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The Zonta International, a woman empowering organisation, organised a musical soiree at the Emmanuelle's Banquet Hall in the city on November 28 aiming to collect fund to run the 'Nabokoli Girls School' where the underprivileged girls are getting education.

Noted singer Shakila Zafar performed and graced the occasion to express her solidarity with the Zonta Club and its objective.

The musical event was also aimed to raise fund and attention of the well off families in the society to extend their helping hands to support the organisation to operate their numerous socio-economical activities.

President of the Zonta International Sabera Hussain, Lt. Governor Naheed Moyeen formally welcomed all guest and expressed gratitude for their cooperation. Second Vice President of the Zonta International Safina Rahman also attended the ceremony as 'Master of Ceremony' (MC).

The musical event was a fund raising initiative of the Zonta Club to run the 'Nabokoli Girls School,' a project of Zonta Club. The Zonta Club is an association of professional working women and since its inception it has been undertaking various programs focusing on education, health, rehabilitation to abandoned women and children and acid burn victims, awareness on HIV-Aids etc. It also provides financial supports to conduct surgery for destitute children and help them to regain the blessing of sight.