{"id":18180,"date":"2026-04-17T13:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/04\/17\/manchester-tribute-choudhry-riaz\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:05:55","slug":"manchester-tribute-choudhry-riaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/04\/17\/manchester-tribute-choudhry-riaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester Hosts Tribute for Choudhry Riaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A dignified evening in Manchester brought together members of the Pakistani diaspora to honour <strong>Choudhry Riaz<\/strong> for his long-standing public service. The reception was hosted by <strong>Khawaja Kaleem-ur-Rehman<\/strong>, who serves as a senior adviser to the President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and as senior vice president of PPP Britain.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent business, political and social figures from across the United Kingdom attended the gathering, offering warm appreciation for Choudhry Riaz&#8217;s contributions. Speakers and guests highlighted his commitment to community causes and the role of overseas Pakistanis in promoting Pakistan&#8217;s interests abroad.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, <strong>Choudhry Riaz<\/strong> thanked Khawaja Kaleem-ur-Rehman for organising the event and expressed that the affection and sincerity shown by Pakistanis living abroad is a source of great pride for him. His comments underscored the continuing bond between expatriate communities and their homeland.<\/p>\n<p>The programme concluded on a spirited note as participants voiced their support for the Pakistan Peoples Party leadership, expressing good wishes for <strong>Asif Ali Zardari<\/strong>, <strong>Bilawal Bhutto Zardari<\/strong> and <strong>Faryal Talpur<\/strong>. The reception ended in a pleasant atmosphere, reflecting unity and solidarity among attendees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choudhry Riaz honored in Manchester by Khawaja Kaleem as UK business and community leaders praised his services and backed PPP leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}