The consul general of France in Karachi, Mr Pierre Seillan who in collaboration with Mr Hasan Ali Khan managing director Continental Biscuits and his wife Mrs Sherood Khan, had recently, organised a Dinner/Art Auction to raise funds for Al-Mehrab Tibbi Imdad's (AMTI).
25 bed hospice for terminally ill poor patients would like to express his gratitude to all the sponsors, donors, bidders and specially artists Mehtab Ali, Rashid Ali, Noorjehan Bilgrami, Aliya Chinoy, Akram Dost, Jimmy Engineer, Masood Kohari, Momin Khan, Lal Mohammed Pathan,G.N Kazi, Mashkoor Raza, Nahid Raza, Shehla Rehman, Mohammed Sadiq, Sharjeel Sarfaraz, Hanif Shehzad, Shaheen Siddiqui, Khalid Soomro and Aftab Zafar who were instrumental in raising more than three million rupees for a much deserving noble cause.
The Dinner/Art Auction was the curtain raiser of the "FRENCH CULTURAL TRILOGY". The other two events, a jazz concert by the French band CARAVAN, organised by INSEAD Alumni/PFBA (Pakistan France Business Alliance) and a grand fashion show "Homage to Two Empresses Josephine and Noorjehan" by Nilofer Shahid will be held on November 28, 2008 and December 18, 2008 respectively.