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Aliha Gardezi's hi-tea. FMS' committee party.

The sun is perched at its' highest peak, these days in Multan, giving birth to the hot, dry climate,  this city is actually known for. But an amazing fact is; the ultimate relief from heat, is brought by another notorious feature about the climatic conditions of this land, the dust storms. Thundering strong winds, suspend moisture free dust in the air, carpet all the floors with it, but bring down the temperatures to surprising degrees, often inviting clouds & rains.

Here, the author of this blog, would like to relate a personal experience. As a child, she had heard stories by her maternal grand mother, about princesses, who were so beautiful, that evil genies, witch doctors, or monsters, would fall in love with them. & in order to get married to them, abducted or captured them. There was always a special description of the arrival of the genie, ghost or monster, whatever you may choose to call them. A dust storm, followed by thunder & lightning, heralded the arrival of such evil characters. This scene was so deeply imprinted on the mind & heart of this writer & even more stronger was the belief, that she, herself was a beautiful princess, that genies would fall in love with. So, all her childhood, every time, there was a 'dust' or 'thunder' storm, she feared that a monster was coming to abduct her.

Anyway!! Back to Multan and its' atmospheric conditions. So all the heat, cannot beat, the partying spirit of Multani'ites. Though, things are going slow, but are still going on.

This month, it was Aliha Gardezi's & Sadia Baloch's turn to host a party in FMS committee, but Aliha had to arrange it, at her own, as Sadia was out of town. Aliha hosted a hi-tea, at Ramada Multan. The major characteristic of this party was, that majority of the members were dressed in neon colours, specially Yellow & Orange. The host herself looked bright & beautiful in neon Yellow. She entertained, all the ladies beautifully with smiles & fantastic hospitality. Relaxed & casual, the ladies had a wonderful time & enjoyed the variety of dishes, Ramada had in special menu for the hi-tea. Congratulations Aliha, you proved yourself a wonderful hostess, another time.



The group photo.

Masooma Sibtain Shoaib & Aliha Gardezi, dressed in neon colours.

Filza Akbar

The symbol of simplicity, modesty with authority.
Miss Syeda Alina Gillani. She is an extremely young government officer.

Always smiling because her name is Freeha Ismail.

Filza Akbar, Humera Wadood.

Mala Ahsan, in neon Yellow.

Rameen Anis with Aliha Gardezi.

Syeda Alina with Marium Farrukh.

Sobia & Filza Akbar.

Look at the chef at the back, he looks more entertained.

Masooma & Aliha Gardezi.
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