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Final before the Finals
2011 World Cup Cricket final is scheduled for Apr 2nd;
however there is more
interest in the high
profile semi-final match
between arch rivals and
World Cup Champions
Pakistan & India on
Wednesday March 30th.
This clash between
cricket titans is all
set break records for
most viewership of a
cricket match.
 Indian
Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh has officials
invited Pakistan
President Zardari, and
Prime Minister Gilani to
be his guests for the
match. Prime Minister
Gilani has accepted this
invitation. According to
official sources, Prime
Minister Gilani will
informally meet Manmohan
Singh during the match
and a formal meeting
will be held after the
match in which bilateral
matters will come under
discussion
Security was ramped up
at the Punjab Cricket
Association stadium. Police were out in greater numbers in and around the ground
on Sunday and there were
even “media security
officers” escorting
reporters into the
ground. Around 3,000
police will patrol
Wednesday’s match with
some 2,000 expected to
be deployed in and
around the
30,000-capacity PCA
Stadium on match day. An
estimated 1,000 police
have already descended
on the luxury Hotel Taj
in nearby Chandigarh
where both teams are
staying, a force which
includes Indian army
commandos.
 Elsewhere the frantic scramble for hotel rooms and tickets showed
no signs of slackening,
even though the PCA had
insisted as early as
Tuesday that the 14,000
available tickets had
been sold, with the rest
in the hands of the ICC.
However, there have been
numerous reports of a
thriving black market in
tickets with prices
rocketing so that a
5,000-rupee ($112)
ticket was being sold
for as much as 25,000
rupees ($560).
PAKPAC applauds Senator
Durbin for holding
hearings on Protecting
the Civil Rights of
American Muslims
PAKPAC applauds
Assistant Senate
Majority Leader and the
Chairman of the
Judiciary Subcommittee
on the Constitution,
Civil Rights and Human
Rights Dick Durbin
(D-IL) for holding
Senate hearings on March
29, 2011, he will be
holding the first
Congressional hearings
to ever deal with the
civil rights and
liberties of American
Muslims. “Our
Constitution protects
the free exercise of
religion for all
Americans,” Sen. Durbin
said in a statement.
“During the course of
our history, many
religions have faced
intolerance. It is
important for our
generation to renew our
founding charter’s
commitment to religious
diversity and to protect
the liberties guaranteed
by our Bill of Rights.”
PAKPAC President Dr.
Suleman asked all
Pakistani Americans to
call the Senator’s
office to thank him for
making such a brave and
fair move to preserve
basic tenants of
American Constitution.
Call Senator Durbin’s
office today to thank
him for holding this
hearing:
WASHINGTON, D.C.
office: Phone: (202)
224-2152 and Fax: (202)
228-0400 CHICAGO
office: Phone: (312)
353-4952 and Fax: (312)
353-0150 Email him using
this form
Muslim Advocates to
Testify Before Congress
at Historic Hearing
On
Tuesday, March 29th,
Muslim Advocates
Executive Director
Farhana Khera will
testify before Congress
at the first-ever
hearing on the civil
rights of Muslim
Americans.
Farhana will be the only
community advocate
testifying. We are
honored to have this
historic opportunity to
share the stories of
Muslim Advocates who
have been unfairly
targeted for
discrimination and hate
crimes.
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin
(D-Illinois), convened
this hearing, noting the
importance for "our
generation to renew our
founding charter's
commitment to religious
diversity and to protect
the liberties guaranteed
by our Bill of Rights."
This hearing comes in
the wake of rising
levels of anti-Muslim
rhetoric and hate.
Opposition to mosques,
hate crimes, threats to
burn copies of the
Quran, and bullying of
children are just some
of the disturbing
incidents that Muslim
Americans are
experiencing across the
country.
The
ranking Democrat on the
House Judiciary
Committee has called for
an investigation into
claims by American
Muslims that they are
being harassed by U.S.
customs and border
officials while trying
to cross back into the
country from Canada.
Rep. John
Conyers (D-Mich.) asked
the Justice Department
(DOJ) and the Department
of Homeland Security
(DHS) to investigate
allegations made by the
Council on American
Islamic Relations (CAIR)
that American-Muslims
are being handcuffed,
interrogated and
sexually harassed for
hours by U.S. Customs
and Border Protection
agents along the
northern border.
“With
federal hearings on
radicalization and
intense scrutiny by law
enforcement of religious
institutions, the
American-Islamic
community today is
living in a climate that
has the risk of
producing a siege
mentality,” said Conyers
in a statement.
