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Thalassemia Awareness Seminar

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Thalassemia Awareness Seminar Poster

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FAiTh & World Blood Donor Day!

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What FAiTh did on World Blood Donor Day:

Sent this beautiful card to our awesome donors around the Pakistan

World Blood Donor Day

Sent thank you text to our lovely donors registered in our donor system:

Ref: Thalassemia.Com.PK
World Blood Donor Day
It is no doubt that blood is the vital need of all human beings. And this is most true for thalassemic patients.
From all the thalassemia community – Thank you for the blood that you donated :) Thank you for the gift of life!

Wrote an article @ The Express Tribune
You can read it here: World Blood Donor Day: Thanking those who saves lives

Got ANOTHER shield for arranging blood camps for Fatimid Foundation Karachi

This couldn't have been possible without you Thank you donors!, FAiTh once again got a token of appreciation from Fatimid



Nothing could have been possible if YOU were not with us. Thank you so much for love, support, care & the gift of life – Blood. Thank you!

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1st Annual Pakistan Blog Awards

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1st Annual Pakistan Blog Awards

1st Annual Pakistan Blog Awards

***Post might contain some lines, expressions, feelings, comments which you may not like, but remember it’s just a blogger’s opinion :) , no offense intended

Let me start post by congratulating CIO Pakistan, Google Pakistan for arranging the 1st Annual Pakistan Blog Awards and then heartiest congratulation to all the winners :)

It all started when bloggers appealed to get recognizable around the world, get award for their blog, to showcase their blogs. Then CIO Pakistan and Google Pakistan started their engines and gave us www.blogawards.pk, some bloggers nominated themselves, some got nominated by their fans and after 5 to 6 months, awards were being announced!

On 28th May 2010, bloggers were invited to Regent Plaza, Karachi for the award ceremony and new media unconference. Heading towards Regent I knew am not going to win but yet I was very excited for my friends, I had a feeling that award ceremony would be classy, one of its kind.

Ceremony started a bit late with a welcome song by Salman and Yasir, after the wonderful performance there was first session of unconference on Innovation in Media then some awards then second session on Selling 3.0 then some awards and then third session on Engage & Converge and then some awards, the bloggers were handed awesome goodies bag by CIO Pakistan and Google Pakistan, which contains our traditional Ajrak, notepad, key chain etc. Oh did I tell you about the theme :) ? It was Ajrak!!, liked it.

There were some drawbacks which I felt, not necessary that you all agree on them too :)

  • Theme was traditional, liked it no doubt.. but I think ceremony should have started by Allah’s name (Tilawat-e-Quran)
  • Sessions were quiet boring, sorry to say but I didn’t even bothered to listen to them.. they couldn’t make us listen to them
  • Till the end it was okay but then Special Jury Awards? Sorry but it looked quiet biased and unprofessional
  • Why 4 awards in Technology category :) ? 2 could be enough.. but 4?
  • Back in December, Thalassemia cause was being supported by CIO Pakistan and Google Pakistan so why not in the awards? Wasn’t it should be nominated as a Pakistan’s cause? I don’t think I should have mentioned this myself :)
  • It was advertised very well but wasn’t presented that well.. maybe because it was 1st time? Theres so much to get improved!
  • Once again Congratulation to CIO Pakistan, Google Pakistan and all the winners!

    Winners list can be viewed here, CIO Pakistan’s post and photographs

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    FAiTh – Free Testing!

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    You are cordially invited...

    You are cordially invited...

    Fill the form and confirm your attendance please! : I am tested, are you?

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    Taught the lesson well!

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    Gr!n

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    While traveling from M.A Jinnah road, we faced unannounced rally, roads and streets were being blocked infront of us and we were made to travel from long route, mom wanted to get done with some shopping and I insisted her to get back to home but I couldn’t argue more and we ended up going for shopping.

    Asked auto driver to take us at the back of Gul Plaza, as the front was off due to rally…, we got stuck at the back because there was a sign says ‘No Entry’ and three traffic officers were there to stop the cars from going that way…, our driver asked us to get down and start walking.., if it was me, I would have.. but as mom can’t walk much I requested them to let us go.., officer didn’t listen.. we were thinking to go home…, I saw a car crossing the same way and officer letting them go.., immediately I asked driver to drive near officer and let me talk.

    I simply asked him why has he allowed that car? He came near and what he said to me was very funny, he said ‘parhe likhe hi rule torna chahte hain (only literate people wants to break the rule)’, he was pointing at me and I got shocked, couldn’t control and asked him ’so you are illiterate?’, he made it his ego issue, made me stay there for 10 minutes and placed barriers ahead of auto.

    Two other officers came near to us and asked me to calm down, even though I was but I asked them the same question ‘why did you let the car go?’ if you did.. now let me too..  because I ain’t going anywhere far and plus my mom can’t walk much.. otherwise I would never insist.

    Both the officers made that egoistic office calm and let us go, I couldn’t stop smiling.., *oops* that made the office angry and he shouted ‘look at her! she is laughing’

    LOL!, I did whatever I could just for mom.., I know many of you would think I did wrong.., I shouldn’t have ask driver to drive in no entry zone BUT what irritated me was officer breaking rule and then telling me rules? and then he made his ego issue when I pointed out his mistake? so it was a lesson taught well!, atleast from next time he won’t take risk of allowing anyone ;)

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