see somebody without a smile, give them yours.
World Champion Visit Karachi Club Pakistan has the distinction of producing World Champions not only in Cricket and Hockey but also laurels have been brought by our Snooker players. It was Mohammed Yousuf, a known figure at Karachi Club, who was the winner of the 1994 World Snooker Championship and after a lapse of 18 years, the same title has been won by Mohamemd Asif in the 2012 World Snooker Championship held in Sofia Bulgaria in December 2012. Recognizing his achievement,
Karachi Club decided to honour the Champion and invited him to visit the Club on 11th Jan 2013. A ceremony was organized attendedby large number of Snooker enthusiasts. Honorary Secretary of the Club, Jawed H. Karim was the Chief Guest. Speakers highlighted the honour brought to Pakistan. Club announced a Cash award of Rs.200,000 as token of its recognition. Mohammed Asif was also assured that he will be allowed to used Club's Snooker room for next two years whenever he is visiting Karachi, our memberswill benefit greatly by playing with the Champion.
acknowledged, encouraged and cherished. There should be an establishment of student based learning where the main focus lies with the needs of the students and empowers them to take autonomy for their own learning.
The school should also keep up the advanced technological race if it wants to keep up with the ever increasing competition. E-learning should be encouraged. Classrooms should be fully equipped with advanced technical gadgets that make student learning and interactions much more collaborative and accessible. Students should be able to gain knowledge without actually coming to the school; electronic certification systems. The school should be completely established in the digital age where all work takes place on the computers.The school should train students to be skilled in professions that don’t even exist as yet. The new model of education should respond to global challenges and be innovative. Students should be trained in applications benefiting the country and doing something to bring a change in the world. Talents should be honed and students guided towards carriers that have long term success.
What would Schools be like in 2020 By Hiba Anis
Humans have always been under going learning and over period of time many modifications have occurred in our quest to gain knowledge. The earliest means of learning were mainly information passed down in the form of stories generation to generation. Then we began to store and preserve that knowledge so that other people could learn it. And then when we began to understand how important literacy is for survival, we establishedschools, colleges and universities so that we could learn to live. My vision of a school in 2020 is a where students are not forced fed information to store but encouraged to process it first. Where they are asked to question ‘why?’ and encouraged to find answers. Where learning is not limited to the classroom but students are encouraged to explore and discover the outside world. Where book-learning is not enough and students are trained for their future. And, the students are taught not only the curriculum but skills that will probably help them out more than simple book learning in their futures. The school that I’d like in 2020 is place where individuality is
February 2013 Karachi Club Publication
Household HintsSalt Uses - You may have not known before
Compiled by: Abbas Lavingia
1.If you drop a whole egg on the floor, pour salt all over the egg, letit sit for awhile, then use dustpan, the egg will come right up, withoutall that mess.
2.Soak stained hankies in salt water before washing.
3.Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away.
4.Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off easier.
5.Put a few grains of rice in your saltshaker for easier pouring.
6.Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting.
7.Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water; fresh eggs sink;bad ones float.
8.Add a little salt to your boiling water when cooking eggs;a cracked egg will stay in its shell this way.
9.A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier.
10.Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water solution to perk them up.
11.Rub salt on your pancake griddle and your flapjacks won't stick.
12.Soak toothbrushes in salt water before you first use them;they will last longer.
13.Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot.
14.Mix salt with turpentine to whiten you bathtub and toilet bowl.
15.Soak your nuts in salt brine overnight and they will crack out of theirshells whole. Just tap the end of the shell with a hammer to breakit open easily.
16.Boil clothes pins in salt water before using them and they will last longer.
17.Clean brass, copper and pewter with paste made of salt and vinegar,thickened with flour
18.Add a little salt to the water your cut flowers will stand in for a longer life.
19.Pour a mound of salt on an ink spot on your carpet; let the salt soakup the stain.
20.Clean your iron by rubbing some salt on the damp cloth on theironing surface
21.Adding a little salt to the water when cooking foods in a doubleboiler will make the food cook faster .
22.Use a mixture of salt and lemon juice to clean piano keys.
