Peaceful coexistance - Pakistani Kiwis
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PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PAKISTANI-KIWIS
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PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCECONTRIBUTIONS OF PAKISTANI-KIWIS
There are an estimated 5,000 New Zealanders of Pakistani
descent who have called New Zealand their home.
These ‘Pakistani-Kiwis’, despite a small number, have
made significant contributions of Education, Government,
Utilities, Infrastructure, Information Technology and
Corporate sectors. Following are some of those
achievements.
DR ASHRAF CHOUDHARY
Pakistani-New Zealand scientist in
agricultural engineering.
New Zealand's first MP from South Asia and
Pakistan.
Served on the Primary Production, Local
Government and Environment, and
Education and Science select committees.
Received Queen's Service Order for
community work in 2001.
As president of FIANZ he oversaw the first
annual halal meat contract with the New
Zealand Meat Producers Board in 1984
KHALID "BILLY" IBADULLA
Played for Pakistan & Otago.
In 1965 he represented Otago
against Pakistan 1965 took 4
wickets and scored 43 and 102
Living in Dunedin and working as a
cricket coach.
He has coached some of top Black
Caps, including Glenn Turner, Ken
Rutherford, Chris Cairns
He umpired first-class cricket in
England in 1982 and 1983.
Mansoor Khawaja
Mansoor was Chief Demographer at
Statistics New Zealand for many years.
A founder member of New Zealand
Demographic Society in 1975
Awarded Life membership of the Population
Association of New Zealand
Won Royal Society Medal in 2002.
He has contributed a great deal to
population studies in New Zealand, the
Population Association (formerly
Demographic Society) and mentoring of
young demographers.
PROF. HANIF QUAZI
A portrait of M. Hanif Quazi (1967-72 BSc (Hons), MSc (Hons), PhD),
the Alumni International Medallist, 2009.
Professor Quazi’s story encompasses highly significant scientific
contributions to plant science in New Zealand, where he worked for
many years after graduation from Lincoln and completion of a post-
doctoral fellowship in the United Kingdom, as well as in his home
country of Pakistan.
Mohammad Hanif Quazi came to Lincoln College when he was awarded
a Commonwealth Research Fellowship and commenced PhD studies
Hanif Quazi has made a major contribution to agricultural and plant
sciences in his home country. In his work can be seen the transfer of
many New Zealand-based technologies to the Pakistan context. These
range from specific plant science examples to models of social and
community services.
Complementing his contributions to academia and the scientific
community, Hanif Quazi has used his experience and wisdom to
benefit poor farming communities in a number of ways using practical
‘Kiwi’ insight into problems to get results
Dr Khalid Sandhu
Khalid and Razia Sandhu established the
Kilbirnie Medical Centre in 1976.
They served the local community till their
retirement in 2010.
One of the founding members of
Federation of Islamic Associations of New
Zealand.
Long service member of New Zealand
Interfaith Council
In 2002, received Queen Service Order
medal from the Governor-General.
DR MANSOOR SHAFI
Telecom Fellow (Wireless) with Spark,
where he advises on future directions of
wireless technologies and standards.
Represents New Zealand in the World
Radio Conference and in meetings of
ITU and APT relating to wireless and
spectrum standards.
Received the Insignia of a Member of
the New Zealand Order of Merit for
services to wireless communication
technologies
KASHIF SHUJA
Squash player who represented both Pakistan &
New Zealand.
Represented New Zealand;
World Team 2005, 2007 & 2009, World Doubles 2006
New Zealand National Champion
2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009
Coaching Highlights
Squash Central High Performance Coach
Squash New Zealand High Performance Manager
Coached Central Women to two National titles
New Zealand men’s team coach for World Championships
High Performance Coordinator Massey Academy of Sport.
DR MOHAMMAD ZAMAN
He is a Technical Officer Joint FAO/IAEA Programme
Nuclear Technologies in Food and Agriculture.
Helping NZ farmers in the environmentally
sustainable use of nitrogen fertilisers on New Zealand
farms.
Developing a climate smart improved soil and water
management practices for:
Sustainable intensification of agricultural production systems
Mitigation of greenhouse gases
Improving fertilizer use efficiency through novel technology
Building soil resilience to minimize land degradation and soil
erosion, soil salinity and water logging.
WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITY
CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
In response to generous support from
New Zealanders for floods in Pakistan,
the Pakistani-Kiwis in Wellington
organised 600+ relief packages for
Canterbury Quake victims
The packages contained non-perishable
food, toiletries, and other items in high
demand in the quake zone
The packages were distributed by
Salvation Army
BLOOD BALTI IN AUCKLAND
Billa Zubair, a Pakistani in Auckland
organises ‘Blood Balti’ event every year
to encourage people to donate blood to
save lives
Blood Donation Drive comes with a
Pakistani style BBQ, Music and Gup
Shup (chit-chat)
First Blood Balti event made 9 blood
donations from Pakistanis and other
communities and today the donations
have reached close to 100
FIJI CYCLONE RELIEF
Under the banner of Kiwi-Maddad,
Pakistani-Kiwi families contributed and
prepared relief packages for Fiji
Cyclone Relief
The packages contained non-
perishable food, toiletries, and other
items in high demand in the quake
zone
EID GIFTS FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES
In order to help alleviate refugees’
sufferings, Kiwi-Maddad is organising
Eid gifts for the new Syrian Refugees in
Wellington
The gifts have been donated by several
families and were also collected
through donation drives in various
workplaces
If you want to contribute, please reach
out to Jamil Khan
([email protected]) by 10th
September 2016
PAKISTANIS IN MEGA PROJECTS
Pakistani have made significant
contributions to large, high-visibility
infrastructure and technology programs
in the country
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