“The
American-Islamic
community should know
that the federal
government will protect
the interests of the
community, while
maintaining the
appropriate focus on
national security.”
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U.S. Embassy Encourages
More Pakistani Students
to Study in America
The U.S. Embassy and
U.S. Educational
Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP)
co-sponsored a college
fair at the Serena Hotel
on March 26-27 with
representatives from 11
American universities to
encourage more students
to study in the United
States. This was the
first time that so many
American representatives
have travelled together
to Pakistan. This
program was part of the
U.S. government’s
efforts to increase the
number of Pakistani
students who attend
university in the United
States.
Speaking at the fair’s
closing ceremony,
Embassy Counselor for
Public Affairs Mark
Davidson said, “The
United States has a long
tradition of embracing
foreign students. We
want more Pakistani
students to enrich our
classrooms and benefit
from our world-class
universities. Our doors
are open to Pakistanis
to study in the U.S.”
Of the 650,000 foreign
students who attended
U.S. universities last
year, over 5000 were
from Pakistan. (It is
pathetic that this
number is a fraction of
what it was decade ago)
In addition to meeting
hundreds of prospective
students and parents in
Islamabad, the
university
representatives spoke to
hundreds more in
Karachi, Lahore, and
Peshawar via digital
video conferences.
 Viewpoint
No
Shortcuts: U.S. Policy
and the Challenge of
Stabilizing Pakistan -
Ahmed A. Humayun
The stability of
Pakistan, a
nuclear-armed state in a
troubled region,
presents a formidable
challenge for the United
States. Pakistan-based
militant groups
undermine the country’s
security, help fuel the
insurgency in
Afghanistan, and
increasingly endanger
the American homeland.
By one estimate, a
majority of all
“serious” terrorist
plots against the West
since 2004 have been
linked to al-Qaeda or
related entities inside
Pakistan.1
Despite these threats,
Pakistan’s fractious
politics has impeded the
development of a
systematic
counterterrorism
strategy. Constant
tension between the
military and civilian
poles of power, and
among the civilians
themselves, has
deflected attention away
from militancy. The
views of the Pakistani
public present
additional
complications: it is
against extremism but
ambivalent about
military operations, for
democracy but harshly
critical of civilian
rule.
Much recent discussion
in Washington has
focused on how to induce
or compel Islamabad to
expand military
operations against
militant havens in
Pakistan’s tribal areas.
This emphasis is
understandable, but it
is important not to
neglect other critical
factors relevant to the
country’s stability.
There are two
intertwined dimensions
of Pakistan’s current
struggle for survival:
the military war against
militancy and the
political struggle for
democracy. Focusing on
one aspect at the
expense of the other is
to strive for short-term
tactical advantage at
the potential cost of
long-term strategic
failure.
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Both Cricket and life
are unpredictable –
Salman Ahmad
Pakistan’s journey from
yesterday’s “no-hopers”
to today’s semifinalists
against cup favorites
India has been a
startling revelation to
many pundits, experts
and fans.
The team’s world cup
transformation reflects
the mercurial strength
and potential of
Pakistani culture and
society. All that was
required was for
Afridi’s men to finally
get their act together.
Maulana Rumi once said
“give up your cleverness
and embrace
uncertainty”.
Having purged themselves
of the stain of
corruption by expelling
the tainted players,
Butt, Amir and Asif,
Pakistan were liberated
to play collectively as
a team once again.
This world cup has held
up a mirror to the
Pakistani people. We are
at our best when we
engage positively with
the world on an even
playing field. We are at
our worst when we let
our fears and divisions
defeat us.
That message is much
needed for a suddenly
re-awakened nation.
Over the past five weeks
the game of cricket has
provided, perhaps, the
most powerful
description of the
Pakistani psyche.
Despite being
overwhelmed by political
uncertainty, natural
disasters ,
international scandals,
unholy violence and
crushing poverty; not to
mention an existential
debate on national
identity: the whole
country has been riveted
by the superlative
performances of Shahid
Afridi’s men in Green.
Billed as the most
unpredictable team,
Pakistan have stumped
everyone by losing only
once against New
Zealand. In their bid to
repeat a 1992 world cup
triumph, they have gone
from strength to
strength by beating
previous world cup
holders Sri Lanka, West
Indies, and three time
reigning champions,
Australia.
