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Events
Events, Academic Year 2005-06
- Friday, May 19th, 2006: PaS Farewell dinner at Zafran.
- Recipient of the Dean of Students' Award for Outstanding Achievement in recognition of its services to the Pakistani and Stanford community.
- Saturday, May 13th, 2006: Kaif and Arooj Aftab in Concert -- A Night of Pakistani Mystic Rock and Soul [pictures]
- Friday, Feb 24th, 2006 : Co-sponsorship of Rhythms, Sanskriti's campus-wide cultural show. All proceeds went to UNICEF to aid earthquake victims in South Asia.
- Sunday Feb 12th - Sunday Feb 19th, 2006: Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival. Presented by the Asian Religious & Cultural Initiative and the Department of Music.
- Sunday Jan 22nd, 2006: Bin Laughin at Stanford! A Night of Comedy with Azhar Usman. [more information]
- Friday Nov 11th - Sunday Nov 13th, 2005: 3rd I San Francisco South Asian Film Festival, with Salman Ahmad's Its My Country Too. Proceeds raised for South Asia Earthquake Relief. [more information]
- Tuesday Nov 8th, 2005: 1-month Anniversary of Nationwide Candlelight Vigil for Earthquake Relief [more information]
- Saturday Nov 5th, 2005: Beach volleyball at Half Moon Bay, followed by dinner at Zafran Saturday night [pictures]
- Tuesday Oct 25th, 2005: Nationwide Earthquake Vigil held to remember the victims of the South Asia Quake [details] [pictures]
- Sunday October 2nd, 2005: PaS held its annual Welcome BBQ at Crothers Memorial [pictures] NEW
Events, Academic Year 2004-05
- May 1st 2005: South Asia's most famous rock band, JUNOON, rocked Stanford [JUNOON Forum]
- A 90 minute long Video Documentary on the state of dance in Pakistan by Faizaan Peerzada. Presented by 3rd I and co-sponsored by Stanford India Association [details]
- Saturday, Feb 26, 2005: The annual Pakistani kite flying festival,
Basant
for the first time at Stanford. [details] [pictures]
- Sunday Nov 21, 2004: Big Sib/Lil Sib Bowling Night.
[pictures]
- Sunday Nov 14, 2004: Eid Day - Early morning eid prayers
followed by breakfast at IHOP and then a trip to the beach.
[pictures]
- Sat Nov 13, 2004: 'Eid - Family Front Night' was
celebrated with a delicious desi meal along with a comedy
family sitcoms like Alif Noon and Family Front.
- Friday Oct 22, 2004: The undergrads challenged the
graduate students on a tape ball cricket match at the EV
School ground. The series ended in a tight draw 1:1. [pictures]
- Sunday Oct 10, 2004: PAS had a welcome BBQ followed by a trip to San Francisco for
all the new students.
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Events, Academic Year 2003-04
- Saturday, May 15, 2004: PaS held its Annual
Farewell in honor of graduating members. [pictures]
- Friday, February 27, 2004: PaS
Bowling & Dinner - PaS members enjoyed an evening
of bowling followed by dinner.
- Saturday, February 14,
2004: PaS Movie Nite! PaS screened the documentary
'Will They See Light?', produced and directed by Maham Abbas
Mela, and episodes of the famous Pakistani comedy series
50-50.
- Wednesday, November 27, 2003: PaS
Eid Celebration! PaS celebrated Eid by having mittahi
in the morning, followed by an evening of bowling and dinner.
- Monday, October 20, 2003: "Hope
Not Hate": A Town Hall Gathering on US-Muslim World
Relations. This event is co-sponsored by PaS. Please
visit the Muslim
Students Awareness Network (MSAN) website for more details.
- Sunday, October 5, 2003: PaS
Welcome BBQ. PaS 2003-04 welcomed new Paksitanis to
Stanford by hosting a mouth-watering BBQ under a grove of
trees near the Oval.
Past Events
- Sunday, June 15, 2003: Stanford
Commencement 2003. A photograph of five of our Pakistani
graduates.
- Saturday May 24th, 2003: Farewell Dinner. PaS 2002-2003
closed the academic year with an elegant farewell dinner
for the graduating class. The event was very widely attended
by PaS members, friends and family. Graduation gifts were
presented to the graduating students and they shared their
wisdom with the younger lot. This year's graduating class
includes Shuaib Arshad, Hammad Saleem, Waqar Mohsin, Masood
Siddiqi, Irem Janjua, Samira Khan, Abid Mohsin, Saad Waqas
and Mudassir Sheikha. PaS wishes them a prosperous, bright
and happy future.
- Friday May 16th, 2003: Kaif
Concert. Kaif was stunning. Some 150 people were highly
entertained by the hits from Junoon, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,
and the ensuing Bhangras. The event was widely covered by
the Press including Paknews
and the Stanford
Daily. Donations were collected and were sent to The
Citizen's Foundation in Pakistan.
- February 21, 2003:
International
Gala 2003. Tender and spicy Shalimar Kababs rocked this
year's International Gala.
- February 15, 2003:
PaS
Welcome BBQ. We were pleased to have Dr Riffat Hussain
at the event. New students, you stand welcomed!
- January 21, 2003: A luncheon with Pakistan's Consul General
in Los Angeles, Madam Raana Rahim. The Consul General answered
questions about the INS registration drive and allayed anxieties.
- December 16, 2001:
Eid
Party . We got together in Escondido Village 21-D to
enjoy Halal KFC and later went for bowling.
- November 12, 2001: Coffee Eve. We got together on Monday
in the Coffee house to discuss several issues concerning
the role of PaS.
- October 14, 2001: The Pakistanis at Stanford welcome.
We got together on Saturday at Ed Levin County park
- October 30, 1999: Kaif, In Concert
- October 28, 1999: Wasim Azhar, Dean, LUMS The Development
of a Private University in Pakistan: A Case Study
- October 3, 1999: The Pakistanis at Stanford welcome.
We got together on Sunday at Huddart County Park in Woodside.
- October 22, 1998: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmiri Spiritual
Leader Nuclear Flashpoint - Urgency of Conflict Resolution
In Kashmir
- October 4, 1998: The Pakistanis at Stanford welcome.
We got together on Sunday at Huddart County Park in Woodside.
- April 7, 1998: An Evening with Ambassador Ahmad Kamal
Global Peace and Pakistan's Foreign Policy
- November 15, 1997: Shaam-e-Jashan An Evening of Celebration
with the best of Pakistani Music and Cuisine
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