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TO THE

Lahore Liberty Lions Club

District # 305 N-1, Pakistan

Club # 5001 – 025570

Chartered 30-10-1970

Lahore – Pakistan

 

 

Lahore a historical city (1981 pop. 2,707,215), the capital of Punjab province, in center of Pakistan, on the bank of Ravi River, Pakistan's second largest city. It is the commercial center of an agricultural region and has industries such as filmmaking, food processing, textile, steel making and produces many handicrafts. In 1206 India's first Muslim emperor was crowned in Lahore. The city flourished (16th cent.) as a capital of the MUGHAL empire, it was annexed by the Sikhs in 1767, and passed to the British in 1849. The Fort, Mausoleum of Emperor Jehangir, the Shalimar garden and Badshahi Mosque are among the splendid remains of the Mughal period.

MEETINGS

The General Body meetings are held at Lahore Gymkhana on dinner on the last Tuesday of every month.  When we meet on the meetings start 8:30 p.m. and normally lasts around 60 - 75 minutes. We dine together and discuss upcoming projects and activities. Often, we have a guest speaker who presents a topic of community interest. This speaker may or may not be a Lion member. On the 2nd Tuesday of each month prior to our General Dinner Meeting, we hold our Board Meeting where business matters are conducted. We welcome guests, in our meetings who contact us before hand in the event that we have had to change a date or venue.

"We Serve"

Officers

2000-2001

King Lion................................................ Lion Shafi Ullah Khan

Past President......................................... Lion Tariq Yousuf Kathoria

Secretary................................................. Lion Imtiaz Ahmed

Treasurer................................................. Lion Ifzaal Mehmood Malik

1st Vice President................................... Lion Ejaz Akhter Qazi

2nd Vice President...................................Lion Saleem Riaz

Lion Tamer...............................................Lion Jalal-ud-Din Maulvi

Tail Twister.............................................. Lion Masood Iqbal 

Membership Chairman............................Lion Asim Hadi Dogar

 DIRECTORS

Lion Dr. Anwar Hussain

Lion Ashfaq Ahmed Sarwar

Lion Dr. Ahsan Saeed Mian

Lion Tariq Saeed

PAST DISTRICT GOVERNORS & PERMANENT DIRECTORS

 PDG Agha Jamal Haider Khan ......... 1971 - 1972

PDG Ikram Elahi Malik (Late) ........... 1977 - 1978

PDG Rana M. Ayyub .....…..………... 1989 - 1990

Our Members

 

CLUB PERMANENT PROJECTS

Our club participates in a variety of fund-raisers and community service projects. Health prevention is one of our biggest goals, along with serving the needs of the education and other community impaired. While working on these projects we do our best to enjoy ourselves and the fellowship of the other members and people we meet. We have several permanent projects that help our Community services. We are pleased to boast on our accomplishments and deeds.

Lions Liberty (Wazir Begum) T.B Ward

Gulab Devi Hospital Lahore 

BY LION AFTAB MUSHHADI

 

Lahore Liberty Lions Club (Wazir Begum) T.B Ward at Gulab Devi Hospital was built by the members of this Club in 1976-1977. This was the Club’s first permanent project. It was basically planned and built to eradicate Tuberculosis, which was and is still very common disease amongst the poor and the downtrodden citizens of our community. The cost of this was around Rs. 600,000/- at that time.

 

Since then, this ward has been female TB ward looking after women and children who are suffering from TB and other chest diseases. This TB ward comprises of main hall/ward with two verandas covered by wired mesh. It also has doctor’s office, a dispensing and a nursing room with attached bathroom. For the patients the ward has recreation room and a fully equipped kitchen. It also has four washrooms and two toilettes.

 

Beside all the basic furnishings, the members have also furnished this ward with air/dessert coolers, color T.V., electric water cooler, gas heaters, fans and other necessities for the comfort of the patients.

