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Dr Shahbaz, H.E. Margaret & Iftikhar Rana
Pakistan Australia
Council hosted a Welcome Dinner in Melbourne for Her Excellency Margaret
Adamson, Designated High Commissioner of Australia to
Pakistan
(Transcript of the Speech of Mr. Iftikhar Rana, President Pakistan
Australia Council)
Her Excellency Margaret Adamson,
Designated High Commissioner of Australia to Pakistan
Dr. Shahbaz Chaudhry Sahib,
President Pakistan Medicos Australia
PABC Victoria
Executive committee
PAC
Dear Distinguish Guest and Community members,
Good Evening
/AOA,
On behalf of the Pakistan Australia Council, Pakistan Australia
Business Council, and the Australian Pakistani Community I would like to
welcome you all, particularly our special guest Her Excellency Margaret Adamson
and Mr. Adamson for accepting our invitation, despite their busy schedule.
Thank you very much Madam!
The Pakistan Australian Council INC is a
premier Association of our community in Australia. It was established over 5
years ago, with the aim of representing the Australian Pakistani community
under one umbrella. It is a platform, a voice and a medium of communication for
Pakistani Australians from all walks of life and it earnestly attempts to meet
the community needs.
Being the flag bearer of Multiculturalism, we have
upheld our cultural and religious values while integrating with the Australian
multicultural society. Over the years the Pakistani community in Australia has
grown and with over 60,000 Pakistani origin Australians in Australia, our
contribution to the Australian economy and society is widely recognized by the
authorities. Our contribution is well acknowledged particularly in the
professional fields of medicine, law, education, finance and IT.
In the
business sector Pakistanis are well established in importing and in the retail
plus service sector. As well as that, our contribution is widely in providing
security and public transport
Our Community is passionate not only about
our adopted country but equally so with our country of origin. We always like
to stay in touch with our roots. Thus, whenever we get the opportunity to meet
an important delegations or dignities like yourself, we always endeavour to
inter-act so that we can learn more about the Australian
Missions.
Madam I would like to
highlight the following point that you may improve or the present problems that
are facing our community
• The permanent
sponsor visa time is 18 months, while for other countries it only takes 90
days
• Police clearance takes too long, please improve or cut time to shorten
the process of police check
• Visit visa’s take too long to get approve and
again this needs to be improved
• We need a flexible policy in the education
and scholarship visa
• expedition student visa application
• business
visas to be improved
The
Pakistan Australia Council and Pakistan Australia Business Council would love
to play a vital role in assisting you to improve the services that you provide
to the community, ensuring that together we provide the best and most efficient
services. Whether it be assisting individuals with an application or helping
them out with any other of the many services you provide. As well as that, if
you point any service that the community needs urgently, they can contact the
PAC and we will follow up the issue on their behalf.
Furthermore, when
business delegations or any important individual apply for a visa there should
be a consent form to sign, thus if the Australian mission has some sort of link
with the Pakistan Australia Business Council, that will help establish closer
links to the Business Community.
On our part, we assure you of our
fullest support and cooperation as it is our own desire to be of service to the
Australian Pakistani community in Australia in whatever way we can. I hope that
the bonds we form today will be continued and appreciated in the future as
well.
Once again thank you very much to you all for coming tonight
particularly Dr. Shahbaz Sb who arranged tonight’s dinner. Thank you very much
Dr. Shahbaz Sahib, we highly appreciate your efforts. I wish and pray to Allah
for the safety and prosperity of both our Nations – PAKISTAN AND
AUSTRALIA.
Allah Hafiz.
Dr. Shahbaz Chaudhry, Mrs Dr. Shahbaz
Chaudhry, H.E.Margaret Adamson and Mr. Adamson
Dr. Shahbaz Chaudhry, Her Excellency
High Commissioner Margaret Adamson and Iftikhar Rana
Dr.Shahbaz Chaudhry, Her Excellency Margaret Adamson Iftikhar Rana and Mr. Sadaqat Siddiq
