January 26, 2012
Houston, Texas: The new office bearers of the Pakistani-American Association of Greater Houston (PAAGH) took their oaths this past Saturday at Pakistan Center. The Honorable Consul General of Pakistan in Houston Aqil Nadeem administered their oaths.
Actual elections have not happened in the Pakistani-American Association of Greater Houston (PAAGH) for quite some time; and this year again, the following office bearers have been elected for two years terms:
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January 26, 2012
Washington (By Adam Liptak): The Supreme Court on Friday rejected elections maps drawn by a federal court in Texas that had favored Democratic candidates there.
The unanimous decision said that redistricting is primarily a job for elected state officials and that the lower court had not paid enough deference to maps drawn by the State Legislature, which is controlled by Republicans. The justices sent the case back to the lower court, extending the uncertainty surrounding this major voting-rights case.
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January 26, 2012
Tells Conference of Mayors that P3s can be key to economic, business development
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May 21, 2010
Houston, Texas (05-17-2010 – Pakistan Chronicle News): Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia this past Monday in the jail located along San Jacinto announced a high profile advisory panel for the Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Program called 287(g). Panel includes people of varying background and communities. Sheriff Garcia has formed this committee to advise him on the screening of county jail inmates for immigration status.
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May 21, 2010
Houston, Texas (05-16-2010 – Pakistan Chronicle News): The Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston IMGH (http://www.imgh.org/) has a program called “Congregation 2 Congregation”, where each month members of IMGH go to a place within one of the member communities, have lunch (or refreshments) and discuss what they can do together to serve the humanity. Basic question, posed by “The Amazing Faith Project”, is: “Many faiths teach to “Love your Neighbor as Yourself”: What do you think it means to love your Neighbor as Yourself? How this might show up in everyday life.”
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May 21, 2010
Pennsylvania: The Senator, who sitched parties, Sen. Arlen Specter fell to a younger and far less experienced rival in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, and political novice Rand Paul rode support from tea party activists to a Republican rout in Kentucky on Tuesday, the latest jolts to the political establishment in a tumultuous midterm election season.
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May 12, 2010
Prosperous Entrepreneurs of the 21st Century Are Those Who Solve Issues
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