<div>The Secretary General of the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf arrived in Houston, Texas on May 26, 2008. An informal dinner and meeting was held at Sajjad Burkis residence with the elected officials of PTI Texas. Included in this meeting were Sajjad Burki (President), Marghub Syed (VP), Huma Ashraf (VP Women wing), Abdul Qayyum (Sec. Gen), Behzad Khan (Finance Sec), Omer Minhas (Joint Sec), Fayyaz Qureshi (Publicity Sec) and their respective spouses. The group was enchanted with the information provided by Dr. Alvi and the exchnge of ideas on the growth of PTI in USA.</div> <div> </div> <div>A formal Dinner and meeting was held for the general membership and invited guests on May 27 at Mezban Restaurant. This meeting started at 9:15 PM, was attended by over 125 people and continued till 12:30 AM.</div> <div> </div> <div>The guest Panel included Dr. Arif Alvi Sec Gen PTI, Honorable Aqil Nadeem Consul General of Pakistan In Texas, Mr. M J Khan Council member City of Houston.</div> <div> </div> <div>After Tilawat introductions of PTI Chapter Texas were made by Mr. Masood ul Hasan. Consul General Aqil Nadeem spoke for a few minutes. Sajjad Burki introduced Dr Alvi and invited him to speak. Dr. Alvi spoke for over thirty minutes and covered many aspects including the current political situation in Pakistan, PTI decisions about boycotting elections, MQM related actions and the future of PTI in Pakistan. Council member M J Khan welcomed Dr. Alvi and emphasized the need to enhance the image of Pakistan in the US.</div> <div> </div> <div>His speech was followed by an open forum for questions. The questions and suggestions were many regarding New leadership in PTI, Democracy in the Party, MQM, previous alliances with the establishment, how to effect change in Pakistan, United States current role and of course about future policies and decisions.</div> <div> </div> <div>Dr. Alvis brilliant style of humor and compliance won the hearts of many and will help us solidify the party and gain new members in Texas. <script type="text/javascript"><!-- D(["mb","u003c/divu003e u003cdivu003e u003c/divu003e u003cdivu003eDinner was served late at 11:15 PM but people continued to have eager discussions with Dr. Alvi throughout the meal. There was no scarcity of compliments for how the interaction was handled and the information provided. u003c/divu003e u003cdivu003e u003c/divu003e u003cdivu003eWith many thanks to Dr. Alvi, we hope to build on this experience in the future. Some pictures are attached. u003c/divu003e u003cdivu003e u003c/divu003e u003cdivu003eSajjad Burkiu003c/divu003eu003cpu003e
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