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held. In this regard solar scout instructor

Training was organized by Green Peaceand Boy Scouts of Phillippines from 11-16May, 2015. Mr. Zahid Mahboob, DirectorTraining & Programme, PBSA attended thetraining and participated in finalizing theSolar Energy Handbook for Leaders.

UNICEF & Pakistan Boy Scouts Associationmet in the month of May, 2015 to discuss

participation of scouts in UNICEF on UReport.

MEETING WITH UNICEF - PAKISTAN

FAREWELL PARTY AT NHQ

On 15th May, 2015 a Farewell party wasorganized by the NHQ Staff at NationalHeadquarters, PBSA, Islamabad, in which

all the employees of NHQ expressed theirsentiments and presented flower

bouquet to Mr. Naveed Ullah Babar,Secretary, PBSA. Mr. Naveed Ullah Babarthanked and shared sweet memories ofhis 39 years long career amongst the staff.

SOLAR SCOUT INSTRUCTOR TRAINING11-16 MAY, 2015, AT BS PHILIPPINES

SCOUTS CENTRE MT. MAKILING LOSBANOS, LAUNA, PHILIPPINES

Pakistan Boy Scouts Association is hostingworkshop on environment education inscouting in September, 2015 atIslamabad. During the workshop SolarBadge launching ceremony will also be

HIGHLIGHTS

Continued SinceJanuary, 2010

Farewell Party at NHQ on15th May, 2015

Workshop On TrainingNeed Assessment - May20th , 2015

Istqlal Badge Camp byPIA BSA held on 08-14,2015

Campaign against Dengue

Scouting activities - SwatScouts Open Group

Solar Scout InstructorTraining 11-16 May, 2015,At Bs Philippines ScoutsCentre Mt. Makiling LosBanos, Launa, Philippines

Meeting with UNICEF

All Pakistan InterversityRovering Championship -2015

Wood Badge Course ForRover Scouts

Meeting was attended by the followings:- Ms. Ascha Harwood (UNICEF)- Ms. Nida Mushtaq (UNICEF)- Mr. Hasan Siddique (UNICEF)- Mr. Naveed Ullah Babar (PBSA)- Mr. Usman Pasha (PBSA)

On the invitation of National Institute ofDisaster Management (NIDM), theworkshop for training need assessmentwas attended by Mr. Zahid Mahboob,Director Training & Programme, PBSA on20th May, 2015. The objective of thisworkshop was “to indentfy gaps in theknowledge, skills and competencies ofpeople involved in DRM / DRR andhumanitarian relief work in Pakistan todesign and develop needs based capacitybuilding programme.”

WORKSHOP ON TRAINING NEED

ASSESSMENT - MAY 20TH , 2015

ALL PAKISTAN INTERVERSITY ROVERING

CHAMPIONSHIP - 2015A mega event of All Pakistan InterversityRovering Championship 2015 was held atThe University of the Poonch Rawalakotfrom 25 to 30 May 2015 under the aegis ofHEC, Islamabad. In this Event 18 prominentUniversities of Pakistan participated withfull enthusiasm and interest. The Event

was opened by Prof. Dr. Muhammad RafiqKhan, Dean of UPR, AJK.

The major components of the competitionwere Camp Inspection, Hiking, Tracking,

Knots, Lashing, Cooking, Pioneering, FirstAid, Scouting and Camp Fire.

The Programme Organizing Committee

consisted of AJK Senior Scout Officials,Team Managers & University officials. Mr.Muhammad Younis Khan, Director Sports,

UPR, AJK, was the Secretary of OrganizingCommittee. The Judges panel wascomprised of Raja Abdul Waheed Fitrat, PSAJK, Mr. Abdul Samad Chisty, Dy.Secretary, AJK, Mr. Munawar Hussain, LT,Mr. Zubair Ahmad Khan, ALT and Mr.Shakeel Ahmad Khan, ALT, whereasNational Headquarters, PBSA, wasrepresented by Mr. Usman Pasha, Dy.Director Programme.

WOOD BADGE COURSE FOR ROVERSCOUTS

Wood Course for Rover ScoutsNTC Jungle Mangal Mansehra

Badge wasorganized at

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Walk against Dengue atSwat

Annual Summer Hikefor MSOG

Glorious Memories

World CelebrationsEnvironment Day -5 June, 2015

Seerat Conference atScouts Nasheman,Ghora Gali, MureeHills, 6-7 June, 2015

-1st Husne-e-NaatFor Boy Scouts

- Husne-e-QiratFor Boy Scouts

- 36th Speech Conteston Seerat-un-NabiFor Boy Scouts

- 26th Speech Conteston Seerat-un-NabiFor Rover Scouts

Growth of Scouting

Seminar at Khairpur

UP COMINGNATIONAL EVENTS

2015 by PBSA, i

Mr.& Mr.

