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When certain seasons of worship come around like the months of Ramadan and
Muharram, it is very important that we re-evaluate ourselves to see what
blessings we have gotten from them. Were they in proportion with the power of
the season? Have we preserved these blessings? Well, the blessings were right in
time for LA. It rained previous day and as if almighty heard the prayers and
decided to give it a rest; to let the community to commemorate Ashura, the
slaying of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed PBUH.
Sunday 28 January, 2007 Los Angeles hosted annual Haleem to offer homage to the
martyrdom of Shaheed e Karbala, Imam Hussein and his family. Garden Grove Park –
a familiar place was once became a favorite GPS entry for motoring public as
they head for the enticing Haleem in town.
Continuing with its tradition of 9 years the members of Karachi Club and MQM USA
LA unit hosted Haleem cook out. A crowd of about 2,300 Angelinos showed up to
support the event that has become hallmark of MQM Los Angeles. This Day of
Atonement invited people from different walks of life.
Present in attendance among other prominent community leaders were former in
charge LA unit and ex member central organizing committee Adnan Naqvi. And Mr.
Ibne Abbas, Consul General of Pakistan in Los Angeles, he was astonishingly
excited to see a large number of Pakistanis that came out to appreciate the
event. He also expressed gratitude for the members of Karachi Club and the LA
unit for continuing the commemoration tradition.
Kamal Zafar, member MQM USA Central Org Committee along with In-charge Karachi
Club Samin faruqi, greeted guests. Wasim Zaidi, unit in-charge thanked Karachi
Club team members Masood Khan, Ikram Shah, Perwez Khan and Arif Abbas and LA
unit members Asif Farooqui, Abdul Lateef, Ishtiaq Hasan, Mohammed Khalid, and
Kamran Khan. LA unit would like to thank Syed Ahsan and Saeed Khan for
contributing in the team effort.
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