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The 165th Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club

The 165th Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club(ITC) was held on 13th December 2011 at 6.30 PM at NICS, Gate no.5, Lok Virsa, Islamabad. The theme of the meeting was FIND YOUR PURPOSE. The Sergeant at Arms TM Muhammad Bashir Khan commenced the meeting with the mission and moto of ITC. Read more ...

Rauf Khalid (1957-2011) - A Tribute

Late Rauf Khalid’s achievements in life are many, from a civil servant, to a pride of performance winning artist his accomplishments are known to all and sundry. In this short piece I would like to dilate upon his efforts, as an educationist, and a great motivator of the youth of our nation. Read more ...

The 163rd Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club

The 163rd Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club (ITC) was held on Tuesday 22nd November, 2011 at 1830 hours at ITC-NICS- Lok Virsa Gate No.5 Islamabad. The meeting was called to order by reciting the mission of Toastmasters and motto of Islamabad Toastmasters Club by the TM Imran-ul-Haq. Read more ...

The 162nd Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club

The 162nd Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club was held on Tuesday 15th November 2011 at 1830 hours at ITC-NICS- Lok Virsa Gate No.5 Islamabad. The meeting was called to order by reciting the mission of Toastmasters and motto of Islamabad Toastmasters Club. President ITC TM Sajjad Ahmad welcomed the guests and members in meeting. He introduced the theme of the meeting: CHASING YOUR DREAMS. He asked the guests to briefly introduce themselves. TM Sajjad Ahmad handed over the control of lectern to DTM Akbar Jan Marwat as Toastmasters of the Evening for further proceedings of the meeting. Read more ...

The 161st Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club

The 161st Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club was held on 1st November, 2011 at 1830hours at ITC, Lok Virsa Islamabad. The theme of the Meeting was FLY HIGH and word of the meeting was ZENITH meaning top, apex, and pinnacle. The meeting turned to be very interesting, funny and humorous when every participant enjoyed the meeting with the using different terms and jargons FLYING, FLIGHTS, AIRLINES and Aiming High in order to reach at zenith of one’s career. Read more ...

The 160th meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club

The 160th meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club was held on 25th October 2011 at 06:30 pm. The meeting was attended by 13 members and 3 guests (Attendance is given under). The theme of the Meeting was “MANNERS” and the Word of the day was “POLITENESS”. Read more ...

The 159th Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club

159th Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club was held on 18th October, 2011 at 6.30 PM at ITC, Gate no.5, NICS-Lok Virsa Islamabad. 22 Members and 5 Guests attended the meeting (List of participants is given below). The meeting was called to order with welcome to members and guests. The mission of Toastmasters International was presented and Motto of Islamabad Toastmasters Club was recited and all the members and guests followed it in recitation. President TM Sajjad Ahmad presided over the meeting and presented opening remarks on the Theme of the meeting “TECHNOLOGY”. President requested guests to introduce. TM Haleema was asked to introduce the word of the meeting which was “MOOT-Open a discussion or debate”. Read more ...

The 158th Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club

The 158th Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club was held on October 11th 2011 at 1830 hours at ITC, NICS, Gate no.5, Lok-Virsa Islamabad. The meeting was attended by TM Sajjad Ahmad (President), DTM Akbar Jan Marwat (Past President), TM Muhammad Siddique (VP Education), TM Usman Gulzari (VP Membership), TM Shahid Altaf Qureshi (VP Public Relations), TM Nangar Soomro (Secretary), TM Bashir Muhammad Khan (Sergeant at Arms), TM Javed Iqbal, TM Sahbaan Zafar, TM Waqas Ahmad, TM Imran-ul-Haq, TM Haleema and Ms. Sajeela (Guest). Read more ...

