President · Overseas Pakistanis Welfare Council
Community leadership,
grounded in service.
Haji Abid Hussain is president of the Overseas Pakistanis Welfare Council. Working alongside founder and chairman Naeem Naqshbandi, he helps bring people together through community gatherings, welfare activity and engagement with Pakistani institutions.
His community workHis contribution
For Haji Abid, bringing the community together has meant creating opportunities to meet, participate and be heard.
He runs Abid Catering Services and Slough’s Elite Banqueting Suite. His catering work serves weddings, family occasions and community gatherings across Slough and the wider region, bringing practical hospitality experience to his community role.
He has hosted gatherings in Britain and Pakistan where overseas Pakistanis can engage directly with community leaders and representatives of public institutions. Those occasions range from Independence Day celebrations in Slough to conversations with OPF and the Pakistan High Commission.
During the pandemic, he contributed to OPWC’s food support for frontline workers—an effort recognised by the High Commissioner. As part of OPWC’s leadership, he has helped raise the everyday concerns of families living across borders.
Hospitality & community welfare
Practical support through Abid Catering Services and Elite Banqueting Suite.
April 2020
As the first COVID-19 lockdown put essential services under pressure, Abid Catering Services delivered food to local Police and NHS staff. The team also provided meals for ambulance staff and described its support as a weekly effort.
These deliveries brought the catering team’s skills into community service, alongside Haji Abid’s contribution to OPWC’s wider food-support work.
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 publicly thanked the venue for its generous support of the day.
The suite also hosted KORT South’s fundraiser for its hospital project in Mirpur. The event brought the Pakistani and Kashmiri community together to support healthcare in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. KORT’s South team organised the fundraiser, led by trustee Mubashir Afzal.
Selected community work
Welfare, community gatherings and dialogue with public institutions.
The Slough seminarPakistan’s High Commissioner welcomed OPWC’s Defence Day gathering in London and appreciated the work of chairman Naeem Naqshbandi, central president Abid Hussain and fellow organisers.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, 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 Naeem and Haji Abid for their charitable work.
Haji Abid and Talat Aziz Kiyani co-hosted an Independence Day gathering in Slough, chaired by Naeem. He also joined OPWC’s delegation to High Commissioner Dr. Mohammad Faisal, where the team raised weekend consular access, local NADRA surgeries, emergency visas, passport complaints and property concerns.
He hosted a reception for Chakwal Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Waqar Zafar Bakhtawari. Haji Abid called for stronger ties between the younger generation and Pakistan, better links between business communities, and attention to overseas Pakistanis’ complaints.
On 2 January, he hosted OPWC’s Slough seminar with chairman Naeem, councillors and lawyers. OPF, Punjab OPC and Pakistan High Commission representatives joined the community. In April, he hosted an Islamabad reception for OPF chairman Syed Qamar Raza following the overseas convention, with Naeem chairing the occasion.
Slough · January 2025
Haji Abid hosted the Slough seminar with chairman Naeem and fellow organisers, bringing the community together with OPF, Punjab OPC and High Commission representatives.
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