Seniors Club meeting at the Youth
Centre of TNO, Thorncliffe Park,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on
September 15, 2013.
SPEECH OF JAVED ZAHEER
Respected
Honourable Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario and MPP of Don Valley West,
Councillor John Parker, all distinguished guests and near and dear ones. Your
presence on this occasion is an honour for all of us and shows your keen
interest in the community and Thorncliffe Park area, one of the most important localities of Canada boasting of
one of the most vibrant, highly skilled and educated community.
I came to Canada in 1999 and am really
honoured to be a part of this community, society, system, loving and caring
Canadian people and the wonderful country Canada. Since day one I was welcomed
by all those I met and enjoyed and availing the best facilities. I joined the
journalism profession in 1973, since then served the people as a professional
journalist back home and even now serving the people since 1999 as a
journalist.
I belong to the people and like and
love to work with people who work, live and die for the people. My vision and
goal is to serve humanity in reality and am dedicated to serve and create
awareness.
With all this in view I keep meeting,
connecting and supporting all those good people, leaders, groups and
organizations. The Seniors Club was
formed last year and I became a part of this Club so that we can set a good
example of live and work together. It is a good place of rest and recreation
and to bring both individuals and families closer and knitted. We thank TNO’s
Executive Director Jehad Aliweiwi, Director Ahmed Hussain, TNO team and all
those groups and individuals who keep encouraging and supporting us.
The Seniors Club keeps holding social
and cultural get-togethers, participated and attended by many people, who fully
enjoy the delicious home-made food, dance, music, songs, jokes, table tennis,
carom, exercises, etc. This is the lighter part and we hope to do more so that
we could contribute in ensuring better life to each and every member. Without
team work, team leadership, collaboration, cooperation, sponsors, funds and
support by all community members and all those who matter this is not possible.
Not only the Seniors Club, supported by
the TNO, I am also associated with many leading and important national and
international organizations and groups playing important roles and contributing
tremendously like National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPMCC). I
am the life director of this organization and through this organization was
awarded the Free Expression Award in 2006. I am the only Pakistani to win this
award. I am veteran active member of
Toronto Press Club and remained editors of some Canadian newspapers including
Dawn, Ambassador and Pakistan Abroad.
I am also the director of Canpak
Chamber of Commerce, Children Dignity Foundation (CDF), which is helping
tremendously in promoting education in Pakistan and plans to do programs in
Canada as well. Recently, I became the director information of Pak Senior Forum
(PSF), a new group formed by Syed Muhammad Iqbal to serve all people and
communities particularly Pakistanis.
I also met Hafiz Khan of Association
of Thorncliffe Professionals and attended a meeting of ATP. I found him a
really good and capable leader.
Each day we keep meeting new people,
new groups and new friends. With new partners, members and sponsors our circle
is expanding greatly and becoming stronger and effective to serve the people,
communities and country.
TNO is playing an important and key
role in the Thorncliffe locality. According to Jehad Aliweiwi: “TNO is very proud to work with the Pakistani
community as it is proud to work with all other groups that makes this fabulous
neighbourhood.”
I
recently attended the TNO’s Annual General Body meeting and was impressed by
the presentations on tremendous performance and success of TNO under Jehad’s
dynamic leadership and the TNO team.
Indeed, TNO is a learning and excellence centre in a sense that it
covers variety of issues of community's interest and priority. It has gained
international recognition and visits by foreign dignitaries and delegations as
well.
I thank Jehad for assuring support to me
and the groups I represent including Seniors Club and Pak Seniors Form (PSF).
We hope that the partnership with TNO would greatly benefit the Thorncliffe
community in general and other communities of GTA as well, which are eager to
learn and benefit from TNO’s tremendous contributions. We assure our support
for improvement of the society and betterment of the communities. This way we
can work, serve and live together in the best possible ways. We again thank you
for extending us support. For all these successes and achievements I thank
Canada’s people, leaders, communities and governments for the love, care,
encouragement, help and support extended.
We are proud to have a good leader
like Kathleen Wynne, who has won the hearts of members of the community and
people of Ontario by remaining very close to them, listening to them and
becoming a part of their family. She knows the people, their problems and
priorities and deserves to be a premier.
We expect that John Carmichael, MP,
too would join the cabinet ranks and be in a position to serve the people and
area better. He is in a good position to serve the people better and we hope
that he would keep proving this by remaining visible, connected and very close
to the people.
For betterment and improvement of
Thorncliffe area and for solving problem
of the people, we expect and need more from Councillor John Parker. We are
witnessing some improvements but people are faced with many problems and they
need his attention. John Parker too is trying to do his best to serve the
people better.
Whether Kathleen Wynne, John
Carmichael or John Parker or any other leaders, like always I would strongly
urge the people and appeal to all to choose, vote and elect only those people
and leaders who believe in serving the people and humanity in reality. This is
our moral duty and responsibility. By electing wrong people we not only harm
ourselves but the whole society, system and the country. This we must always
remember.
I would like to end here by thanking
all the participants for making this occasion really successful by their
interest and presence. We hope to see your increased interest and support for
this community. All the groups, organizations and members of the community must
work together as partners and team leaders. We need this spirit badly. We have
the potential to produce good and true leaders for all levels---Federal,
Provincial and Municipal--- but unfortunately we easily become victims of
divide and rule and because of some exploiters and opportunists lose the golden
opportunities. Thank you for tolerating
my long speech.
JZ’S
PROFILE: Javed Zaheer, Free Expression Award Winner, Desi Idol Recognition
Award Winner, Member/Honorary Director of NEPMCC, Veteran Active Member (VAM)
of Toronto Press Club, Ex-Member of The National Club and The Ontario Club,
Honorary Editor of English Weekly `Pakistan Abroad’, Canada, ex-Chief Editor
(Honorary) of English Weekly `The Ambassador’, Canada, ex-Chief Editor
(Honorary) of English Weekly `DAWN', Canada, ex-Senior Sub-Editor of English
Daily DAWN, Pakistan, Chairman, CANOPI, Director of Children Dignity Foundation
(CDF---Canada & Pakistan), Director/Press & Publication Secretary of
Pak Seniors Forum (PSF), Canada, and
Director, Canpak, Chamber of Commerce, Canada, is contributing purely on
Voluntary and Honorary Basis in order to serve all people and communities.
Contact: (416)696-0981/jazamedia@hotmail.com, jazamedia@mail.com. To read more
JZ’s exclusive articles, please visit: www. nepmcc.ca and
nationalethnicpress.com (Editorial Sections. Scan years from 2004 to 2011.
Visit www.javedzaheernews.blogspot.com and www.jazamedia.wordpress.com.
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