The 157th meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club

The 157th meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club was held on Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 at ITC, Lok-Virsa NICS Gate no. 5, Islamabad. The meeting was attended by 20 members and 5 guests. The theme of the Meeting was COMMITMENT. TM Sahiban Zafar started the meeting and recited the mission of ITC and the motto with all the participants "For better listening, for better thinking, for better speaking, we learn by doing" . President of Islamabad Toastmasters Club, TM Sajjad Ahmad welcomed members and guests in meeting, He put some light on the theme of the meeting and explained how commitment is meant for the Toastmasters and highlighted International Toastmasters: Where leaders are made and Islamabad Toastmasters Club: Where life is given to each word. He asked the guests to introduce themselves. Read more ...

The 156th Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club

156th Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club was held on 27th September 2011 (Tuesday) @ 1830 hours at ITC – NICS, Lok Virsa Islamabad. The meeting was declared open by Active and vibrant Sergeant at Arms of the club TM Bashir Muhammad, He asked the members and guests to recite the motto of the club “for better listening , for better thinking, for better speaking we learn by doing” with him. TM Sajjad Ahmad, President of ITC welcomed the guests and members with him opening remarks on theme of the meeting “Fortitude”. TM Muhammad Siddique introduced the word of the day “ SPUNK” with suggestion to use it during the meeting whereas TM Bilal Khalid took the control of ringing bell to point out the Ahs and crunch word during the meeting. TM Sahban Zafar played the role of “Timer” and helped the club to manage time during meeting segments and TM Usman Gulzari was listening carefully the grammer and language part as Grammarian during the meeting. Read more ...

The 155th meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club

The 155th meeting of ITC was held on 20th September 2011 (Tuesday) at 06:30 at NICS-Lok Virsa Islamabad. The sergeant at arms opened the meeting with warm welcome to the guests and members. The Presiding Officer, President of ITC TM Sajjad Ahmad set the motion for the meeting with opening remarks on theme of the meeting which was "MORALITY". TM Javaid Iqbal introduced the word of the day "VIVID" with instructions to use it during the meeting. Read more ...

Table Topics Competition

A Table Topics Competition was held in a very vibrant and lively atmosphere at ITC on the evening of 16th august 2011. Toastmaster Usman Gulzari was declared the Champion of the August 2011 Table Topics contest, the second place was taken by Toastmaster Sajjad Ahmed and the third position was won by toastmaster Javaid Iqbal. Read more ...

Annual Speech Competition

A very successful and widely attended annual prepared speech contest of ITC, was held on Tuesday the 21st at ICMAP toastmasters club. Mr. Rauf khalid VC of NICS was the chief guest on the occasion. The second runner up position went to toastmaster Ahmed Shahnawaz, the first runner up slot was taken by Toastmaster Waqas Rajab, and the winner, and the 2011 ITC prepared speech champion award, was given to DTM AKbar Jan Marwat. Read more ...

Press Release

The hundred and twenty fifth meeting of the toastmasters club was held in NICS Lok Virsa. The meeting was presided by the President of the club toastmaster Akbar Jan Marwat. The winners of the 3 segments of the program were: 1. Best table topic speaker: Umaid Khaled, 2. Best Prepared speaker: Sajjad Ahmed, 3. Best evaluator: Umaid Khaled , 4. Big 3: Ahmed Jawad Gondal. At the end of the meeting awards were distributed by the President, after which refreshments and tea was served to the members and guests. Read more ...

Table Topic Contest

Islamabad Toastmasters Club conducted Annual Table Topics Contest this week at NICS, Lok Virsa, Islamabad. A large number of guests were invited. Senior TM Nauman Faridi was the Contest Master and he conducted the contest with the help of three judges. Eight Toastmasters participated in the contest. They were all sent to a separate waiting room and called into the hall one by one. They were all given the same topic and each speaker had to speak for minimum one minute and maximum two and a half minutes. The Table Topics Contest question was, “New Year, New Resolutions, A troubled Nation, How can you Contribute as a Toastmaster?” Read more ...

New Toastmasters Club at Tera Data

On October 25, 2010, the first regular meeting of Terra Data Toastmasters Club held at the Terra Data office Islamabad. Read more ...

