Sohni Dharti Forum organised a colourful event at Al-Waha Club, Al Khor to celebrate the Defence Day of Pakistan.
The event titled ‘Pakistan Is My Identity’ was hosted by future leader presenters Abdullah Aaban Anwar, Mosaddeq Atif, Sadia Danish, Fatima, Ayesha Binte Zafar and Sara Binte Zafar.
The programme began with recitation of Holy Quran by Hamza Wajahat followed by Naat by Ayesha Inam Rao.
Sohni Dharti Chairman Anwar Ali Rana welcomed the guests. He thanked the participating children, their parents and the women who prepared children for tableaux, speeches and patriotic songs. The special performances were prepared by Mrs Anwar Ali Rana, Mrs Ghulam Mujtaba Baloch, Mrs Khalid Khan and Mrs Mumtaz Khan on various themes.
The first performance paid tributes to Pakistan Armed Forces while the other performances were designed at promoting peace, harmony and love for the country.
Ayesha Binte Zafar, Sara Binte Zafar, Muhammad Ayan, Yahya Wajahat, Sadia Danish, Asad Danish and Abdul Manan delivered speeches in Urdu on multiple topics and inspired the audience. Umar Khayyam, lead of Sohni Dharti Future Leader Programme, fine-tuned and trained the children for this segment.
Ayesha Inam Rao, Abdul Ahad, Muhammad Bilal Baig and Hamnah Khalid regaled the audience with patriotic songs.
Sohni Dharti Sports Secretary Zafar Chandio highlighted the importance of physical and sports activities. He unveiled Sohni Dharti fifth Volleyball tournament jerseys and trophy in the presence of team captains. He also briefed about the other upcoming sports activities.
A cake was cut to mark the event. Chief guest Colonel Iftikhar Ali Khan and Ikram Butt, president of Pakistan Overseas Community Global (POCG) Qatar Chapter, praised the performances of children and congratulated Sohni Dharti team members for organising a successful programme.
Sohni Dharti Chairman Anwar Ali Rana thanked the children, parents, distinguished guests, volunteers, members of executive committee and programme female coordinators Mrs Ghulam Mujtaba, Mrs Khalid Khan, Mrs Mumtaz and Mrs Anwar Ali Rana.
He also praised Sohni Dharti team members Rao Inam, Ghulam Mujtaba Balloch, Abid Hussain, Umer Khayyam, Ghulam Farid, Mohsin Ali and Zafar Chandio for playing an important role in organising the event. Zahid Sharif represented Mesaieed Pakistani community at the event.