Pakistan's Ambassador to UN Dr Maleeha Lodhi (C) with wife of UN secretary general, Ban Soon-taek (R), at the UN International Bazaar in New York. PHOTO: TWITTER
We are participating with two stalls, one of products and the other food pic.twitter.com/Md3j9OCra8
— Maleeha Lodhi (@LodhiMaleeha) May 4, 2016
Mrs Ban ki Moon visited our stall at the UN bazar pic.twitter.com/RB4PRvjQFE
— Maleeha Lodhi (@LodhiMaleeha) May 4, 2016
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Braving cold weather and intermittent rain, a large number of people visited the bazaar, which was organised by the UN Women’s Guild (UNWG) in collaboration with permanent missions accredited to the United Nations.
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Our pictorial stand ups that we used for our stalls at the UN pic.twitter.com/yJnAkdtskg
— Maleeha Lodhi (@LodhiMaleeha) May 4, 2016
With other Ambassadors at our stall pic.twitter.com/G5PFsPcKOv
— Maleeha Lodhi (@LodhiMaleeha) May 4, 2016
The event featured cuisine from around the world as well as fine arts and handicrafts. Pakistan had two stalls, one for food and other featuring clothing and a number of other hand-crafted items.
The wife of UN secretary-general, Ban Soon-taek, who is a patron of the Bazaar, visited one of the Pakistani stalls offering dresses and other items.
With our colleague . Italy's Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi at the UN bazar on a chilly NY day pic.twitter.com/dsefJVw6Rm
— Maleeha Lodhi (@LodhiMaleeha) May 5, 2016
She was greeted by Pakistan’s Ambassador to UN Dr Maleeha Lodhi. Ban praised the quality and sophistication of the Pakistani products.
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Showing my dear friend the Ambasador of Hungary our silk scarfs at the Pakistan stall pic.twitter.com/07l8KV6Ckj
— Maleeha Lodhi (@LodhiMaleeha) May 4, 2016
The stall featuring biryani, chicken tikka and kebabs attracted large crowds. The food was sold out in no time.
Brisk business at out biryani and kabab stall. pic.twitter.com/zpTju8c3Le
— Maleeha Lodhi (@LodhiMaleeha) May 4, 2016
The money raised at the bazaar will be donated to the UNHCR for the Syrian Refugees and to United Nations Women’s Guild administered projects to help children and women at different locations.
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