THE EVALUATION CONTEST

The First Evaluation Contest of Islamabad Toastmasters Club held on October 27, 2010 at Cloud 9. Mr. Rauf Khalid were the Chief Guest. Maliha Elahi followed by Ehsan Abbasi stood as Winner #1 and Winner #2 of the Evaluation Contest. Read more ...

Mission Statement of Islamabad Toastmasters Club

TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF THE CLUB AND ITS MEMBERS. Read more ...

VP Public Relationship

On October 12, 2010, 107th Meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club, Toastmaster Usman Gulzari elected as a new VP Public Relationship as a successor to Mr. Zaheerudin Khuwaja. Read more ...

"Scoop" Launched

The first club newsletter, "Scoop" has been launched. The chief editor of the newsletter, Toastmaster Mohsin Lodhi announced and distritubted the PDF copies of the Scoop yesterday. It's a great collection of knowledge and ideas. It can be downloaded from http://islamabad.toastmasters.pk/Scoop-1.pdf Read more ...

Islamabad Toastmaster Club FILM EVENT

Islamabad Toastmaster Club FILM EVENT Read more ...

Islamabad Toastmaster Club's Oath Taking Ceremony

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 THE NEWS (City News page 19) Islamabad The new office-bearers of the Islamabad Toasmasters Club took oath on June 29 for a term of one year (July 2010- June 2011), says a press release. A few days before elections of the new executive committee were held. The new executive committee members are Akbar Jan Marwat (president), Mazhar Jameel (VP education), Mian Ramzan (VP membership), Khawaja Zaheeruddin (VP PR), Tariq Mehmood (treasurer), Asif Hussain (secretary), Ahmed Jawad (sergeant at arms) and Mohsin Lodhi (past president). Read more ...

Toastmasters Club Conducts Table Topics Contest and Award Distribution Ceremony

Islamabad Toastmasters Club conducted Annual Table Topics Contest this week at NICS, Lok Virsa, Islamabad. A large number of guests and families were invited. DTM Mazhar Jamil was the Contest Master and he conducted the contest with the help of four judges. Twelve Toastmasters participated in the contest. They were all sent to a separate waiting room and called into the hall one by one. They were all given the same topic and each speaker had to speak for minimum one minute and maximum two and a half minutes. The Table Topics Contest question was, “If you were a traffic signal, which light would you like to be and why?” Read more ...

Toastmasters Club Conducts Role Players Training

Islamabad Toastmasters Club conducted role players training in the fresh airs of Lake View Park last Sunday. The training was accompanied with a family get-together and lunch. Distinguished Toastmaster Mazhar Jamil conducted the training session and it was a great opportunity for everyone to learn how the play the Toastmasters meeting roles correctly and effectively. Read more ...

Toastmaster Mohsin Lodhi becomes Competent Communicator

President of Islamabad Toastmasters Club, Toastmaster Mohsin Lodhi delivered his 10th project speech to become a Competent Communicator in the weekly meeting held at Lok Virsa. Read more ...

Islamabad Toastmasters Club Meeting Held

Islamabad Toastmasters Club held the 66th regular meeting on November 24, 2009 at Lok Virsa, Islamabad. Presiding Officer, Toastmaster Mohsin Lodhi emphasized the importance of Communication and Public Speaking skills in his presidential address and also asked the guests for their introduction. A very good number of guests were present in the meeting. Read more ...

Toastmasters Club holds 65th Meeting

Islamabad Toastmasters Club held the 65th regular meeting on November 17, 2009 at Lok Virsa, Islamabad. The Toastmaster of the Evening and Presiding Officer, Toastmaster Mohsin Lodhi conducted the meeting and emphasized the values of Toastmasters and explained the agenda and format of the meeting. Read more ...

Islamabad Toastmasters Club Meeting Held

Islamabad Toastmasters Club held its 64th weekly meeting on November 10th at NICS (National Institute for Cultural Studies). Meeting was presided over by Toastmaster Mohsin Lodhi while Toastmaster of the evening was Toastmaster Nauman Faridi, Table topics master was Toastmaster Arshad Hamid and General evaluator was again ToastmasterMohsin Lodhi. Along with the members, six guests also attended the meeting. Read more ...