 

Since the establishment of this ward the members of the Club have been fully involved with this project. This is clearly evident through their active participation in the maintenance of these wards. This in turn insures that the poor patients are constantly provided with the basic comforts, which we all know that they are entitled too.

 

From time to time these wards have been renovated and major maintenance’s have carried out by the members of the Club. This is clearly evident from the renovations carried out by the members in recent years as listed below: -

 

Þ     Year 1979: the ward needed a little maintenance, which was under taken.

Þ     Year 1985: Major maintenance works were performed.

Þ     Year 1996: A color television was installed and renovations were made.

Þ     1998: Rooftop of the ward had started seeping after the rainy days of January 98; the ward rooftop was fully refurbished. It was completely insulated and water proofed. Further more, all around the outer walls four feet soling was laid to minimize water logging around the ward. Wire mesh was erected during this renovation.

Þ     Year 2000: Complete renovation through repairs and white washing in this April has instilled a new life in our prized project. Complete sewerage system was pulled out and replaced.

Þ     Beyond Year 2000: In the years to come Lions are not roaring high but are meritoriously acting high for the uplift of the downtrodden.

 

God willing, Lahore Liberty Lions Club intends to replace the flooring of the whole ward with white marble and the face of the ward with red bricks. A fully equipped modern operation theatre is in the pipeline as well.

 

May Allah help us in our service to humanity through the eradication of T.B the killer disease?

Lions Liberty  (Lion Haji Jalal- ud- Din) Clinical Research Ward

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Lahore 

BY LION IRFAN MALLICK

 

This permanent project of the Club was constructed in 1980 at the cost of Rupees six hundred thousand. At present it is known as Department of Psychiatry affiliated with Fatima Jinnah Medical College and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore. Professor M. Niaz Butt is head of the department and is supervising the whole work of this Research Centre. Dr. Abad Ullah and three junior doctors assist him as specialist in Psychiatry diseases. This department consists of the following sections:

 

A.    ADDICTION WARD is for the addicted patients who are treated psychologically and by medication. It is a six-bed air-conditioned ward with modern equipments.

 

B.    MALE DRUG REHABILITATION WARD is nine-bed fully air-conditioned ward. For entertainment of patients a television has been provided. One kitchen and modern bathroom is also attached with this ward.

 

C.    FEMALE DRUG REHABILITATION WARD is seven-bed air-conditioned ward. Kitchen and bathroom with modern facilities along with television are also provided in this ward.

 

D.    DEMONSTRATION ROOM has been established for the training of nursing staff and students of Fatima Jinnah Medical College. It is a modern demonstration room equipped with television, VCR and air conditioning facilities. Lectures are delivered here on different subjects of Psychiatry.

 

      Apart from above mentioned facilities a staff office and nursing station has also been established in this ward. The Lahore Liberty Lions Club is looking after the Drug addicted/Psychiatry patients. This ward reminds us of (Late) Lion Jalal-ud-Din and other members who constructed ward.         

          Lions Liberty Children Ward

 Data Darbar Hospital Lahore

BY LION IFZAAL MEHMOOD MALIK

 

Syed Ali Hajvari a renowned Sufi Muslim came to Lahore from Central Asia centuries ago and settled on the left bank of river Ravi outside the walled city of Lahore.

 

He was entrusted with a job by Allah to serve the humanity, which was in darkness at this part of the sub-continent. He was kind enough to serve and teach the people irrespective of their colour, race and religion. His conduct was so impressive that thousands of non-Muslims accepted Islam as their religion. The people then called him DATA GANJ BAKHSH. His shrine is still the centre of spiritualism for millions of Muslims.

 

Just on the back of his shrine a dispensary was constructed in 1961 by the Auqaf Department. The people contributed on the name of DATA Sahib, with the passage of time this famous dispensary became a hospital. A landmark for the poor living in the adjacent localities where free medical facilities were provided to the thousands of people who visit daily from far-flung areas.