Dy.Leader. Mr. Ayub Sabir and Mr. SajjadAslam also supported the course.

Mr. Zahid Mahboob, Acting Secretary,PBSA also visited the course. In the closingCeremony, he appreciated the spirit andhard work of the team and presentedcertificates to the successful participants.

Istaqlal Badge Camp was organized at

Global Village, NHQ, PBSA Islamabad from08-14 May, 2015 by PIA BSA. Mr. KhalidAbbasi was the Camp Leader & Mr. SaleemButt was the Dy. Leader.

Mr. Naveed Ullah Babar, Secretary, PBSAwas Chief Guest of the closing Ceremony.He appreciated the spirit and hard work ofthe team. Mr. Usman Pasha, Dy. DirectorProgramme, PBSA was also present on theoccasion.

A special campaign against dengue virushas been launched by the Government ofthe Punjab, Dr. Aftab Iqbal Ch: Dy. CMO /

from 24-31 May, ak. Railwaysn which 28 Rover Leaders from all

over Pakistan participated. AbdulManan was the Course LeaderPervaiz Iqbal Qureshi was the Course

The major components of the competition

ISTAQLAL BADGE CAMP

CAMPAIGN AGAINST DENGUE

APC admn of Pak Railways has beenappointed as focal person for PakistanRailways. Scouts from Pak. Railways areproviding information to the community.Pamphlets and medicine were alsodistributed among the people.

On 1st May, 2015 Hobbies Competitionwas organized by Swat Scouts Open Groupat Group Office Haji Baba in which

Shaheen, Boy and Rover Scouts of SwatScouts Open Group participated. 9 Stallwere provided in Dean Hall of Swat ScoutsOpen Group.Mr. Amjid Ali, Former Group Leader SwatScouts Open Group, Mr. Akhtar Ali, Rover

Unit Leader Swat Scouts Open Group andGroup Leader Akhtar Ali, President GoldMedalist inspected the stalls.Following positions were declared:- Mr. Rehmat Ali - 1st Position- Mr. Ruh Almin - 2nd Position- Mr. Adil - 3rd Position

Mr. Amjid Ali, Former Group Leader ofSwat Scouts Open Group appreciated theefforts of the Scouts.

SCOUTING ACTIVITIES - SWAT SCOUTSOPEN GROUP

WALK AGAINST DENGUE AT SWAT

MSOG arranged awareness walk against

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2nd National YouthForum-2015 atKarachi 9-10 June,2015 at PakistanAmerican CultureCentre (PACC)Auditorium, Karachi

Inter ProvincialGames 2015 atIslamabad.9-12, June, 2015

Scouts & YouthLeaders Scouts Camp-2015, 12-14 June,2015 at NHQ, PBSA,Islamabad

UP COMINGINTERNATIONAL EVENTS

Dengue disease. school children from

d i f fe re n t e d u c at i on a l i n st i tu te s

Participated in the walk. Inamullah

Khan(social worker Matta) was the chief

guest on the occasion while CMO Matta

Khaliq Khan (Kaka) presided the gathering.

During their speeches, the speakers talked

about the prevention strategies. Principal

Umeed-e-Sahar School Mr. Imran Khan

thanked MSOG and guests for arranging

the event. A rally, led by honourable guests

and MSOG members started from Umeed-

e-Sahar School passed through different

routes of Matta bazar and ended near THQ

hospital Matta. GSL Haji Musa Khan

pasban raised different slogans against the

disease with the main theme of

"Prevention of Dengue".

The scouts were also briefed about History

of scouting, badge system, Units, Policy,

scout promise, scout rules etc.

Annual summer hike of MSOG took place

in Shangla district the famous picnic point

Yakh Tangay. Scouts covered 10 Kms

distance from Board to Yakh Tangay. At the

end, the scouts enjoyed an informal camp

ANNUAL SUMMER HIKE OF MSOG

fire. AGSL Rafi ur Rahman was the Hike

Leader. While GSL Haji Muhammad Musa

Khan Pasban also participated in the hike

Sindh Boy Scouts Association organized a

seminar on growth of scouting at khairpur

Sindh in May 2014 in which more than 70

Districts Scout Secretaries and Organizers

participated.The Seminar was inaugurated by

while

was the Chief Guest at the

Closing Ceremony. Syed Abid Ali shah, APC

Sindh BSA, Syed Akhtar Meer, Provincial

Secretary Sindh BSA and Senior Scouters

organized this seminar to enhance scout

membership.