Toastmasters Breathed Ozone in Bhurban

Dr Ralph Smedly, the founder of Toastmasters International said” We learn best in moments of enjoyment”. Taking this cue, the President of Islamabad Toastmasters Club (ITC), Mohsin Lodhi took the initiative and selected Chinar Golf Club at Bhurban as a place for fun and learning for its executive officer training. Read more ...

Islamabad Toastmasters Club Steps Ahead For Excellence

Islamabad Toastmasters Club, a local public speaking club, held its 61st weekly meeting on October 21st at NICS (National Institute for Cultural Studies). Presiding Officer was Toastmaster Mohsin Lodhi, Toastmaster of the evening was Toastmaster Mian Ramzan, Table topics master was Toastmaster Amir, and General evaluator was Toastmaster Ehsan. Read more ...

60th meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters held

Islamabad Toastmasters, a local public speaking club, held its weekly meeting on October 13th at NICS (National Institute for Cultural Studies). Presiding Officer was Toastmaster Mohsin Lodhi, Toastmaster of the evening was Toastmaster Asim Shahryar, Table topics master was Toastmaster Adeel Faisal, and General evaluator was Toastmaster Mohsin Lodhi. Four new guests attended the meeting. Read more ...

Press Release on 59th Meeting

The press release on 59th meeting is in today's The News International Islamabad City page. Please refer to the online version as well using the following link: http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=202385 Read more ...

Press Release on 58th Meeting

The press release on Islamabd Toastmasters Club's 58th meeting is in the today's The News International, Islamabd City page. Please refer to the online version at: http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=201483 Read more ...

Press release on VP Memberships' elections and 57th Meeting

The press release on VP Memberships' elections and 57th meeting is in today's The News International Islamabad City page. Please refer to the online version as well using the following link: http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=199241 Read more ...

Toastmasters choose their new VP Memberships

The 57th meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club was held at National Institute of Cultural Studies (NICS), Lok Virsa. According to a press release issued here Wednesday, the members of the club elected their new Vice President Memberships, Asim Husain. Asim Husain, a telecom executive, thanked all club members and explained his strategy for attracting both quantity and quality to the club’s membership. He said that he will create awareness about the club at different companies and universities as well as on different portals and blogs relevant to Islamabad. Read more ...

Press Release on New President's Election

A press release on the new president's election is in today's The News International, Islamabad City page. Please refer to the online version at: http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=197632 Read more ...

Islamabad Toastmasters choose their new President

Islamabad Toastmasters Club held its 56th meeting at National Institute of Cultural Studies (NICS), Gate #5, Lok Virsa, Islamabad. They elected their new President Mohsin Lodhi who nabbed the title unopposed. Mohsin Lodhi, a businessperson, thanked all the members present and explained his strategy to move forward the club to new heights. Read more ...

55th meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club held

The 55th meeting of Islamabad Toastmasters Club (ITC) was held at National Institute of Cultural Studies (NICS), Lok Virsa, Islamabad, for developing competent communicators and competent leaders in a friendly supportive environment. Read more ...

Islamabad Toastmasters Club receives Beat the Clock Award

In its 53rd meeting at National Institute of Cultural Studies (NICS), Lok Virsa Gate #5, Islamabad, Islamabad Toastmasters Club (ITC) announced clinching the Beat the Clock Award from its Headquarters in the USA. "Beat the Clock" award is is about finishing the year on schedule -with a bang! Read more ...

Press Release in The News

Islamabad Toastmasters Club held its 51st meeting at National Institute of Cultural Studies (NICS), Lok Virsa. Read more ...

Golden Jubilee Meeting

Amidst the Golden Jubilee Meeting, Islamabad Toastmasters received the President Distinguished Toastmasters Club Award first time in Pakistan from its International Headquarters in the USA. Read more ...