Pak-Scouts OCT, 2016 MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Continued Since https://www.facebook.com/pakscouts January, 2010 www.pakscouts.org ISSUE # 82 HIGHLIGHTS 140th National Executive Committee Meeting held at PHQ, Quetta - 30 September, 2016 4th Meeting of 140TH NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Provincial Secretaries HELD AT PHQ, QUETTA ON 30 SEPTEMBER, 2016 Committee Meeting held at PHQ, Quetta - National Executive Committee Meeting was held on 30th September, 2016 at Quetta. Ms. Rahila Hameed Khan Durrani, Chief Commissioner, PBSA & Speaker Balochistan Assembly 30 September, 2016 Chaired the Meeting. The minutes of 139th Meeting of National Executive Committee, PBSA were confirmed by the house. The House has given formal approval of revised Service Rules of PBSA, Additions / Amendments in the revised Rules of its subsidiaries. Annual Budget Statement for the Year 2016-17 and Recommendations of the Finance Sub-Committee were also approved. Hafiz Tariq Mahmood, Sr. Deputy Chief Commissioner Seminar Commissioner, PBSA,Syed Abid Ali Shah, Deputy Chief Commissioner, PBSA, Mr. at NHQ, PBSA, Abdul Mannan, International Commissioner, Islamabad 4-7 Sep, 2016 PBSA, Syed Akhtar Meer, Honorary Treasurer, PBSA, Mr. Zahid Mahboob, Secretary, PBSA, Mr. Muhammad Rafique Khattak, Provincial Commissioner, KP BSA, Mr. Imtiaz Khan, Provincial Secretary, KP BSA, Mr. Sarfraz Qamar Daha, Provincial Commissioner, Pak. Railways BSA, Mr. Muhammad Tariq Qureshi, Provincial Secretary, Punjab BSA and Mr. Awan Hussain, Acting Secretary FATA BSA were present in the meeting. October, 2016 Pak-Scouts MONTHLY NEWSLETTER ISSUE # 82 4TH MEETING OF PROVINCIAL Directorship of Mr. Zahid Mahboob, SECRETARIES COMMITTEE MEETING Secretary PBSA, whereas the Training Team was comprised of Mr. Abdul APR Forum on Risk 4th Meeting of Provincial Secretaries Management - Malaysia Committee was held on 30th September, 05-08 September, 2016 APR Workshop on Evnironment Education 2016 at Quetta. Sr. Deputy Chief - Thailand - 19-23 Mannan, International Commissioner, Mr. Commissioner, PBSA Chaired the Meeting. September, 2016 Imtiaz Khan, PS KP-BSA, Mr. Usman Pasha, Scouting matters were discussed in length. Dy. Director Programme and Mr. Asif Mr. Zahid Mahboob, Secretary, PBSA, Syed Mahmood, Global Coordinator (SgS). Akhtar Meer, Provincial Secretary, Sindh The objective of the Seminar was to brief BSA, Mr. Sabir Hussain, Provincial International Peace Day - Secretary, Balochistan, Mr. Muhammad 21st September, 2016 Tariq Qureshi, Provincial Secretary, Punjab BSA, Mr. Imtiaz Khan, Provincial Secretary, Scout Week Celebrations Khyber Pakhtunkhwa BSA, Prof. Dr. Abdul Hayee Sheikh, Provincial Secretary, IBSA, Mr. Awan Hussain, Acting Provincial Secretary FATA BSA were present in the meeting. Wood Badge Training the participants about their Role as Scout Course held at Ghora COMMISSIONER SEMINAR AT NHQ, Commissioner, to understand the Gali Murree Hill PBSA, ISLAMABAD fundamentals of Scouting, POR, Training FROM 4 - 7 SEPTEMBER 2016 and Youth Programme Policies & System. 3-10 September, 2016 Pakistan Boy Scouts Association organized During the Seminar the participants also Commissioners' Seminar at its Global made an educational / recreational tour of Village, NHQ, PBSA, Islamabad from 04 -07 Murree where they closely observed the September 2016. In this Seminar a total nature and striking environment. Mr. of 18 Scout Commissioners from Sindh- Scout Achievement Abdul Mannan and Mr. Usman Pasha BSA, KP-BSA, PR-BSA and PIA-BSA accompanied the travellers as participated. Coordinators. The Commissioners' Seminar was inaugurated by Hafiz Tariq Mahmood, The closing ceremony of the Seminar was Senior Deputy Chief Commissioner PBSA. held on 7th September 2016 wherein Mr. The Seminar was organized under the Abdul Mannan, International October, 2016 Pak-Scouts MONTHLY NEWSLETTER ISSUE # 82 Commissioner, PBSA was the Chief Guest. is better than cure. That is why we have to On this occasion Mr. Mustanser Ahmad anticipate the safety requirement for our UP COMING Khan, PS PR-BSA was also present and young people, which is part and parcel of NATIONAL EVENTS distributed T-shirts as souvenirs amongst human safety”. the participants of the Seminar. Also present at the opening were Dr Mohd Mukhyuddin Bin Sarwani, PPM ASIA PACIFIC REGION FORUM ON RISK International Commissioner, YBhg Dato' MANAGEMENT – MALAYSIA 05-8 Raja Ruslan Bin Raja Samah, PPM Chief Scout Week will be SEPTEMBER, 2016 Executive Officer, Atty Wendel E. celebrated all over Avisado,1st Vice-Chairman of RSC and the APR Forum on Risk Management held at Pakistan - 5-11 Regional Director JR C Pangilinan. Charles the International Youth Centre in Kuala September, 2016 Ng and Abdullah Rasheed of the Global Lumpur from 5-8 September, 2016. In Support Centre were taking