The Florida Pakistani-American community is organizing and we want to hear from YOU.
PAKPAC is offering Florida area community leaders the chance to come together for private discussions with Congressional leaders from Florida and across the country. Membership in the PAKPAC Florida chapter provides members with free admittance to PAKPAC events across Florida as-well as at our National events held at our DC office.
Florida Executive Board
Khalid Mirza
President
Khalid Mirza came to the USA in 1974, completed his Masters degree in Healthcare Administration from Long Island University, New York. Presently lives in Fort Lauderdale with his wife Diana. He has and successfully managed healthcare companies specializing in geriatric rehab and presently serves as President of U.H. I. Community Care Clinic, a free clinic providing preventive care to the uninsured and underserved population in South Florida.
He is CoFounder of COSMOS, (Coalition of South Florida Muslims Organizations) a bridge builder between different communities through education, outreach in South Florida.
He is on the Executive Board of Directors of Americans for Immigrant Justice (A.I.J. ) which provides legal services fighting for the rights of immigrants and previously served as a Board member, and later President of the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Miami, was a Board member and later as Chairman of the Nur Ul Islam Academy in Broward County, Florida, and served on the Board and later as Chairman of the Islamic Center of Greater Miami for more than 30 years.
He is also involved in promoting and fundraising for several Pakistani non profit organizations : Shaukat Khanum Hospital, Child Life foundation , Akhuwat Foundation, Children’s Heart hospital,Lahore, Deaf Reach Schools.
Hamza Sheikh
President
Dr. Hamza Sheikh is a physician (endocrinologist, internal medicine) practicing in the metro Atlanta area. He has been involved in various political and welfare activities over the years. He believes that it is important for all citizens to get politicized to strengthen democracy and bring about a positive change in society. Nations can only prosper when they have true democracy, rule of law and protection of fundamental human rights. He is inspired by the following quotes by Plato - "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." and "The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
Munzir Naqvi
Vice President
Munzir Naqvi is a Senior Program Analyst at the United States Department of Labor. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Kennesaw State University. He received his Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) from University of Illinois-Chicago. He has been active in causes for human rights and served in leadership positions in student and community organizations including serving as President of the Student Government Association at Kennesaw State University. He has a keen interest U.S.-Pakistan relations with focus on U.S. policy towards Pakistan.
Sairah Zaidi
General Secretary
Sairah has worked for over a decade managing programs focused on democratic governance, countering violent extremism, and education. She has worked with several international organizations in Pakistan and during her time there she led the elections component of an
internationally funded project that provided technical support to the Election Commission of Pakistan and helped register women voters ahead of the 2018 general elections. She previously worked to develop and advocate for reform recommendations which contributed to the first unified election law in Pakistan in 2017. Sairah has also worked on election observation missions in several countries including Ukraine, Macedonia, Afghanistan and Pakistan. She is currently an Associate Director at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Sairah has a Master of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
Momina Niazi
Director of Communications
Mom, doctor, business owner with portion of profits dedicated to charity, director of a nonprofit school with scholarship program for girls’ higher education in Pakistan. Working towards improving the quality of life for Pakistanis, with focus on creating equal opportunities, leadership development, upholding of democratic principles; along with equality, freedom & justice for all.
Saqib Chaudhry
Director of Outreach
Saqib Chaudhry is an ambitious entrepreneur and a compassionate individual with excellent analytical and interpersonal skills. Though his educational background was pre-med focused at the University of Georgia, he found his calling to be in entrepreneurship. Soon thereafter, he was in the driving seat of a successful venture in Finance. His enterprise expanded globally with offices in Georgia, USA and Lahore, Pakistan. While actively overseeing his company’s growth, he pursued additional outlets to hone his skills and resultantly acquired numerous certifications in project management in the IT sector. The drive for continuous learning and implementation resulted in the addition of several flourishing companies to his portfolio. He now owns and oversees multiple companies in business consultancy, software development, digital marketing, and medical insurance billing services. He takes pride in his capacity to continuously engage with and be resourceful to the Pakistani American community. Coming from a humble background of a remote village in Sahiwal, Pakistan, Saqib has always kept very close philanthropic and business ties within his birth country.
Asfandyar Rashid
Treasurer
Asfandyar works in data and analytics. He is married with two kids living in Cobb County. His hobbies are watching movies sometimes and cricket. He likes to play with his kids whenever he has some time.
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