JEDDAH: A dignified farewell reception and dinner was organised in Jeddah in honour of Malik Javed Hussain Awan, Senior Vice President of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Saudi Arabia. The event was hosted by Aftab Tarabi, Deputy Secretary General of the PPP, and Raja Ejaz Hussain Janjua, President of PPP Jeddah City, and was attended by a large number of prominent members of the Pakistani community.
Addressing the gathering, Asad Akram, Rana Jafar, Raja Ejaz Hussain Janjua, Malik Ali Khursheed Sultan, Chaudhry Akram Gujjar, Idrees Qureshi and other speakers paid tribute to Malik Javed Hussain Awan for his valuable services to the party and the Pakistani community. They appreciated his active and positive role and extended their best wishes for his return to Pakistan and the new chapter of his life.
On the occasion, Malik Javed Hussain Awan thanked the organisers and members of the Pakistani community for arranging the farewell reception in his honour. He said that the love, respect and sincerity he had received in Jeddah were a source of pride for him.
He remarked that leaving friends and the land where he had spent so many years was not easy, but returning to one’s homeland was an inevitable part of life’s journey. Reflecting on his three decades in Saudi Arabia, he said that the memories and friendships he had built over the years would always remain close to his heart.
The event concluded with prayers and the recitation of Surah Al-Fatiha for the departed souls of the victims of the Karsaz tragedy.
