PAKPAC Congratulates
Congressman
Andre Carson

The Pakistani-American Public Affairs Committee congratulates Congressman Andre Carson on winning the Democratic Primary from Indiana with a comfortable victory.  Congressman Carson became the 2nd Muslim to become a Congressman in the history of United States.  

The Pakistani-American Public Affairs Committee was the first PAC and organization to officially endorse and support his candidacy and do a fundraiser and support him.  

The Pakistani-American Public Affairs Committee asks all the fellow community members across the country to help support the candidacy of Congressman Carson.  This is based on our assessment and discussion with people from Indiana , who believe that he is the best candidate to represent them and have been in touch with PAKPAC to help support his candidacy from the very beginning. 

PAKPAC in turns requests other organizations to show their support and have him be a member and present in all community events and meetings

 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

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
Thursday, June 26th, 2008,
Washington, D.C.(link)

 

 -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.

LINK TO MAIN PAGE
DAY ON HILL PACKETS

PAKPAC ANNUAL LUNCHEON
WASHINGTON DC
2008

12 Noon, Saturday, June 28th, 2008
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
RSVP
RSVP@pakpac.net

Details of the event and the Private Reception info coming soon

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Shahid Ahmed Khan
Joins PAKPAC

Shahid Ahmed Khan educated in Punjab University and Western New England College, Springfield Massachusetts, has professionally worked in the pharmaceutical industry.  Shahid is a social and political activist, and has been active for the South Asian affairs at the national level.

He has a proven track record of promoting social and justice causes.  He is an ardent believer of increasing participation of the community in the political process of Pakistani-Americans within the US and Pakistan.  He has been active in helping mobilize communities for social and political change.

Shahid has chaired the Pak Millennium Conference since 1999.  This has included leaders and experts from throughout the world, instrumental in advising the Pakistani Administration about policy and growth, and governance improvement including areas of IT development, governance and higher education.

He has also served as a vice president of the Pakistani-American Congress and nationwide organization created to foster social and political action of the Pakistani-American community and organization that has close collaborative association with the Pakistani-American Pubic Affairs Committee.  Shahid was appointed as a commissioner by the governor of Massachusetts for the Asian-American Commission and has had a central role in advising the governor about South Asian community issues, as well as, options for solutions.  He has been a member of board of trustees of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and also has served as a national finance co-chair of John Kerry for President Committee acting as a liaison to Muslim Americans and South Asian American community.  He is currently the principal at Tricon Boston Consulting Corporation involved in international development.  In Pakistan, Tricon is involved in building an Academic Medical Center in Islamabad, with the help of Harvard Medical International a 500-bed teaching hospital with five associated schools including Dental, Pharmacy, Allied Health, Nursing and Medicine.  There is also a possibility of postgraduate medical center with the help of Higher Education Commission Pakistan.  The estimated cost of the project is about thirty million dollars.

Shahid is committed to creating greater and positive understanding of Pakistanis amongst Americans and of America amongst Pakistanis. He is working on helping build bridges of understanding between societies that give our community an identity.
 

Meet the PAKPAC Board of Directors