Today against India, Afridi’s
men would be hoping to
continue their
resurrection and
declare a day of
deliverance by defeating
their arch rival and
Subcontinental
neighbor. It is no mean
feat for Pakistan to
have reached this stage
of the tournament but
conquering India will
require a supreme team
effort. Both physical
and psychological.
During this clash of the
titans, life will come
to a standstill from
Lahore to Calcutta and
from Karachi to
Srinagar. A sea of
humanity will be
breathlessly waiting to
see what drama is
enacted in this day and
night game in Mohali. Close
to a billion people,
will focus all their
hopes, passions and
aspirations on the
cricket ground by
watching 22 players test
their courage, skill and
passion against each
other.
The reward for the team
that can best handle its
nerves in the face of
undescribable pressure
will be the rite of
passage into the finals.
It’s the power of the
game of cricket and
Pakistan’s love for it
that young men in skull
caps and shalwar kameez,
others with reverse
baseball caps , t-shirts
and jeans will come
together, with rich and
poor, men and women, old
and young, liberals and
conservatives to be
transported in to a
state of cricketing
fana.
The power of sports,
arts and culture to
humanize what politics
demonizes can never be
under estimated. Always
a potent brew, Music and
cricket has been a glue
for Pakistani identity.
Throughout this world
cup , Fans have tweeted,
texted and face-booked
Youtube videos of Jazba
Junoon, Dil Dil
Pakistan, Jeevay Jeevay
Pakistan and a plethora
of cricket themed songs
to show their love of
team and country.
These are all natural
expressions of national
pride that no terrorist
or extremist can ever
take away from the
people. Where the
extremists want to sow
fear and division,
cricket and music have
proved to be powerful
catalysts in bringing
the nation together. No
wonder that arts and
culture is the intended
target of the
terrorists.
These fleeting moments
of unity are precious
because they offer a
glimpse of the deepest
desires of a nation. On
the evidence provided by
Shahid Afridi’s team the
Jazba and Junoon of
Pakistan is very much
alive and bubbling to
the surface.
Its time to harness this
passion and strengthen
national identity
through education, arts
and culture, pluralism,
rule of law and
leadership at all
levels. The cricket team
has shown that when you
play without corrupt and
self serving players,
you play like champions
not chumps.
If similar merit becomes
the criterion for other
public posts, Pakistan
has the potential to
transform into an Asian
tiger, perhaps even
during our life time.
Now is the moment to
amplify the voices of
reason and hope and
bravely move forward
with a unity of purpose.
Regardless of who wins
today, this resilient
Pakistani team has
already provided an
important lesson for the
country: Play naturally,
play fair, have fun
and be free of fear.
“Hai Jazba e Junoon
to himmat na haar,
Justajoo
Jo kurey who chuay
aasman / Pakistan Hamara
Pakistan Tumhara".
Jinnah — He Had a Dream
By
Dr Akbar Ahmed
"Jinnah Street in Chicago?!" I had every reason to be incredulous.
Chicago was, after all,
that most American of
cities. But my Pakistani
friends were right. Not
only was there a Jinnah
Street in the Devon area
of the city, but the
number of men and women
wearing the traditional
shalwar-kameez, the
shops selling saris and
sweetmeats, and the
kebab houses made me
feel as if I were in
Karachi or Lahore.
Pakistanis have even
transformed the local
pronunciation of Devon
into the more
Pakistani-sounding "Diwan".
I was traveling the length and breadth of the United States to conduct
fieldwork on the Muslims
of America, and was
therefore delighted not
only to visit Jinnah
Street, but to be
welcomed there by
Alderman Berny Stone,
the Jewish politician
who had initiated its
naming. A gentle, frail
and elderly man, Stone
told me that he had more
support among Muslim
voters than among Jews.
I found similar enthusiasm for Jinnah - whom Pakistanis call the
Quaid-i-Azam, or "Great
Leader" - in other
Western cities such as
London and Birmingham.
In London, Jinnah's
portrait has a place of
honor at Lincoln's Inn,
and the anniversaries of
his birth and death are
still commemorated in
the Pakistani community.
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The Anti-Shari’a Law
Controversy, another
Perspective
by
Engy Abdelkader, Esq.
What do the following U.S. states share in common: Wyoming,
Oklahoma, South
Carolina, South Dakota,
Texas, Missouri, and
Alabama?
The answer may surprise you: each can boast of its own legislative
initiative prohibiting
state judges from
considering Islamic or
international law in
their court rulings.
