PTI KSA and UAE regional bodies restructured | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><u><span style="font-size: 22pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></font></span></u><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">In a telephonic meeting with the PTI KSA national body, the Middle East Information Sec, and Middle East Coordinator Muhammad Nadeem Muhammad discussed matters related to the outlook of PTI Middle East for the year 2010. The main agenda items discussed during this session included:<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&#160;</font></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(1) Issues related to the local chapters within the Middle East countries, especially <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saudi Arabia</st1:place></st1:country-region> and UAE.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(2) Strategy for increasing membership of the chapters in the region.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(3) PTIs plan for the year 2010<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&#160;</font></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Based on the input from all the participants and performance evaluation of the various chapters across the region, the Middle East Coordinator, Information sec and the KSA Coordinator mutually decided to restructure the local bodies of Northern Emirates in the UAE, the Central, Eastern and Western regional chapters in Saudi Arabia (KSA), respectively. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&#160;</font></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">As part of the restructuring process, the regional bodies of <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&#160;</font></o:p></span></p> <ol type="1" style="margin-top: 0cm"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Northern Emirates UAE<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><st1:placename w:st="on"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Central</span></st1:placename><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <st1:placename w:st="on">Regional</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Kingdom</st1:placetype> of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saudi Arabia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Eastern <st1:placename w:st="on">Region</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Kingdom</st1:placetype> of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saudi Arabia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><st1:placename w:st="on"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Western</span></st1:placename><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <st1:placename w:st="on">Region</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Kingdom</st1:placetype> of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saudi Arabia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></li> </ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&#160;</font></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Are being dissolved and a concept of city level bodies is being introduced, whereby the office bearers of each city will be directly answerable to the national body of the country. Moreover, new appointments will be made as part of this restructuring, which might include retaining some of the existing office bearers based on their past performance, while also giving a chance to new individuals. On Instructions of Middle East Coordinator the Notifications with regards to the revision of roles or new appointments should be issued within 2 weeks time to the selected individuals by Coordination Committee UAE in UAE and Mr. Fawad Ch Coordinator KSA in KSA locally. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&#160;</font></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&#160;</font></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The meeting participants also decided that as part of the strategy to increase paid membership, the national body will plan more frequent trips to the local city chapters, hence helping increase interaction with the city members and strengthening the overall functioning of each country in <st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&#160;</font></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">With regards to the plan for 2010, the Middle East coordinator stressed on the importance of paid membership for PTI and advised all the chapters in Middle East to concentrate in helping to increase this critical source of financial support for PTIs activities in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Mr. Nadeem also congratulated the KSA, UAE, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Oman</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Bahrain</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kuwait</st1:country-region> and Qatar Chapter on the performance during 2009 He specially congratulated Mr. Fawad Ch for recently reaching the 100 paid members milestone (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saudi Arabia</st1:place></st1:country-region>) at a place where Political Activities are not allowed at all.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">&#160;</font></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:formulas><v:path o:connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" o:extrusionok="f"></v:path><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style="width: 153pt; height: 75.75pt"><v:imagedata o:title="signatures" src="file:///C:DOCUME~1hcheemaLOCALS~1Tempmsohtmlclip11clip_image001.jpg"></v:imagedata></v:shape><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Muhammad Nadeem Muhammad<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Pakistan</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> Tehreek-e-Insaf <o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Middle East</span></st1:place><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Abu Dhabi</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">, <o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">UAE<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p> <p>&#160;</p>