23.To fill plaster holes in your walls, use equal parts of salt and starch,with just enough water to make stiff putty.
24.Rinse a sore eye with a little salt water.
25.Mildly salted water makes an effective mouthwash. Use it hot for asore throat gargle.
26.Dry salt sprinkled on your toothbrush makes a good tooth polisher.
27.Use salt for killing weeds in your lawn.
28.Eliminate excess suds with a sprinkle of salt.
29.A dash of salt in warm milk makes a more relaxing beverage.
30.Before using new glasses, soak them in warm salty water for a while.
31.A dash of salt enhances the taste of tea.
32.Salt improves the taste of cooking apples.
33.Soak your clothesline in salt water to prevent your clothes fromfreezing to the line; likewise, use salt in your final rinse to preventthe clothes from freezing.
34.Rub any wicker furniture you may have with salt water to preventyellowing.
35.Freshen sponges by soaking them in salt water.
36.Add raw potatoes to stews and soups that are too salty.
37.Soak enamel pans in salt water overnight and boil salt water in themnext day to remove burned-on stains.
38.Clean your greens in salt water for easier removal of dirt.
39.Gelatin sets more quickly when a dash of salt is added.
40.Fruits put in mildly salted water after peeling will not discolor .
41.Fabric colors hold fast in salty water wash.
42.Milk stays fresh longer when a little salt is added.
43.Use equal parts of salt and soda for brushing your teeth.
44.Sprinkle salt in your oven before scrubbing clean.
45.Soaked discolored glass in a salt and vinegar solution to remove stains.
46.Clean greasy pans with a paper towel and salt.
47.Salty water boils faster when cooking eggs.
48.Add a pinch of salt to whipping cream to make it whip more quickly.
49.Sprinkle salt in milk-scorched pans to remove odour.
50.A dash of salt improves the taste of coffee.
51.Boil mismatched hose in salty water and they will come out matched.
52.Salt and soda will sweeten the odor of your refrigerator.
53.Cover wine-stained fabric with salt; rinse in cool water later..
54.Remove offensive odours from stove with salt and cinnamon.
55.A pinch of salt improves the flavor of cocoa.
56.To remove grease stains in clothing, mix one part salt to fourparts alcohol.
57.Salt and lemon juice removes mildew.
58.Sprinkle salt between sidewalk bricks where you don't wantgrass growing.
59.Polish your old kerosene lamp with salt for a brighter look.Remove odors from sink drainpipes with a strong, hot solution ofsalt water.
60.If a pie bubbles over in your oven, put a handful of salt on top of thespilled juice. The mess won't smell and will bake into a dry, light crustwhich will wipe off easily when the oven has cooled.
Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.
February 2013Karachi Club Publication
Club Events
You’ll never leave where you are until you decide where you want to be.
KC Centralized Authentication and Billing
1. KOT(s) would be created through a centralizedbilling system making sure less operational cost. Eliminating manual sorting of over 100,000 KOT’smonthly. Moving of data back and forth. Sendingthe KOT information via SMS and many morefeatures will added.
2. Less time consumption would be required forsynchronization of data.
3. Members can see the updated account historyinstantly of both Annexe and Main Club.
4. Security add-on and a culture of coming up withmembership card would be implemented throughRFID scanner installation on all outlet(s)
5. Members with RFID card could immediately availthe services by swapping their card on the door ofeach facility.
6. In second phase we would provide access tomembers through website for their current bill.
7. Real time monitoring can be made throughconnectivity of KC Main and KC Annexe via CCTVCameras.
Convenor IT - Amin Durvesh
Achievement
Muhammad Anwar Gagai (P-1771), a member of our club, has recently been elected as the Chairman of Association of Builder and Developers (ABAD) for the year 2013-14. Karachi Club management felicitatesMr. Gagai on his achievement.
Miss Anum Niaz Baloch daughter of our memberNiaz A. Baloch (L-1608) was recently awarded with the YOUNGEST EXPORTER OF PAKISTAN award, by the President of Pakistan Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, at a ceremony held at Governor House, Karachi. Its great inspirationto the upcoming young enterpreneurs of the Club.