State proponents of the
proposed Shari’a ban
fear that U.S. law risks
being trumped by
potentially repressive
foreign laws – of
Islamic Law
surreptitiously
overtaking the American
judicial structure.
But, from where did this Islamophobic panic originate? After all,
Islamic Law has been
around since the advent
of the religion for some
1,400 years, and Muslims
have been part of the
fabric of this great
country even before the
slave ships brought them
here.
Why now?
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Activities
Senate Hearings on
Protecting the Civil
Rights of American
Muslims
Assistant Majority
Leader Dick Durbin
(D-IL) will chair the
first-ever Congressional
hearing on the civil
rights of American
Muslims. This will be
the first-ever hearing
of the new Subcommittee
on the Constitution,
Civil Rights, and Human
Rights.
Concerned that a growing
number of American
Muslims are facing
discrimination. Senator
Dick Durbin, who will
chair the March 29
hearing, said it was
being held in response
to recent incidents
targeting Muslims such
as Koran burnings,
restrictions on mosque
construction, and
possible measures to
protect the civil rights
of the religious
minority.
Durbin cited a spike "in
anti-Muslim bigotry".
Durbin will convene the
hearings on March 29 as
chairman of the Senate
Subcommittee on the
Constitution, Civil
Rights and Human Rights.
"During the course of
our history, many
religions have faced
intolerance," said
Durbin. "It is
important for our
generation to renew our
founding charter's
commitment to religious
diversity and to protect
the liberties guaranteed
by our Bill of Rights."
The timing of Senator
Durbin’s hearing is
scheduled, after a CNN
special on Sunday March
27, "Unwelcome: The
Muslims Next Door.” A
recent poll by the Pew
Center for Research
evidenced a decrease in
favorable opinions of
Muslims over the last
five years.
 Scheduled
witnesses for the
hearing include Farhana
Khera, president and
executive director of
San Francisco-based
Muslim Advocates;
retired Washington
Cardinal Theodore
McCarrick; the polyglot
former archbishop of
Washington, D.C
Assistant Attorney
General for Civil Rights
Tom Perez and Alex
Acosta, who held the
same position under
former President George
W. Bush.
David Harris, President
of the National Jewish
Democratic Council
called King’s hearings
detrimental to religious
tolerance. Protecting
America, our homeland
from more acts of
terrorism is the goal of
all Americans. In
four out of ten cases in
which evidence was
uncovered linking
suspects to terrorism
plots the information or
tip was reported to law
enforcement by
Muslim Americans.
Date: Tuesday, March 29
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226 Washington DC.
This hearing is open to
the public
Watch hearings live on
the committee's website
here.
71st
Pakistan Day
Celebrations
 Pakistanis
around the world
celebrated 71st Pakistan
Day
to mark the anniversary
of the adoption of
‘Pakistan Resolution’ on
this day in 1940.
President Asif Ali
Zardari on conferred
civil and military
awards on outstanding
individuals at an
investiture ceremony
held here at the
Aiwan-e-Sadr. Over 217
individuals were
conferred awards on the
Pakistan Day, out of
which the president gave
away around 120 civil
and 10 military awards
in different categories,
at the special ceremony.
Embassy of Pakistan in
Washington, celebrated
Pakistan Day with
Ambassador Husain
Haqqani performing a
flag-hoisting ceremony.
Ambassador Haqqani read
out the messages of
President Asif Ali
Zardari and Prime
Minister Yusuf Raza
Gilani at the ceremony,
attended fervently by
Pakistani-Americans,
diplomats and staff
members of the embassy.
The ceremony concluded
with prayers for
security, solidarity,
progress, unity and
prosperity of Pakistan.
Later in the evening
Ambassador Haqqani held
a reception at the
embassy. Mr. Marc
Grossman US special
envoy for Afghanistan
and Pakistan was the
Chief Guest at the
reception. The event was
attended by many
Ambassadors, US
Administration Officials
and members of Pakistani
American Community.
Representing President
of Pakistan, Ambassador
Haqqani conferred Sitar-i-Imtiaz
award to Dr. Hina
Chaudhry, and
posthumously to noted
Journalist Khalid Hasan.
Ambassador Haqqani also
announced the conferment
of the highest Pakistani
Civilian award of
Nishan-i-Imtiaz to
Ambassador Richard
Holbrooke. PAKPAC
Executive Director Irfan
Malik represented PAKPAC
at this event.
