Pakistan Association of Greater Washington

P.O. Box 8466
Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8466
pakistan_association@yahoo.com email
http://www.geocities.com/pakistan_association/ website

Area of Inerest:
Organization - Cultural preservation and advocacy

Primary Ethnic Community Served:
Pakistani

Description:
The Pakistan Association is unaffiliated with any government or political party, operates as a non-profit organization and aims to:

• Promote goodwill, understanding and fellowship among Pakistani-Americans and community at large;
• Organize national, cultural and social events to promote art, music, literature and other cultural aspects of Pakistani life;
• Organize trade shows, food festivals and antique shows and create a network to locate business opportunities for community members;
• Educate the community on political, social and economic issues and raise awareness of their rights and responsibilities;
• Coordinate efforts to represent the Pakistani community's perspective on various issues.

Pakistan Association is recognized as tax-exempt social welfare organization by the IRS under section 501(c)4 of the IRC. Please send us a request to get a copy of the determination letter.

Staff:
Lubna Ejaz, President
Shujaat Siddiqui,Vice President
Jamshed Uppal, Treasurer
Aneela Shah, Secretary

Submitted by:
AIA Staff

New - 04/17/03