President · Overseas Pakistanis Welfare Council
Community representation and welfare
Haji Abid Hussain is president of the Overseas Pakistanis Welfare Council. His work includes community representation, welfare initiatives and hosting gatherings that bring overseas Pakistanis into dialogue with public institutions in Britain and Pakistan.
Community serviceBiography
Haji Abid’s community work combines public representation, practical welfare support and experience in hospitality.
Through OPWC, he has hosted gatherings in Britain and Pakistan with community leaders and representatives of public institutions. These include Independence Day events in Slough, meetings involving the Pakistan High Commission, and receptions for representatives of the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation.
Alongside his council role, he runs Abid Catering Services and Slough’s Elite Banqueting Suite. His professional work serves family occasions and community gatherings, and provides resources and venues for welfare and charitable activity.
As president, he works with founder and chairman Naeem Naqshbandi, fellow organisers and volunteers on the council’s community programme and representations.
Community contribution
Food support for frontline workers, assistance for carers and the hosting of charitable events.
April 2020
During the first COVID-19 lockdown, Abid Catering Services delivered food to local Police, NHS and ambulance staff. The team described the provision as a weekly effort.
This work used the catering team’s professional resources to support essential services, alongside Haji Abid’s contribution to OPWC’s food-support activity.
Elite Banqueting Suite welcomed more than 100 carers for a Carers Rights Day event organised by Slough Carers Support. Fourteen local organisations offered guidance on rights, benefits, health and support. Slough Borough Council thanked the venue for its support of the event.
The suite hosted KORT South’s fundraiser for its hospital project in Mirpur, bringing members of the Pakistani and Kashmiri community together in support of healthcare in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The event was organised by KORT’s South team, led by trustee Mubashir Afzal.
Selected engagements
Community gatherings, welfare initiatives and engagement with Pakistani institutions.
The Slough community seminarPakistan’s High Commissioner recognised the contribution of chairman Naeem Naqshbandi, central president Haji Abid Hussain and fellow organisers to OPWC’s Defence Day gathering in London.
OPWC distributed food packages to NHS, Police and Royal Mail key workers on behalf of the Pakistan High Commission. High Commissioner Mohammad Nafees Zakaria thanked Haji Abid and chairman Naeem Naqshbandi for their charitable work.
Haji Abid and Talat Aziz Kiyani co-hosted an Independence Day gathering in Slough, chaired by OPWC chairman Naeem Naqshbandi. Haji Abid also joined the council’s delegation to High Commissioner Dr. Mohammad Faisal on weekend consular access, local NADRA services, emergency visas, passport complaints and property concerns.
He hosted a reception for Chakwal Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Waqar Zafar Bakhtawari, calling for closer links between business communities, stronger connections between younger overseas Pakistanis and Pakistan, and attention to overseas Pakistanis’ complaints.
In April, Haji Abid hosted an Islamabad reception for OPF chairman Syed Qamar Raza following the overseas convention. The gathering was chaired by OPWC chairman Naeem Naqshbandi.
Slough · January 2025
Haji Abid hosted OPWC’s Slough seminar with chairman Naeem Naqshbandi, councillors, lawyers and fellow organisers. Representatives of OPF, Punjab OPC and the Pakistan High Commission joined the community to discuss overseas Pakistanis’ concerns.
Read about the seminar
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