Sada-e-Watan
Sydney ™
sadaewatan@gmail.com
Consul General of Pakistan Sydney held meeting with Professionals about Community Concern for the Services expectation
Consulate General meeting with
Professionals
On Wednesday 4/11/2015 at 3:00PM
Venue: Pakistani Consultant
Sydney
Attendees:
1.Consul General Abdul Aziz (AZ, CG)
2.Vice
Consul Bushra Salam (BS)
3. MRP
Officer Sydney, Nabi Bukhsh (NB)
4. The Staff
Members of the Consulate General (who joined the meeting one by one for some
time)
The Community
Representatives ,
1.Asim Saleem (AS)
2.Arman Sajjid
(AS)
3.Ali Gujjar
(AG)
4., Bashir Malik (BM)
5.Waseem
Shah (WS)
6. Naveed Chaudry (NC)
Minutes of the
meeting:
WS: opened up the floor for discussion acknowledging
& thanking CG & all his staff members for their quick response to fix
most of long standing issues as request by the community members. He also
congratulated CG by addressing "four points" raised through public event in a
very short time frame.
* NC: stressed the
importance of having close interaction with community & proposed the idea
of open form to interact with community on regular basis. NC also requested that
all business opportunity for Pakistani should be communicate to
all.
Outcomes:
1- CG is willing to attend any community forum anywhere
to meet everyone organised by any one.
2- CG is planning to organise the next flag hoisting
ceremony at public place and expects to have large group of community members
participating in it.
3- CG also informed that he
is remains available in his office every Wednesday for the community members to
come and meet him, without an appointment.
* BM: asked about the
future plan for expansion of current office.
Outcomes:
CG
advised that since office started to process Machine Readable Passport in Sydney
he has increased the seating capacity from 5 to 35. He has a future plan to
extend existing office or moving to bigger place is also an option.
*
AS:
Identified a few issues with current web site and offered assistance to improve
and rectify them. Also offered technical support to improve the quality to
current standard.
Outcomes:
CG welcomed the
suggestion and ask to audit the website and work with him to improve.
*
AG:
touched in detail about the problems students facing and disappointment with the
current services & how it is effecting international students.
Outcomes:
CG informed that he and his team has been regularly interacting with
the students. He showed his great interest to engage more with students and
asked Ali to organise meet and greet sessions with students from different
institutes. CG offered that the Consulate will bear the expenses incurred on
tea / coffee of such events in educational institutions.
* AS: offered any help or any assistance to office on behalf of
community to add any value.
Outcomes
CG requested everyone to play a role by making
community aware by sharing the services & initiatives by office on regular
basis.
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Overall meeting was in very healthy &
positive environments. CG , Bushra Salam & all his staff shown great
respect to all of the representative. They were very positive about all the
suggestions & showed great interest to resolve any concern.
Thanks,
Waseem Shah
