| Adopting from Pakistan last updated 1 December 2006 http://www.afghanwomensmission.org/programs/orph/ Where to Start Pakistan Adoption (comprehensive webpage - a must see!) - http://www.pakistanadoption.com Pakistan Adoption Yahoo group (great procedure and contact info)- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pakistanadoption Contact information Bilquis Edhi Adoption Centre C/O. Edhi Foundation, Rangila Street, Boulton Market, Mithadar, Karachi 74000 Pakistan Ph: 011-92-21-244-3158, 241-3232, Fax: 011-92-21-241-8753 Main contact: Mrs. Bilquis Edhi Anjuman Kashana-e-Itfal-o-Naunehal Survey No. 8/3, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800 Pakistan Ph: 011-92-21-493-2828, 494-1553 Adoption Agencies (Canadian) Adoptions by Choice - http://www.adoptionbychoice.ab.ca Choices Adoption Agency - http://www.choicesadoption.ca/ Children's Resource and Consultation Center (Ontario) - e-mail: mjblug@total.net Adoption Attorneys (From the State Dept, a list provided by the American Embassy) Muhammad Mahboob Alam Office Address: 10-E Upper floor New Milli Stores, Super Market F-6, Islamabad Office Phone: 92-51-812-320 (Evening 6:00 p.m. to 8:30pm), District Court Islamabad: 92-51-251-921 Choudhry Ghazanfar Ali Office Address: District Courts F-8 Markaz Islamabad AND 661 Aabpara Market, Islamabad Office Phone: Bar- 92-51-850-850 Office- 92-51-273-250 Fax- 92-51-264-035 Maulvi Anwar ul- Hague Office Address: 1-B Civil Lines Rawalpindi Office Phone: 581-982 Syed Zia Hussain Kazimi Office address: H. 135-A Murree Rd. Rawalpindi Office Phone: 530-997 Anees Jillani Office Address: No. 7, Second floor Sardar Begum Plaza 109- West Blue Area Islamabad Office Phone: 92-51-279-255 Sardar Muhammad Ishaq Khan Office Address: 10-A Civil Lines Rawalpindi Office Phone: 564-346 Dr. Sajid Qureshi Office Address: Second Floor Ginza Center Jinnah Ave., Blue Area Islamabad Office Phone: 92-51-278-350 92-51-278-776 Fax: 92-51-278-351 Basharat Qadir Office Address: Legal Consultant/ PPIB 50 Khawaja Nazimuddin Rd. F-7/4 Islamabad Office Phone: 9-222-378, 9-206-357, 9-214-731 Fax: 9-217-735, 9-215-723 Farrukh Karim Qureshi Office Address: House 40 St. 40, F- 8/1 Islamabad Office Phone: 92-51-260-601 92-51-260-605 Adoption Facilitator (US) Rehman Immigration Services - http://asusipak.homestead.com/AdoptionFacilitationServicesinPa.html Adoption Groups Amhi Orphanage - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amhi-orphanage I-Child - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IChild Pakistan Adoption - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pakistanadoption Adoption Links Bilquis Edhi Foundation - http://www.jazbah.org/bilquis.php Custody and Guardianship in Islam - http://muslim-canada.org/guardian.htm Islamic Voice (explains why Muslim countries don’t allow formal adoption of children) - http://www.islamicvoice.com Adoption Process - http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/country/country_432.html Charitable Faith and Hope Ministry - http://www.ourchurch.com/member/f/faithandhope/ Five Pillars Charity (helping orphans in Pakistan) - http://www.fivepillars.org/ Life Line of Hope - http://lifelineofhope.org/lifelineofhope/id29.html Ummah Welfare Trust - http://www.uwt.org/Institute4Orphans.asp World Hope (Sponsor a child) - http://www.worldhope.org/hopeforchildren/pakistan.asp Culture Exploring Pakistan - http://www.interknowledge.com/pakistan/pak02.htm Festivals in Pakistan - http://www.travel-culture.com/festivals.shtml Harappa ("glimpses of South Asia before 1947) - http://www.harappa.com/ Jamal's Yellow Pages of Pakistan - http://www.jamals.com Karachi Page - http://www.best.com/~karachi/karachi.html Mehfil-e-Murtaza - http://www.mehfilmurtaza.org/ Northern Pakistan's Karakoram and Hindukush Mountains - http://www.monitor.net/~jmko/karakoram/about-kh.htm Pakistan City info - http://city.net/countries/pakistan/ Pakistan Recipes - http://asiarecipe.com/pakistan.html Political History of Pakistan - http://www.storyofpakistan.com/default.asp Punjabi Network - http://punjabi.net/ Religion in Pakistan - http://www.pakistanlink.com/religion/97/re04-18-97.html Rock Carvings and Inscriptions along the Karakorum Highway - http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~u71/kara/welcome.html Salt Range Temples - http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/arth/meister/pakistan.html Worldwide Sindh Network - http://sindh.net/ Government Links Pakistan Embassy, Washington - http://www.pakistan-embassy.com US Embassy Islamabad - http://usembassy.state.gov/islamabad/ Links of Interest Pakistan Yellow Pages on-line - http://www.yellowpages.biz.pk/ecatlog.asp?page=4&SubCatID=2019&SubCat=2&btnSubmit=Search News Daily Pakistan News - http://www.daily-pakistan-news.com/ Dawn (weekly English newswire) - http://www.dawn.com Frontier Post (English daily) - http://frontierpost.com.pk Hi Pakistan - http://www.hipakistan.com International News, The - http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews Nation, The (English, published daily) - http://www.nation.com.pk Pakistan Today - http://www.paktoday.com Orphanage Links Note: The Canadian Agency (Adoptions by Choice) mentions three orphanages (Naunihad, Edhi Foundation and Ismailia Association) that Canadians adopt from. Afghan Women’s Mission (info about orphanages) - http://www.afghanwomensmission.org/programs/orph/ B.M.S. Orphanage (Raiwind) - http://lifelineofhope.org/lifelineofhope/id29.html Family Care Foundation (help to orphans in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore) - http://www.familycare.org/network/pakistan.htm Islamic Relief - http://www.islamic-relief.org.pk/ PSSWS Orphanage - http://www.orphange.org/asia/pakistan/pssws/index.html Rawa Orphanages (picture) - http://pz.rawa.org/ Watan Orphanage - http://www.orphanage.org/asia/afghanistan/watan/index.htm Photography Mountain Light Gallery- http://www.mountainlight.com Pictures from Pakisan http://www.photoatlas.com/pics/pictures_of_pakistan.html Salt Range Temples (great pictures!) - http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/arth/meister/pakistan.html Tapu Jeverri http://www.angelfire.com/pa/tapu Travel Picture Gallery http://www.travel-pictures-gallery.com/pagepakistan.html Weather and Time Weather Underground - http://www.wunderground.com/global/PK.html Time and Date (Karachi) - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=757 Comments, Questions, Critiques - e-mail me (mgummere @ yahoo.com) 4/16/06 |
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