part in the which 39 Scout Leaders participated from seven countries – Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Scouts of China, India, Pakistan, Philippines, and Malaysia. At this forum, participants focused on re- First National Scout GO emphasizing the importance and Solar (SgS) Workshop - 2016 at NHQ, PBSA, Islamabad 25-30 October, 2016 event. The workshop was a joint partnership of Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia and World Scout Bureau Asia-Pacific Support Centre. Malcolm Tan Ban Hoe, Chairman of advantages of implementing a risk APR Strategy Monitoring Task Force, management approach to Scouting, shared his knowledge and ideas as National Rover Moot - including a review of the guideline on Safe resource person. Seminar Director was Mr 2016 from Harm – Child and Youth Protection. Jamal Harim Bin Abdullah supported by Mr Maj General (Rtd) Prof Dato' Dr. Mohd Zin S. Prassanna Shrivastava of Asia-Pacific Bidin, National Chief Scout Commissioner Support Centre. of Malaysia, graced the opening ceremony. Following participated from Pakistan: As a risk management practitioner, he - Mr. Zubiar Al Farooq Lodhi, Commissioner Special Initiatives, PBSA National Training stressed the importance of risk - Mr. Abdul Qayyum Babai, Conference - 2016 management for young members, which is Provincial Commissioner, Balochistan BSA an integral element in all Scouting - Mr. Nizam ud din Mengal, activities. He said that “In developing a Member National Councel, PBSA - Syed Atif Ali, proper mentality of Risk Management, we Scout Leader, SindhBSA should work with the old adage prevention October,July, 2016 2016 Pak-Scouts MONTHLY NEWSLETTER ISSUE # 7982 APR WORKSHOP ON ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION 19-23 SEPTEMBER, 2016 UP COMING AT THAILAND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS Asia-Pacific Region, in collaboration with the National Scout Organization of Thailand, organized the APR Workshop on Environment Education in Scouting on 19- 13th Malaysia Scout leaders together to exchange ideas on Jamboree & 2016 Kuala environmental education and foster new Lumpur International Scout Jamboree – MALAYSIA 25TH November to 1 st Dec, 2016 23 September 2016. The workshop addressed three levels: the regional level for the promotion of the World Scout working knowledge for the implementation of the World Scout Apr Workshop on Strengthening Internal and External Communications in Scouting inform Interact Inspire - THAILAND 11- 14 October, 2016 Environment Program to NSOs in APR, the national level for the development of Environmental Program (WSEP). educational program, and the unit level Objectives of the Workshop were as where Scouts implement the program at under: · To bring key leaders from the NSOs in their local communities. The theme of the workshop was "Our the region together to share variety of Contribution to Sustainable Development experiences and understanding of Goals" aimed at linking the World Scout environment education activities Environment Program with relevant goals undertaken in NSO's. of SDGs. · To build the capacity of NSOs for Aim of the Workshop was Bringing Scout October, 2016 Pak-Scouts MONTHLY NEWSLETTER ISSUE # 82 environmental education program by implementing the World Scout Environmental Program at national and local/community level. · To define the link between World Scout Environment Program, SCENES, Environment Partnership, SgS and complimentary badges etc. World Scout Seminar on Mr. Abdul Mannan, International Mr. Usman Pasha & Mr. Asif Mahmood also Messengers of Peace - Planted sapling at NHQ on this day and HUNGARY Commissioner, PBSA, Mr. Zahid Mahboob, prayed with staff for peace in Pakistan and 12 – 16 October, 2016 Secretary, PBSA, Mr. Talat Jahan, Balochistan BSA, Raja Akhlaq Hussain Khan, AJK BSA, Muhammad Maqbool Abbasi from AJK BSA participated in the workshop representing Pakistan Boy Scouts Association. 1st Singapore Moot – INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY - 21ST SINGAPORE SEPTEMBER, 2016 17 – 21 Dec, 2016 Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. At National Headquarters, Pakistan Boy Scouts Association was also celebrated Hong Kong Scout 105 Anniversary Jamboree – HONG KONG 23 – 27 Dec 2016 Peace Day with zeal and zest. Flowers were presented to the office staff by Mr. Usman Pasha, Deputy Director Programme, PBSA & Mr. Asif Mahmood, Global (SgS) Coordinator. In this way peace was delivered through love amongst the employees of PBSA. October, 2016 Pak-Scouts MONTHLY NEWSLETTER ISSUE # 82 all over the world. Wood Badge Training Course was Provincial Associations and Pakistan organized by Punjab Boy Scouts Scouts Cadet College Batrasi also Association at Ghora Gali Murree Hills organized enthusiastically special from 3-10 September, 2016. activities in connection with