Our Honours
Wedding Bells
Abdul Karim Shariff (T-8375)son of Ismail Shariff (P-2039)weds Mahrukh on 3rd February, 2013.
Muzammil Rafiq (T-9037)son of Muhammad Rafiq (P-4459)weds Fatima on 2nd February, 2013.
Asad Asif Godil (T-8727) son of Asif Godil (P-1873) weds Komal daughter of Muhammad Faisal Vapiwala (P-4424) on 30th January, 2013.
Adnan (T-8617)son of Akber Hayat Khan (L-1501)weds Sana on 26th January, 2013.
Waqas Moghul (T-8565)son of Jahangir Moghul (P-4212)weds Natasha Akber on 20th January, 2013.
Sanadaughter of Muhammad Fayyaz Malik (L-1743)weds Sohail on 18th January, 2013.
Faraz Anjum (T-8695)weds Faryal Omer on 12th January, 2013.
Umamadaughter of Muhammad Arif Methani (P-2784)weds Irfan on 11th January, 2013.
Noman Humayun (T-9000)son of Humayun Shahzada (L-1569)weds Mahnoor Atif on 11th January, 2013.
Muhammad Zaid Hannan (T-8425)weds Fariha on 06th January, 2013.
Muhammad Hasnainson of Haji Muhammad Rafiq Perdesi (P2685)weds Sadaf on 04th January, 2013.
Azfar Ahmed Qazi (T-8217)weds Roma on 03rd January, 2013.
Kanwaldaughter of Muhammad Iqbal Bawany (P-2010)weds Arsalan Iqbal on 28th December, 2012.
February 2013Karachi Club Publication
Gup Shup By Majid Khandwala
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
(To be read in good spirits - no criticism intended)
Gup: Hi! Where have you been?Shup: I was busy with the elections.
Gup: But the elections are sometime in May.Shup: I mean KC elections.
Gup: What happened?Shup: Democracy did not do too well.
Gup: Why do you say that?Shup: Because Democrats got fewer seats than last year.
Gup: That does not mean democracy faltered.Shup: If you were a supporter of Democrats that’s
how you would feel.
Gup: Come on have a big heart - there’s alwaysa next time.
Shup: These voters - it seems they are followers ofthe book written by President Ayub Khan.
Gup: Really - which one?Shup: Friends Not Democrats.
Gup: Silly that book was titled Friends Not Masters.Shup: Oh was it - what’s in a title anyway?
Gup: You should not lose heart - failures are thepillars of success.
Shup: I cannot afford to - otherwise I would be heartless.
Gup: There is always a next time.Shup: Next time is a one year wait - it’s like waiting
for the lift.
Gup: Lift?Shup: The one they have been trying to replace.
Gup: Isn’t it operational now?Shup: Finally - if they had gone any slower they would
have had to stop.
Gup: Climbing a flight of stairs could not have doneyou any harm.
Shup: Not if you want to conserve your energy.
Gup: So you are happy now. Shup: Not really - I feel like doing a Q.
Gup: What do you mean - doing a Q?Shup: Seek asylum in Canada.
Gup: Ha ha - for what purpose?Shup: So that I return with a bang and do a long march.
Gup: A long march would involve using a lot of yourprecious energy.
Shup: Okay so I will keep it short - from the clubentrance to the front lawn.
Gup: Why the lawn?Shup: One needs space for the Dharna.
Gup: No member will join you.Shup: I will make sure I pick a day when there is a big
crowd - one of those never ending foodfestivals for instance.
Gup: What’s the purpose of the Dharna?Shup: I want to do a Z.
Gup: What’s this alphabet soup?Shup: I am going to be a Presidential candidate next year.
Gup: What makes you think people will vote for you?Shup: It is my observation that members vote
according to weight.
Gup: I am lost.Shup: My last name is Kilo.
Gup: So?Shup: I will definitely win - I weigh much more than
a Tola.
February 2013 Karachi Club Publication
Live without pretending, love without depending, listen without defending, speak without offending.