 

In 1995, a children ward was constructed by the hospital administration. However it could not start functioning due to lack of funds. The hospital administration contacted our senior member Lion Dr. Absar Ahmed Khan a Paediatrician by profession and requested for the renovation of the ward. An estimate was prepared. After the presentation of the estimate the Board decided that there were no adequate funds available with the Club at that time therefore a charity show to rise funds should be held. The challenge for holding a charity/fund raising function was accepted by Lion Zahid Mauladad. A musical function was held at Avari Hotel with seven hundred people attending and listening to the magical voice of Zil-e-Huma. Eventually a sum of Rs: 500,000/- was collected from this function and through publishing of souvenir.   

 

Lahore Liberty Lions Club through Lion Dr. Absar Ahmed Khan, chairman of the project started the renovation of the Ward. False Ceiling was provided for the whole Ward, Paint works and Plastering of walls were also carried out. Fifteen Beds with all the facilities were provided to the Ward. Complete Air-conditioning was done. Furniture for the Staff and Doctors was also provided. By this way the Club totally renovated the Ward. The ward started working as a children ward in 1996. Now a day the children ward is functioning under the guidance of Dr. Shahida Farukh and Dr. Qamar ul Islam Lodhi, Medical Superintendent of the hospital. This ward is also providing indoor and outdoor facilities to thousands of children and expanding day by day. We are following the footsteps of Great Sufi Hazrat Data Ganj Baksh by providing medical facilities to these poor children for their treatment.

Government Pakistan Model High School For Boys

 Rehmanpura Lahore

BY LION IMTIAZ AHMED

                       

                         This high school is a running project of Lahore Liberty Lions Club, which was started in 1998. One of the senior member’s of the Club Lion Dr. Anwar Hussain started this permanent project in 1998 - 1999 when he was the President of the Club, when one of our members Lion Ali Shah first visited the school and presented his report regarding the pathetic condition of this school before the Board of Directors. The school, which is being run by the government department, was in shambles.  There were no roofs for five classrooms, no science Laboratory for higher classes, no clean drinking water, no lights and fans in most of the classrooms. There was no concept of any medical facility. It is amazing to note that the school is situated in an area, which is surrounded by the busiest shopping centres of Lahore like Ferozepur road, Wahdat road and Ichhra. One fails to understand why the wealthy people from these localities do not contribute towards uplift of the downtrodden citizens of their community by sponsoring community projects such as schools and hospitals in their vicinity. They should invest some of their money on such nation building projects.

 

                        The Lahore Liberty Lions Club decided to upgrade this school spread on an area of 6 Kanals having 270 students. This school was constructed between 1964 - 1966 having a covered area of 2 kanals comprising of twelve rooms. It also has a playground of 4 kanals for the students. After the approval from the Board of Directors, the members of Lahore Liberty Lions Club started the renovations of this school. In the first phase the roofs of five classrooms covering an area of 1800 sq ft. were replaced with pre-fabricated concrete roofs. A toilet was also constructed and an electric water Cooler was installed in the veranda of the school. Paint works and repairs of some doors were carried out. The eye screening of all the students and teachers were carried out for the first time in the history of the school. Some of the students were provided with glasses and medicine, while some of them were referred to Sheikh Zayed Hospital for further treatment. These services were carried out under the supervision of Dr. Arshad an eye specialist from the Ophthalmology Department of Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore.

                   

                           We may have done our share but we still feel that a lot has to be done like providing a science laboratory, floors to be replaced, doors and windows to be installed and the whole of the school to be re-plastered and painted. Morally we are bound to give the young students of this school all the privileges and facilities found in a good educational institute.

SHORT TERM PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN

BY LAHORE LIBERTY LIONS CLUB

BY LION TARIQ YOUSUF KATHORIA 

Ø     Donation of Eight Wheel Chairs and Rs. 10,000.00 to Pakistan Society for Rehabilitation of the Disabled (P.S.R.D) Ferozepur Road, Lahore.

