I (Tahir Naseer) was born in Pakistan and belong to a tribe called Tahirkheli.I have been living abroad in USA, since February 2nd 1985 and occasionally visit Pakistan and observe both sides of the picture. Many Tahirkhelis living in Pakistan are way under poverty line and most importantly they can’t afford medical expense, high electric bills, food and children education. It was my dream to support my tribe first as Charity begins at home, and then others: and I considered Tahirkheli’s as one huge house and rich brother supporting underprivileged brothers, and there should not be any shame or honor degradation by brother supporting brothers.
I sat back; thought about the welfare and priority of underprivileged Tahirkheli’s and finally came to conclusion that to invest on the Education is the most important factor of life that could lift the whole family above poverty line.
Now, my priority was set, but how should I support them was a big challenge, where do I get money from? After tremendous thoughts, an idea came to my mind; as for many years I was watching and observing my foreign Tahirkheli families that they always sent money to underprivileged relatives but it never get distributed honestly and fairly due to personal favoritism and issues.
With Allah’s help and peoples’ support Tahirkheli Express came into being on June 14th, 2020 and we started our journey as a train named Tahirkheli Express. Since, that day Tahirkheli Express has gone through three phases and there are more phases to come. Initial phase was to establish an organization that will be transparent and accountable and it was done. Secondly, gathered Tahirkheli Express exposure and collect funds and identify deserving students, it started very well and is in continuous process. Third phase was to establish Tahirkheli Express as non profit organization internationally and set a limit to collect certain amount of fund in reserve, engage in special events like Ramzan package and other small projects and we are on track.
Finally, I’m very thankful to all our donors without their help Tahirkheli Express would not roll for a single inch and secondly all my committee members and people who support us day and night to keep Tahirkheli Express running with no stoppage. Our mission is to support every single underprivileged individual of our tribe to get education. Come ride with us, and we will ride you to the horizon!!!
Regards,
Tahir Naseer