Arif Mansuri Acquires
Pakistan Link
Newport
Beach, CA: Well-known industrialist and community activist
Arif Zaffar Mansuri has acquired PL Publications, LLC, the
publisher of Pakistan Link. He assumed the office of President
and Managing Editor on May 14, 2007.
An active member of several Pakistani-American and mainstream
American associations, Mansuri enjoys immense popularity
in the community. He has been instrumental in organizing
many community events and fundraisers and is highly regarded
for his patronage of learning and scholarship.
Mansuri regards Pakistan Link as a national heritage that
he has come to share, not own, with fellow Pakistanis. “I
am thankful to God that He has given me the opportunity
to serve my dear country, Pakistan, and the Pakistanis residing
in North America. I feel honored to be the current caretaker
of this precious heritage.
“I admire the Pakistani-American media, including
the many newspapers, magazines, radio, TV and the Internet.
However, very few of these have a direct focus on the mainstream
American community and its policymakers, think tanks and
interfaith groups. Pakistan Link is among those who have
traditionally served this crucial role, and it is my dream
to have it serve as an even stronger link in the future
between the Pakistani-American community and the mainstream
American community.”
Mansuri urges the community to support Pakistan Link by
submitting feature articles, opinion pieces and poetry,
taking subscriptions and placing advertisements. He also
warmly welcomes suggestions, critiques and letters to the
editor.
Prominent community members
have welcomed Mansuri’s taking over of Pakistan Link
and have greeted him with many congratulatory messages.
Literary circles, too, have expressed optimism that Link’s
already well-respected literary standing will reach even
higher levels; for years, Mansuri has been associated with
the Urdu Writers Society and has figured prominently in
other literary circles.
Mansuri is a Director of the Pakistan American Leadership
Center (PAL-C). He presides over the Council of Pakistan
American Chamber of Commerce (CPACC) and is a Board Member
of the Southern California Organization of Pakistani Engineers
(SCOPE). He is also a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s
(FBI) Multi Cultural Advisory Committee (MCAC) and Vice
Chairman of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Pakistan
Advisory Council.
The Mansuris in the Badshahi Mosque, Lahore (March
2007) |
Mansuri holds a Bachelors
degree in Mechanical Engineering from NED Engineering University,
Karachi; a Masters degree in Industrial Engineering from
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; and an MBA degree
from Pepperdine University, Malibu, California.
Mansuri is the President and CEO of Metals & More, Inc.,
a California-based importer and wholesaler of stainless
steel. He is also the Director of Tubular Specialties Manufacturing,
Inc., a manufacturer of washroom accessories and handrails/railing
systems with a manufacturing plant in Los Angeles and warehouses
at various locations across the U.S. He is also the Director
of Huntman LLC, a California-based investment company with
commercial and residential real estate holdings in California
and Arizona.
Mansuri has been married to Zaib-un-Nissa (Debbie) for eighteen
years and has a five-year-old daughter, Jazmyn. Zaib shares
her husband’s zest to promote the media. “For
years I have watched Arif faithfully read Pakistan Link
every week. He is truly dedicated to this wonderful newspaper
and is very excited about this new opportunity. It is a
dream come true for him.”
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