Friends of SOS committee by Mahnaz Fareed and companions

The three hostesses of the evening,
Freha Ismail, Mahnaz Fareed and Dr. Saleha Bokhari

SOS village and Herman Gmeiner school Multan are two mega living projects, which require day to day maintainence and assistance every minute of the day. An enormous, Herculean task, which no man in the city of saints dared to carry out but instead, a petite, extremely elegant, young lady, gathered her strength and pushed it ahead. It was only Mahnaz Fareed in the begining, who took the initiative with some friends and family members. And today, she is proudly supported by around 200 'friends of SOS', in this cause.

The most successful and regular of all the activities, carried out by the team of Mahnaz Fareed Sheikh for fund raising and keeping people engaged with children of SOS village, is again a committee party circle. In Which, the members contribute a little amount as charity for the children of SOS village.

As this committee is nearing its end. Mahnaz finally had her turn to host the party on 22nd January 2014, with two of her partners in the committee, Dr. Saleha Pasha and Freeha Ismail.

Together, all of them decided to arrange it at Mahnaz Fareed's own palatial mansion. Which definitely has a better capacity and ambiance, boasted by any restaurant in Multan. And it did not make a difference, if the weather was cold. There were plenty of candles, lit everywhere to add a warm glow to the entire place. But inorder to add to the comfort of the guests, heaters were placed everywhere, inside and outside, in the veranda as well. Where the arrangement for hi-tea as laid. Generous use of flower arrangments also beautified the event.

Never short of ideas, this super woman Mahnaz, planned an extravgant entertainment program, 'The Multan idol', a Karaoke singing competition for her guests to keep them engaged in enjoyment. A Karaoke machine was placed in the majestic dinning hall of her house. Members were told to make two teams and sing in groups together. And that was not all that 'The Multan idol' had to offer. Keeping up the tradition of the idol shows. Three of the members were requested to play the role of judges. Dr. Amna Awaan, Saadia Yaqub and Fariha Munir Shah were bestowed with the honor of being the judges of the evening. Dr. Amna turned out to be the most vocal, ruthless, the worst kind of critic of all the three judges. Indeed, something which everybody enjoyed.

Some important announcements were also made at the occassion, specially about the upcoming fundraiser in February. A superb musical evening with a scrumptious dinner on Saturday, 22nd February. The singers are going to be the famous Sanam Marvi of Coke studio fame and Amanat Ali, the winner of Indian idol. Friends of SOS and others can get the passes by donating some amount as charity for the children of SOS village. It is going to be one of its kind event, with highly selective gathering and splendid arrangement, something not to be missed in any case.

At the end, all the guests were entertainted with an extra superb, extra sumptuos hi-tea, catered by Ramada hotel. Freeha Ismail and Dr. Saleha Bokhari remained hand in hand with Mahnaz in hosting and entertaining the guests. With so many preety ladies, acting as hostesses, the party had to be of superlative degree.

Thanks a lot ladies for such a fabulous time and great hospitality!!

And all of you, who are reading this, contact SOS village Multan. Do not miss this upcoming, fantastic musical evening and a chance to meet all the lovely people, associated with this noble cause of SOS village .

The gorgeous Mahnaz Fareed.

Hania with Tehmina Munir, who is presenting bouquet to Mahnaz Fareed

Freeha Ismail

Mrs. Mughees A. Sheikh.

Rubina, Dr. Amna Awan, Saadia Yaqub and Tehmina Munir

The Disney princess of Multan, Saima Faisal

Tehmina Khakwani and Bushra Gillani

The superb hostess, Mahnaz Fareed entertaining her guests.

Hania Shahid singing 'Money, Money, Money''

Saadia Yaqub, Rameen Anis and Beena Khwaja.

Romana Tanveer and Itrat Bano.

The generation, next.

Mahnaz Amir and Mala Ahsan

The dinning hall, all set for a Karaoke competition.

Sumera in style.

Shumaila, Romana Ahmed and Rabia Bosan

The enthusiastic Karaoke singing is on.

The second team ecstatic as well.

Zainab Khakwani.

Romana Tanveer and Itrat Bano

Saima and Noor.

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