Ø     Donation of Rs. 5,000.00 to kidney failure patient at Sheikh Zayed Hospital.

Ø     Donation of Rs. 20,000.00 to Haemophilia Society in the form of injections.

Ø     Donation of Rs. 29,000.00 for poor girl marriage in the form of dowry comprises of certain basic necessities.

Ø     Provided Rs. 50,000.00 to Ghulab Devi Hospital Cardiac Ward for Angiography’s Equipment.

Ø     Distribution of Sewing Machines to widows.

Ø     Scholarships to Professional College Students.

Ø     Distribution of sweets and fruits amongst children in hospitals and S.O.S. village.

Ø     Furnished and renovated Municipal Corporation Primary School in Gulberg-III, Lahore.

Ø     Sight-First Eye Camp Project.

Ø     Blood Bags donated to Fatmid Hospital, Lahore.

Ø     Blood group screening camps organized.

Ø      Free dispensary for short period arranged near Badian for poor patients.

Ø      Electric water coolers donated to schools.

History of Lahore Liberty Lions Club

BY P. D. G. LION RANA M. AYYUB

 

Lahore Liberty Lions Club was Chartered on 30^th October 1970. This was the third Club organized in Lahore. By the grace of God the Club has very successfully completed three decades of service to humanity and now celebrating it’s 30^th Charter Night on 10^th June 2000.

 

The Club besides planning and carrying out welfare projects also groomed and developed prestigious leadership. Immediately after the receipt of Club Charter on 13^th February 1971. Our Charter member Lion Agha Jamal Khan was elected District Governor for the first fiscal year 1971-72 and also for the same period he was nominated Multiple Council Chairman of District 305-W & E (West & East Pakistan, Now Bangladesh). Lion M. Ikram Elahi Malik, Charter member was also elected as District Governor for 1977-78, while Rana M. Ayyub and Dr. M. Anwar Hussain were nominated as Cabinet Secretary & Treasurer respectively for the District. The main project for this decade was Lahore Liberty (Wazir Begum) T. B. Ward, Gulab Devi Hospital Lahore of 40 Beds.

 

During the second decade (1981-90) Lion Rana M. Ayyub was elected as the last Lt. District Governor of Pakistan in 1988-89, when he organized sub-district N-305 with assistance of Development Manager Rana M. Yahya and Lion Shabbir A. Malik (Present Multiple Council Chairman). The sub-district 305-N is consisted of Baluchistan, Punjab and Frontier Province including Azad Kashmir. In 1989-90 Lion Rana M. Ayyub was unanimously elected 1^st District Governor of District 305-N, Lion Yaqub Karim District Governor 305-S and Rana M. Ayyub District Governor 305-N (Member of Multiple Council) nominated Lion Humayun N. Rashid PDG and Lion Feroz Qaiser PDG as Multiple and Vice Multiple Council Chairman respectively for 1989-90. The main project for this decade was Lahore Liberty (Jalauddin) Medical Research Ward, Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore.

 

During the third decade 1991-2000 Lion Rana M. Ayyub was elected as Vice Multiple Council Chairman and twice as Multiple Secretary/Treasurer. Our Club members Lion Zahid Mauladad, Lion Imtiaz Ahmad and Lion Irfan Mallick were assigned the responsibility of Region Chairman, Zone Chairman and District Chairman respectively in the District Cabinet. The main project for this decade was Ward for Children in Data Darbar Hospital, Lahore.

 

With the start of fourth decade the Club has taken up Educational Project of running Primary School of Municipal Corporation Lahore, in Wahdat Colony.

 

Thanks Al-Mighty God that our Club did not have teething problem, which usually every organization faces at the beginning. By the grace of Al-Mighty Allah ever since the Club’s establishment, it has never faced any problems regarding funds required for its welfare projects. In this respect we are grateful in particular Lion (Late) Jalauddin, Lion M. Ikram Elahi Malik and all other members of the Club, not forgetting Lioness Lubna Inam and Lioness Tajwar Mauladad.

