June 2008

DAY ON HILL
PAKPAC Luncheon
Your travel experience info
PAKPAC Press Releases
Zafar Tahir joins PAKPAC
PAKPAC Board of Directors
PAKPAC Information
 
 
Leaders do not create followers. They create more leaders

Tom Peters
 

 
We need to hear about your travel experience

We want to get information of your experiences when you returned to the US after overseas travel and experienced questioning of your activities.

Please inform us if you were asked questions like:

A) Tell us about your religious activities?
B) What mosque do you attend?
C) How often do you pray?
D) What charities do you support?
E) Tell us about your political beliefs
F) What do you think of the President of ______ country?
Have you been a victim of searches and/or seizures of your property e.g. your laptops, cell phones, digital cameras etc.  

Please share your experience with us. If you have been a victim and are willing NOT to have your experience be the experience of everyone else, please speak up. Your experience can help change policies.

Write to us at: Travel@pakpac.net

PAKPAC Recent Press Releases

 PAKPAC's Call to community to be better organized:

Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee asks the Pakistani American community organizations leadership to develop strategies for better organizing itself. Time has come and past for us to be organized. We need to wait no longer. There is a nee to develop mechanisms for a nationwide coordination. We need to organize our organizations. This can occurs as a Federation of Pakistani Americans Groups or a set up of Nor Resident Pakistanis group. The model of everyone doing everything is not sustainable. Developments of organizations skills for specific roles is needed. The community needs to function as a functional body with different organs and specialists doing specific functions but working on coordination with each other... READ MORE

 

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Advocacy
DAY on the HILL

Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA)
Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee (PAKPAC), Muslim Advocates & Center for Voter Advocacy: Pakistani American Community Advocacy Day on the Hill
T
hursday, June 26th, 2008,
Washington, D.C
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 -Civil Right Challenges for Pakistani Americans-Name Check and Background Check challenges and Visa Challenges for the Pakistani Physicians, Students and Visitors

- Long term strategy of Pakistan US relationship with focus on support of the "Biden Plan"

Acknowledgement of the services of Pakistani American Physicians to the communities across United States.

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DAY ON HILL PACKETS

 

PAKPAC ANNUAL LUNCHEON
WASHINGTON DC
2008

VIP Reception1130 AM, Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Washington Room 4: VIP Reception: Room 1, 2, 3 for Luncheon at noon. Wardman Park Marriott
Washington DC
2660 Woodley Road, NW
Washington, District Of Columbia 20008 USA

Community meeting with
Senator Joe Biden,
Congressman Keith Ellison,
Congressman Andre Carson,
Ambassador Husain Haqqani
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Zafar Tahir Joins PAKPAC


 Zaf Tahir is a Houston-educated small businessman who has taken advantage of the opportunities that come from living in an international city and who uses his experience to give back to his community. Zaf received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston in 1984, where he was a member of the Electrical Engineering Honor Society.

He followed that up with an Executive MBA at UH in 1999, winning the Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence. Zaf started out in the Houston Ship Channel area as an Automation and Robotics engineer. Later he worked in Control Systems & Project Engineering in Houston, New York, Europe, Far East and the Middle East, learning about the possibilities of the global economy.

Since 1996 Zaf has also been a business owner. Currently he serves as President and CEO of Taji Petroleum Inc., which operates gasoline dealerships with convenience stores and auto repair shops and is engaged in development of more facilities. He also serves as President of International Spectrum Development, which works with multinational and international companies to locate and develop opportunities in developing markets. But there is more than work for Zaf Tahir; there is also his commitment to community service.

Zaf is chair of Mayor Bill White’s Task Force on Safety and Security for small retail establishments. He was also appointed by Mayor White to his International Advisory Board for South Asia. Zaf served Mayor Lee P. Brown as the Chair of his Transition Team for Human Resources in 1998 and on Public Works commission. He has been President of the South Texas Area Dealers Association since 1999. Zaf is an active Board Member of the Asia Society and a member of the Advisory Board for the Asia Studies Center at the University of Houston. Zaf is married to Yasmeen who is Marketing executive with Northwestern Financial network. They have two sons, Emad and Farhad.

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Meet the PAKPAC Board of Directors

Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee
Board of Directors
 
M. Saud Anwar- President 2008- 2009
Hassan Bukhari- International Event Coordinator-Exec Committee Member
Raza Bokhari-Immediate Past President
Saquib Khan-Exec Committee Member
Shahid Ahmed Khan-Board of Director
Ray Mahmood- Board of Director
Ijaz Mahmood-Exec Committee Member
Irfan Malik-Board of Director
Salman Malik-Board of Director
Rafiq Rahman-Exec Committee Member
Pervez Shah-Treasurer- Exec Committee Member
Mushtaq Sheikh-Exec Committee Member
Mohammed Suleman-Exec Committee Member
Zafar Tahir-Board of Director
 
PAKPAC has more openings for active community members to join in and become Board of Directors.  

 

The Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee (PAKPAC) is a nationwide, membership based, non-profit lobbying organization registered with the United States Federal Government. PAKPAC’s mission includes advancement and strengthening of U.S.-Pakistan relations. It is organized to be a unified voice on issues and concerns common to the Pakistani American community. PAKPAC’s focus includes an active environment to foster greater political and civic engagement amongst the Pakistani Americans. PAKPAC is also focused on collaborating with other regional and national Pakistani American organizations to ensue increased efficacy and reduced duplication of the stated goals. PAKPAC along with our affiliates is working to serve as a watch dog for inaccuracies and bias in media coverage about Pakistan and Pakistani Americans. We are also involved in educating media groups, journalists, politicians, academicians and members of think tanks about views of concern and importance to the Pakistani American community