PAKPAC message to its
readers on Pakistan Day: Let’s Take Decision To Value Our Nation
Won’t Forget Those
Sacrifices,
Who Gave Us Freedom
Now Its Our Turn
To Have A Reformation.
President Obama’s
message on Pakistan Day
 Community
Action
Measuring Bullying
Victimization,
Perpetration, and
Bystander Experiences:
A Compendium of
Assessment Tools
Bullying, particularly
among school-age
children, is a public
health problem both
domestically and
internationally. In a
2009 nationally
representative sample of
youth in grades 9–12,
20% reported being
bullied at school in the
previous year. Five
percent of students did
not go to school because
they felt they would be
unsafe at school or on
their way to or from
school at least once in
the previous 30 days.
Given that numerous
measures of bullying
experiences exist,
researchers and
practitioners may find
it challenging to
identify which of the
available measures is
appropriate for
assessing a particular
bullying experience.
Some researchers
continue to examine the
risk and protective
factors associated with
bullying experiences.
Others are working to
design, implement, and
evaluate bully
prevention interventions
aimed at reducing bully
victimization and
perpetration, as well as
increasing prosocial
bystander involvement in
bullying situations.
CDC’s Injury Center is
pleased to announce the
release of
Measuring Bullying
Victimization,
Perpetration, and
Bystander Experiences: A
Compendium of Assessment
Tools.
This compendium provides
researchers, prevention
specialists, and health
educators with tools to
measure a range of
bullying experiences:
bully perpetration,
bully victimization,
bully-victim
experiences, and
bystander experiences.
This compendium
represents a starting
point from which
researchers can consider
a set of
psychometrically sound
measures for assessing
self-reported incidence
and prevalence of a
variety of bullying
experiences.
To order copies of the
compendium, please
complete an
Order Form.
To learn more about
youth violence and how
you can prevent it in
your community, visit
the
CDC Violence Prevention
website.
Immigration
US
Labor Department issues
proposed rulemaking
revising H-2B program
The U.S. Department of
Labor’s Employment and
Training Administration
and its Wage and Hour
Division today announced
the publication of a
proposed rule that seeks
to improve the H-2B
temporary
nonagricultural worker
program. The proposed
rule, to be published in
the March 18 edition of
the Federal Register,
includes changes to
several aspects of the
program to ensure that
U.S. workers receive the
same level of
protections and benefits
as temporary foreign
workers recruited under
the H-2B program, and to
provide better access
for employers with
legitimate labor needs.
The H-2B program allows
the entry of foreign
workers into the United
States on a temporary
basis when qualified
U.S. workers are not
available and when the
employment of those
foreign workers will not
adversely affect the
wages and working
conditions of similarly
employed U.S. workers.
The H-2B program is
limited by law to a
program cap of 66,000
visas per year.
In order to streamline
and improve the program
for employers, the
proposed rule would
create an H-2B
registration process
that would allow
employers to conduct
labor market tests
closer to their date of
need before applying for
a certification. It
also would eliminate job
contractors as users of
the program.
The department further
proposes to improve U.S.
workers’ access to jobs
and increase worker
protections by creating
a national job registry
for all H-2B job
postings; requiring
employers to provide
documentation that they
have taken appropriate
steps to recruit U.S.
workers, rather than
permitting employers to
attest to such
compliance; enhancing
transparency by
requiring employers to
submit agency agreements
and through the use of
foreign recruiters;
reinstating the role of
state workforce agencies
in providing expertise
on local labor market
conditions and
recruitment patterns;
and increasing the
amount of time during
which U.S. workers must
be recruited.
Additionally, the
department proposes to
extend H-2B program
benefits to workers
employed alongside those
recruited under the H-2B
program; require
employers to pay
transportation costs and
other fees; and enhance
enforcement by giving
the department’s Wage
and Hour Division
independent debarment
authority.
Religious Freedom
Justice Department FILES
LAWSUIT AGAINST the
STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR
VIOLATING INMATE’S RIGHT
TO PRACTICE HIS RELIGION
The Justice Department
filed a lawsuit today
against the state of
California, Governor
Jerry Brown and the
California Department of
Corrections and
Rehabilitation for
violating the right of
an inmate to practice
his religion. The
lawsuit follows a
Justice Department
investigation that
revealed that
California’s inmate
grooming policy
substantially burdens
the rights of an inmate
to practice his Sikh
faith.
