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We welcome this opportunity to have in our gathering in our midst a very distinguished and honorable guest,

none other than the 13th president of Pakistan, Mr. Araf Alvi, welcome to our

Massjid, welcome to Dallas, welcome to Epic.

And from our side, may Allah, subhanna and bless and protect you.

May Allah, subhanna and grant you a long and useful life.

And we are very, very humbled and honored that you have chosen the opportunity to come and interact with us.

Time is limited. I'm going to jump straight to the number of questions that I have,

and then we'll open the floor for maybe two or three questions, inshallah, for the audience.

So, Mr. Alvi, first and foremost, may I call you Mr. Alvi?

Yes, do you go ahead. Okay. Or your excellency, however, actually, is a very modest and humble

man, Hamad de Allah. You humble me, so I read your biography and I was very, very intrigued

that, ma'shallah, you came from Pakistan, born and raised, came here to America in the 70s and 80s, accomplished

quite a lot, studied dentistry, had, ma'sha'u'll practice many degrees, and then you decided

to go back to Pakistan in a move that is quite rare amongst our demographics. So the first question to you, if you can

summarize for us your upbringing, your life, your time in America, and what prompted you to

leave America and return to Pakistan at the prime of your career when Allah had opened the

dunya for you, opened so many opportunities, and you decide to go back to Pakistan.

So let's begin with this, Sjadha.

Thank you very much.

I credit my interest in life and into the community

to my mother, who was a BA from Alighur University,

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