JEDDAH — Memon Welfare Society (MWS) hosted an event titled ‘Stranger of yesterday, friends of today and relative of tomorrow' — "Kal Ke Ajnabi Aaj Ke Dost aur Ane Wali Kal Ke Rishtedar" — at Jawharat Al-Firdous wedding hall. The event was attended by more than 700 guests who came from Jeddah, Makkah, Taif, Madinah, Riyadh and Dammam. Two separate halls were arranged for male and female guests. In male section, the event commenced with recitation of verses from Holy Qur'an by Hafiz Osama Altaf Bashir. Irfan Haji Ahmed Kolsawala, president MWS, welcomed the guests and gave a brief introduction of the event. Tayyab Moosani, secretary general, presented a brief report of welfare activities. He proudly said that businessmen, doctors, engineers, chartered accountants and other people of various professions belong to our community and are present in today's event. He thanked all attendees in general and sponsors of the event in particular. He also thanked all office bearers and members of board for working hard to make the event great success. The sponsors of the event were Iqbal Advani, Munaf A. Ghaffar Ghamdi, Mohammed Badi, Munaf A.Sattar Bakhshi, Wasim Tai, Younus Habib, Tareq Madani, Munaf Rehmatwala, Fayyaz Abdel Kader, Fouad Mohammed Chapra. Whereas hardworking team consists of Irfan Kolsawala, Tayyab Moosani, Shoaib Sikander, Younus Habib, Abdul Rahman Merchant, Mansoor Shivani, Wasim Tai, A. Kader Africawala, Siraj Lala, Yousuf Tai, Jawaid Ashraf Kherani, Owais Rawani, Nasir Ibrahim, Faisal Tai, Tareq Madani, Asif Lala and Shaker Aziz, who contributed their untiring efforts to make the event great success. In ladies section, wives of office bearers welcomed the guests and advised them to take the advantage of gathering specially in finding matches for their grown up children. Several families got in touch with each other for future relationship. At the end dinner with traditional dishes of delicious taste was served. The event concluded in a very pleasant and friendly atmosphere.