By filing the complaint,
the department seeks to
resolve its
investigation and
participate in a lawsuit
filed recently on behalf
of the inmate, who has
been subjected to
punishment for
maintaining an unshorn
beard in accordance with
the dictates of his
religion. By requiring
the inmate, Sukhjinder
S. Basra, to cut his
beard, California
compels him to violate
his religious beliefs in
contravention of the
Religious Land Use and
Institutionalized
Persons Act (RLUIPA).
Basra is housed at the
California Men’s Colony
in San Luis Obispo,
Calif.
“The
freedom to practice
one’s faith in peace is
among our most cherished
rights. RLUIPA has
proven to be a powerful
tool in combating
religious discrimination
and ensuring religious
freedom,” said Thomas E.
Perez, Assistant
Attorney General for the
Civil Rights Division.
“The Department of
Justice is committed to
vigorously enforcing
RLUIPA to ensure that
religious liberty for
all remains protected.”
“The rights guaranteed
by the Constitution
extend to all people in
the United States,” said
André Birotte Jr., U.S.
Attorney for the Central
District of California.
“By protecting those
rights – even for those
incarcerated – we
strengthen those rights
for all.”
RLUIPA,
which protects the
religious freedom of
persons confined to
institutions such as
prisons, mental health
facilities and state-run
nursing homes, was
enacted by both houses
of Congress unanimously
and signed into law on
Sept. 22, 2000. The
law also addresses
religious discrimination
in land use, and was
passed in response to
concerns that places of
worship, particularly
those of religious and
ethnic minorities, were
frequently subjected to
discrimination in zoning
matters. In the 10
years since its passage,
RLUIPA has helped secure
the ability of thousands
of individuals and
institutions to practice
their faiths freely and
without discrimination.
More
information on the Civil
Rights Division’s
efforts to combat
religious discrimination
may be found at
www.justice.gov/crt.
 Announcement
National Security
Analysis & Intelligence
Summer Seminar (NSAISS)
July 10-22, 2011
The Office of the
Director of National
Intelligence’s (ODNI)
National Security
Analysis & Intelligence
Summer Seminar (NSAISS)
is now accepting
applications through
April 3 for a
two-week residential
summer program in
Washington, D.C., July
10-22, 2011. NSAISS
participants will be
introduced to the
business of intelligence
and will interact with
senior officials,
current intelligence
analysts, and private
sector experts to
explore intelligence
disciplines,
methodologies, and
substantive topics
through a curriculum of
lectures, panels, case
studies, simulations,
and site visits to
agencies. Program
participants will
receive accommodations,
living expenses, and
transportation to/from
Washington D.C. and to
all program activities.
Program participants
must be US citizens,
interested in
intelligence careers,
and currently enrolled
university graduate
students or exceptional
graduating seniors with
proven plans for ongoing
graduate study in Fall
2011.
Applications and further
information regarding
the program can be found
at
www.orau.org/nsaiss.
Law and Leadership
summer program at
KARAMAH
Karamah,
Muslim Women Lawyers for
Human Rights, is a
U.S.-based charitable
organization
is looking for
applicants for
the 2011 Law and
Leadership Summer
Program (LLSP). You can
register
for the program. To
learn more about LLSP
and other Karamah
programs visit the
Programs
section of KARMAH
website.
 Upcoming Seminars at Think Tanks
To
get information about future seminars and events relating to
US-Pakistan relations, please visit the following websites
Atlantic Council
Brookings Institution
Council on Foreign
Relations
Heritage Foundation
Middle East Institute
SAIS
Woodrow Wilson
Center
 Meet PAKPAC Board of Directors
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Shehzad
Akhter
-
MD
-
Faiz Bhora
- NY
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Hassan Bukhari-
TX;
Past President;
International Event Coordinator-Exec Committee Member
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Faizan Haq
-
NY
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Amina Khan
-
VA
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Noor Khan
-
NY
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Saquib Khan
-
NY;
Exec Committee
Member
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Ray Mahmood
-
VA
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Ijaz Mahmood
-
KY;
Exec Committee
Member
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Khalid Mahmood
-
TX
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Irfan Malik-
MD; Executive Director
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Salman Malik
-
NH;
President
Elect 2012-2013
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Parvez Shah
-
MD
Treasurer; Past President; Exec
Committee Member
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Farooq Soomro
-
GA
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Mohammed Suleman
-
NO;
-President
2010-2011`
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Shahid Tahir
-
MI
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Zafar Tahir
-
TX
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Mohiudin Zeb
-
TX
PAKPAC has more openings for active community members to become Board of Directors.
Email
Nomination@pakpac.net
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