Senator John Kerry
Senator of Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Member Foreign Relation Committee
Chair of Subcommittee on Near East South and Central Asian Affairs
Member Finance Committee
Member Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee

PAKPAC Board of Directors in a meeting on March 11^th, 2008 unanimously made some important changes in the organization’s Bylaws. PAKPAC has been an important voice which has adapted over time to address the changing needs of the time. To learn about some of the accomplishments please see link. To learn about public positions and press releases, please see the link. The recent communications of the organizations may help people assess the issues, work and focus.  

As the challenges of our community continue to increase, there is a critical need for our community as a whole and all its component organizations to stand up to these critical times. While the past structure of PAKPAC has served the past needs of the advocacy efforts of the community, but with the mounting local challenges within the United States and the ongoing instability in Pakistan the mandate and the structure of PAKPAC needs to be re-strategized to begin to deal with the road ahead.

It was clearly agreed by all the board members that PAKPAC needs to develop mechanisms of remaining clear and focused with its mandate and also develop mechanisms to reach out to the grassroots level to understand the views, perspectives of the larger Pakistani American community.  A structure which focuses on outreach to the larger Pakistani American Community is necessary to achieve this. Development of confluence on issues is necessary for the success of the advocacy efforts of our community. Moreover a turnover of the governance and the board is needed to prevent stagnation of ideas and actions.
LINK FOR DETAILS OF THE CHANGES