INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARACHI: Counsel General of Switzerland in Karachi Emil Wyss before ending his diplomatic assignment spent his concluding days touring the
metropolis as well as Hyderabad.The counsel general who arrived at the city earlier this month on a 12-day private visit took the
opportunity to explore the cultural and historic sites in the two cities of Sindh while also celebrating Independence Day with the locals
&Just before leaving Karachi after my diplomatic assignment ended, my wife and I committed to revisit this beautiful country every year
around the 14th of August
I&m very happy that I could come this year to celebrate the Pakistani Independence Day with friends and to meet with some local charities,
and NGOs to further promote their cause to serve the less privileged,& he said
During this visit the Swiss national, who excitedly boasts that his heart is half-Pakistani, paid visits to Karachi Vocational Training
Centre for intellectually challenged children, Bint-e-Fatima Old Home Trust for aged and widowed women, Al-Umeed Rehabilitation Association
(AURA) for cerebral palsy children, Deaf Reach School for aurally impaired, Alamgir Welfare Trust where he inaugurated the Trust
state-of-the art computer institute for the less privileged students in Korangi area.Wyss also visited Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre where
he paid homage to the founder, late sister Ruth Pfau
He attended an impressive investiture ceremony and Independence Day celebrations organized by Saifiyah Girls School run by the Bohra
community in the old Karachi City precinct
He also granted wishes of terminally ill kids during his visit to Make-a-Wish Foundation Pakistan.Despite heavy rains over past week-end,
the former Swiss diplomat, went out and about on his mission to visit Friends of Burns Centre at the Civil Hospital (now Dr
Pfau Hospital), Brenton Carey Hostel for orphan and single-parents girls students, the Edhi Foundation, IBTIDA Drug Rehabilitation Centre,
and Dar-ul-Sukun home for the abandoned children with special abilities
Dressed in a half-starched traditional Pakistani shalwar kameez, with waistcoat, and sandals, Wyss made sure to attend the official
flag hoisting ceremony at the Mazar-e-Quaid on the morning of August 14 following which, he visited Afzaal Memorial Thalassemia Foundation
where he donated blood for thalassemia major children
Later that day, he visited Markaz-e-Umeed to participate in the Independence Day celebrations and enjoyed BBQ dinner with the elderly at
Vcare Social Welfare Society in the metropolis& North Nazimabad area
While he was in Hyderabad, the expat met with students of Government Boys Public School from Kotri Dhani Bux Village, visited Neuro Medical
Centre, attended Eid and Independence Day celebrations organized by the Rotaract Club of Hyderabad Galaxy, and showed keen interest in the
artworks made by students during his trip to the Mehran University Centre of Excellence in Arts and Design in Jamshoro.On the second last
day of his tour de Karachi, Wyss visited the offices of HANDS Pakistan, went to meet students at the Anjuman-e-Behbood Samat-e-Atfal (ABSA)
He also participated in a special event arranged by Dawood Global Foundation for its Educate-a-Girl program
In the vicinity of Landhi, he visited Drug Free Pakistan Foundation and also made a stop at one of Pakistan first ever vocational education
institutes, Pak-Swiss Training Centre, and spent one afternoon with the especially-able children at the Umeedgah Rehabilitation Welfare
Few hours before returning, Wyss attended Commissioner Karachi City Parade
Talking to senior journalists, and media representatives at a local hotel he shared details of the tour, cherished the world-famous
Pakistani hospitality, and expressed his interest to revisit Pakistan, soon, with his wife Arie.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the
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