Mr. Munawar Ali Mithani, Deputy

Commissioner, Khairpur Mr. Tariq

Ali Nizamani Addit ional Deputy

Commissioner

GROWTH OF SCOUTING SEMINAR AT

KHAIRPUR

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Mr. AmanUllahZafar an avid Boy Scout andsportsman known to most of us as A UZafar - presently the Honorary President ofPakistan Scouts and Guides Fellowshiptalks passionately about his involvementand role in the Boy Scout movement inPakistan. From his early childhood he feltinspired by the significance of scouting inone's personal development and wasmotivated to help others which is why hebecame a boy scout at the age of 12. Hewas very keen to learn the advantage ofbeing fit and achieving capability to getselected for difficult tasks facingyoungsters, the experience of challenginghimself, which being a Boy Scout wouldinstill in him. The benefits of leadership,humility and courage would stay with himfor a lifetime, being integral to Scout Oathand Laws. Scouting helped him to mold hischaracter, to form friendships, to provide aworthwhile outlet for the natural energieshe had as a growing boy, and to be trainedas a good citizen. He feels that he was ableto successfully navigate his personal andprofessional life due to the values andcharacter he developed and learned as aBoy Scout. He is the man today due toscouting experiences, having served hiscountry as a responsible respected civil

servant, diplomat, sportsman, friend, andfamily man.Mr. Zafar says that Scouting builds peoplewho are equipped to make ethical andgood choices. It's not unusual to see theleaders of communities come out ofScouting.Charisma and other personalitytraits may determine how far up theladder you go, but the Scout Law defineyour character. If you don't have integrity,you're not a good leader no matter howcharismatic.

like Bill Gates,Michael Bloomberg, Barack Obamaamongst so many others- they all creditthe Boy Scouts for sparking their interestin public service and trace their successesto the early learnings as a Boy Scout.All young Pakistani boys who want to maketheir country and their world a betterplace in which to live to join the boy scoutssays Mr. Zafar. He advises all young peopleto get trained and achieve excellence inlife to deal with challenges in life as he didas a Scout. Scouting's emphasis on

community service and tolerance andworld friendship promotes a speedierattainment of life's goals. By developingamong its members both a spirit ofsturdiness, self-reliance, and a realizationof the need for cooperative effort in everymajor enterprise, the Scout movement is a

It's not a coincidence he saysthat successful world leaders have thebedrock of being Scouts

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APR Seminar on lifeskills for the 21stCentury - Bhutan 22-25June, 2015

27July - 08, August,2015

Asia Pacific RegionalCourse for LeaderTrainer - Korea,26 Oct - 01 Nov, 2015

APR Workshop onEnvironment Educationin Scouting - Pakistan14 Sep - 18 Sep, 2015

Launching Solar Badge

prime force in preparing tomorrow'syoung men for their duty to themselves,their country, and their world. He feels thatthe Pakistan Scout and Guide Fellowship ismost important to inculcate the spirit ofScouting among youth but is not enoughcelebrated. Pakistan needs Scouting nowmore than ever before, he says.It is a vitalchannel both for Scout Alumni as mentorsand as an encouraging force for Pakistaniyouth.

A U Zafar as a Rover Scout in 1946Mr. Zafar the son of Rahim Bakhsh aneducationist, was awarded the highestaward in scouting in Pakistan the “SilverCamel” in 1983 as Chief Scout PakistanRailways by President of Pakistan and GoldMedal in 1968 by Air Marshal Noor Khanfor meritorious services rendered to thegame of Hockey in Pakistan. Despite manychallenges Mr. AmanUllah Zafar At theage of 22 was selected to lead the first everPakistan delegation of 15 Rover Scouts toparticipate in the World Rover Moot inNorway in 1949 as well as visit 10 countriesacross Europe and meet with the localScout organizations and leadership. Thethen Govern or Gen eral Khawa jaNazimuddin- the Chief Scout of Pakistan -hosted a reception in Karachi to honourthe delegation. Traveling by ship and trainover a two month period from August toSeptember 1949 in the post-World War IIEurope was a tremendous Experience anddeveloped in him the adership skills andvalues which have been central to his lifeever since.He recalls with excitement about the timethat he along with fellow rover scoutArshad Muneer, both belonging to theMountaineering Society of Pakistan, wereselected to participate in the hike toconquer the highest glacier mountain inEurope -Glitter Tund located in Norway. Hesays that it took them two days to reachthe mountain top and when they werenear the top, suddenly the glacier startedmoving and they were lucky that theyreached the top just as it started slippinguprooting tall trees. Being only three feet

