FOP Community Center to
Open Soon, Sarfaraz Khan
Pictures
taken at the FOP meetings in Bay Area and Lakewood held
on December 26 and 27 respectively |
The Pakistani-American
community will have its own community center very soon; according
to Mr. Sarfaraz Khan, President of Friends of Pakistan, USA.
He was addressing his newly elected Board of Trustees and
Board of Directors meeting at the Shahnawaz Restaurant Banquet
Hall on December 27, 2006.
Mr Khan emphasized that there was a pressing need for a community
center in the greater Los Angeles area where thousands of
Pakistani Americans are living. “The community is growing
rapidly in southern California and we don’t have any
centralized place where we can gather for social activities,”
he observed. He stated that other ethnic communities already
have their own centers and are thus serving their members
better.
The proposed center will be the first-ever Pakistani American
community center in the United States and will be self-sufficient.
Mr Sarfaraz Khan also promised to provide “services
to everybody.” A medical clinic will also be a part
of this community center, he informed the gathering..
The FOP President also congratulated and thanked all members
of the organization who had participated and organized two
successful “Rising Leaders” events on December
1 and December 2 in the Bay Area and Los Angles area respectively.
FOP’s Board of Directors also discussed a number of
items including measures to raise the membership of the organization.
It was also decided to take up the case of a Pakistani student,
sentenced for life in 1999, with the US State Department,
Government of Pakistan, and local and state officials, including
the governor of California.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
