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The Tasmania University Pakistani Society (TUPS) was founded in 2013 by Waqas Durrani to represent Pakistan as a country at UTAS and have an independent platform for Pakistani students to promote Pakistani culture and celebrate Pakistani festivals at UTAS. 
One of the highlights of 2014 is the “Lollywood Gala” organised at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) Tasmania which was published on the front page of the Mercury Newspaper on the 20th of May 2014. Lollywood is the film industry of Pakistan and to make the theme more fun and colourful, we had a giant “lolly” bar at the Lollywood event. 
The Lollywood Gala event showcased glamorous multicultural performances (visit our Facebook account to watch a short video) and attracted about 200 guests and raised more than $1000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and I recently presented a cheque to Robyn Moore, National Patron of Make-A-Wish Australia. In collaboration with the Tasmania University Islamic, Saudi and Malaysian Society we organised the 'Islam Awareness Week' at the University in the month of Ramadan.
The Islam Awareness Week and the 'Fast with Us' iftar event was designed as a means of showcasing the true meaning of Islam, in order to promote tolerance and harmony within the community between all cultures and to provide an understanding of the true values of Islam.
During the 'Islam Awareness Week', the Muslim students raised the profile of the Islamic students’ on campus by conducting exhibitions, talks and discussions in relation to the true meaning of Islam. As a result of this event, the domestic and international students of different religions developed a better understanding of the true meaning of Islam and helped in clearing the wrong perception about Islam as a ‘radical’ religion.
The ‘Fast with Us’ iftar dinner of the week was also held for both Islamic and non-Islamic students and had an attendance of over 400 people. It allowed members of the Muslim community to introduce food from their culture to other students as well as educating them on Ramadan and the Islamic culture in general. The event was centred on the breaking of the fast and about raising awareness of the culture and increasing tolerance between the wider community and the Islamic students.
Three interviews with the ABC radio have been conducted so far. These interviews aimed to create awareness of the Pakistani culture and advertise our activities at UTAS.
“Jinnah” the founder of Pakistan, “Karakorum Highway” often coined as 8th Wonder of the World, Pakistani 2nd tallest mountain of the world “K-2”, Cold Dessert-Skardu, and Eidhi Chary Foundation were some of the highlights talked about during the interview. We also managed to play 2 cultural Pakistani songs in cultural languages during the interview.
(Photo: Teaching Leon Compton and listeners Pakistani Cultural Bhangra Dance Moves – Live on air)
4 of our Society’s achievements for this year
