New York: Apna Women’s Club has been established for the Pakistani-American community’s women in New York as the announcement came at Apna’s Meena Bazaar which was set up on Cony Island Avenue in Brooklyn.
The participating women shop for oriental colorful clothes, beautifully designed jewelry, and cosmetics products at discounted prices at the Meena Bazaar.
The Mena Bazaar was inaugurated with the recitation of a few verses of the Holy Quran.
Chairman of Apna Community Center Pervez Siddiqui, Executive Director Shazia Watto and founder of Apna Women’s Club Samreen Hussain inaugurated the event with a ribbon cutting.
Free shopping stalls were set up in Meena Bazaar to promote women’s small businesses where oriental clothes, beautifully designed jewelry, and cosmetics products were available at discounted prices.
On this occasion, the special guest and Chairman of Apna Community Center Pervez Siddiqui also contributed a donation to encourage women.
Along with the purchase of beautiful women’s dresses and embellished jewelry, women also applied Mehendi to their hands on this occasion.
While addressing the participants, the executive director of Apna Community Center, Shazia Watto, said that efforts have always been made to empower and stabilize the women of the community, so there will be a meet and greet every month and Meena Bazaar will be held regularly.
In Meena Bazaar, children got a chance to roam around and women got the opportunity to meet each other, eat food and chat with each other. They said that their aim is to bring educated, skilled and unskilled women together.
Women were very happy with the provision of free stalls and the availability of discounted and quality items in Meena Bazaar.
On this occasion, famous singer Saima Jahan presented songs in her melodious voice, which was appreciated by the audience.
The women praised the establishment of Meena Bazaar and expressed the hope that consumers will get good products from here, while women associated with small businesses will also get better business opportunities.
The founder women of Meena Bazaar presented a bouquet to the special guest Pervez Siddiqui and cut a cake together in celebration of the establishment of their women’s club.