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Celebration of 30 Years of service

 BY LION ZAHID MALUADAD

 

The 30^th Charter Night of the Club was held on June 10, 2000 at the Crystal Ball Room, Pearl Continental Hotel Lahore. Lion Shafi Ullah Khan chaired the session. District Governor 305N1 Lion Nasir Ahmad honoured the function as Chief Guest. Vice District Governor (Elect) 305N1 S.K. Humayun was the guest of honour.

 

Well over six hundred guests attended this Charter Night from all walks of life. The hall was beautifully decorated with the banners of various business firms, projects of Club and the slogans of Lionism. Konica displayed colourful backdrop at the back of the stage, which was highly appreciated by the audience. The idea behind the design of this backdrop is the Flourishing Spirit of Lionism based on THE SERVICE TO HUMANITY for the past many decades.

 

Beautiful gift was presented to every guest after registration at the entrance of the hall.

 

Lion Farooq Amjad Meer the Master of Ceremony requested secretary Lion Imtiaz Ahmad and treasurer Lion Irfan Mallick to take their seats on the stage. The Club President Lion Tariq Yousuf Kathoria escorted Lion S.K. Humayun guest of honour to the stage. The Chairman Charter Night Lion Shafi Ullah Khan escorted District Governor 305N1 Lion Nasir Ahmad to his seat on the stage. On request of Master of Ceremony, the Chairman 30^th Charter Night Lion Shafi Ullah Khan with the stroke of the gong on the bell called the meeting to order.

 

The meeting commenced with the recitation of Holy verses from Quran-Ul-Hakim by Hafiz Maqbool Hussain. Then the beautiful little lads presented the National Anthem of Pakistan. Each and every participant was singing the National Anthem along with these little lads. Their voice was so powerful that a sense of unity, integrity and one nation was evident from the motions of the audience. After the National Anthem, Lion Ahsan Saeed Mian presented the oath of allegiance to the flag of Pakistan.

 

Chairmen Charter Night Lion Shafi Ullah Khan presented the welcome address highlighting the services of all Lion members for holding this function. The President of the Club Lion Tariq Yousuf Kathoria highlighted the activities and projects executed during the past three decades of the Club. On behalf of the Club he requested the Government of Punjab through Chief Secretary Mr. Hafiz Akhtar Randhawa to handover a primary school to the Club in joint administration to fulfil our commitment providing the better education to the poor. At this occasion Mr. Fawad Hasan Fawad announced that the Chief Secretary has very kindly accepted the request of the Club and a primary school of Lahore Municipal Corporation would be given to Lahore Liberty Lions Club, on certain conditions. This announcement was highly welcomed by the audience with applause. The audience was also shown a video documentary film of seventeen minutes highlighting the projects of Lahore Liberty Lions Club. The interviews of Past District Governors of Lahore Liberty Lions Club and Medical Superintendents of project hospitals were also part of this documentary film. It was an amazing scene to view the live activities of Lahore Liberty Lions Club through this documentary film.

 

The emotional effects were immediately picked up by the participants, which helped Mr. Fawad Hasan Fawad to conduct the auction of a 14” Colour Television set to generate funds for the Club. Mr. Fawad Hasan Fawad a good and eloquent speaker was able to captivate the emotion of the audience in a very short time, which help the Club to generate a handsome amount from this auction.

 

During the function a team of children sold raffle tickets in order to generate funds for the Club. After the auction lucky draw for these raffle tickets was held and prizes was distributed among the winners.

 

Following this event, a very delicious dinner was given to the guests. After the dinner, Melodious Saira Naseem and enchanting Ibrar-Ul-Haq entertained the guests. Their songs and beats of Bhangra kept the crowd on there feet for the rest of the evening. The audience enjoyed this part of the function very much.

 

The function ended with this fabulous musical night.

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