le

away from the edge of the glacier theywatched the spectacular fall of the Glacier,an achievement for any scout and hiker.Then snow was in the air and nothingcould be seen except large clouds of snowfor about half an hour and then it wascalm, after which they returned to thebase camp. He still has the wooden stickhe used to climb the glacier and theneckerchief he received from jamboreeshe attended as precious mementos andkeepsakes.Mr. Zafar a Chartered MechanicalEngineer from London, UK started hiscareer in the Indian State Railways in 1945before Partition and was doing hisapprenticeship in Jamalpur, BiharProvince at the time of India-Pakistanpartition in 1947. He subsequently servedas General Manager Railways in the 1980s.During his tenure in the Railways, he wasappointed Corps Commander St. JohnsAmbulance Brigade in 1952 and led thePakistan Day Parade. He has also served asFederal Secretary to the Government ofPakistan serving in the Ministry ofPlanning/ Development and EconomicAffairs and in Information& Broadcasting.He also was the first Consul General ofPakistan in Hong Kong and served inPakistan Embassies in Washington D.C.and Belgium and the European Union.

A U Zafar in 1952Mr. Zafar is a prominent leader of thesports community in Pakistan andinternationally. He has lead Pakistan to theWorld Congress in Mexico in football,athletics and basketball. He has served asManager Pakistan National Athletics teamin the Commonwealth games held inPerth, Australia in 1962. He himself hasexcelled in twenty sports during his youthyears breaking national records inathletics in the 1940s.Among the many positions he has heldthrough Elections in National SportsFederation in the country few are givenbelow:1. President of the Railways SportsControl Board

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2. Chairman Pakistan BasketballFederation3. President Pakistan Table TennisFederation4. Executive Committee Member ofthe Pakistan Hockey Federation andthePakistan Cricket Control Board

5. Senior Vice President PakistanAmateur Athletics Federation6. Member of National OlympicCommittee (NOC of POA).

Mr. Zafar stays in touch with the Boy ScoutAssociation of Pakistan even though he iscurrently living in New York where he isliving these days. He plans to activelyparticipate once he is back in the country.

We salute and anxiously awaiting hisreturn to Pakistan.We also thanks Ms. Farwa Zafar, daughterof Mr. Zafar for facilitating us to approachMr. Zafar at New York.

Stay Blessed, Sir.

ISSUANCE OF TRAINING CERTIFICATESFollowing Honourable Charge & Parchments

have been issued from Feb-May, 2015:

Honourable Charge(ALT):- Muhammad Arshad - Sindh- M. Ahmad Khan - Sindh- Hakim Ali Soomro - Sindh- Haji Zulfiqar Ali - Sindh- Musrat Ali Mangi - Sindh- Imran Ali - Sindh- S. Khurshid Hussain - Sindh- Anis Begum - Sindh- Habibullah - Sindh- Punhal Khan - Sindh- Shahid Pervaiz - PIA- Iftikhar Ahmed - Balochistan- A. Hameed Mengal - Balochistan- Talal ud Din - Balochistan- Imran Hussain Mir - G-Baltistan- Qazi M. Noorullah - Punjab- H. M. Zeeshan - Punjab

Parchment:

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Shaheen Section:

Boy Section:

Rover Section:

Ajmal Khan - PIA

Khanan Nasir - Balochistan- Muhammad Aqeel - Punjab- Mohsin Raza Arif - Punjab- M. Yousaf Khan - Sindh- Asim Iqbal - Sindh- Sakhawat Hussain - Sindh- Farrukh Bilal - Sindh- Nazar Muhammad - Sindh- Fazal Wahab - KPK- Alam Zeb Khan - KPK- Iltaf Hussain - KPK

Zeenat Tabassum - PIA- Shiraz Rajwani - Sindh- M.Musa Khan - KPK

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S-G - 50 InternationalJamboree - 2015 -Singapore17-22, Nov, 2015

8th Asia PacificRegional ScoutYouth ForumKorea 29th Oct, 1st-Nov, 2015

25th Asia PacificRegional ScoutConference - Korea-03-08 November2015