Pakistan Canada Association

Olympic Skier Arrives in Vancouver

Pakistani skier qualifies for Vancouver 2010

Pakistani skier Mohammad Abbas became the first man in the country’s history to qualify for the the Winter Olympics, to be held from Feb 12 in Vancouver, Canada. A ceremony was arranged at the Canadian High Commission in Islamabad to honour Abbas. Canadian High Commissioner Randolph Mank, office-bearers of the ski federation, Abbas, [...]

Haiti Fundraising Update

As of today’s date we have collected a total of $1800 for the people of Haiti. Your generous online contributions will be forwarded to Doctors without Borders (www.msf.ca) for their Emergency Relief Fund. Receipts will be issued in the coming weeks and will arrive shortly there after. The situation is still extremely dire in [...]

Press Release: Haiti Earthquake Relief

The membership and executive of Pakistan-Canada Association wish to extend our sincere sympathy and solidarity for the people of the Caribbean nation of Haiti.  The devastation and tragedy caused by this magnitude 7.0 earthquake is immeasurable and a great deal needs to be done to bring this nation back to its feet.  The people of [...]

Zoom on Pakistan – A Mountain Climbing Hero Returns

Making his second visit to Vancouver, Pakistani mountain climber extraordinaire Nazir Sabir returns on December 1st for an evening of mountain climbing lore and celebration: In order to promote the mountains of Pakistan, the Consulate General in collaboration with Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) is organizing a special event Zoom on Pakistan on Tuesday, December 1 [...]

Rahman Family Update

Four Surrey children are one step closer to being reunited with their parents after nearly four years in foster care. The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for Muzzammil and Muhammad Attiq-Ur Rahman, in their fight to regain custody of their children. “The Pakistani community and all our family are very happy,” the children’s father, [...]

Pakistan Festival 2009- History Has Been Made

An estimated 10,000 people attended British Columbia’s first ever Pakistan Festival – an extravaganza featuring arts and crafts, cuisine and music of Pakistan. Held on Sunday August 16th at Holland Park in Surrey, the event was organized to coincide with the Independence Day of Pakistan. Over 62 years ago, under the leadership of Quaid-E-Azam Mohammad Ali [...]

Pakistani-British Boxer Amir Khan becomes Champion

Following an evening in Manchester informing Andreas Kotelnik over 12 blistering rounds that he was no longer good enough to wrap the WorldBoxing Association light-welterweight belt around his waist, Amir Khanyesterday said that he is now ready. Ready for the United States, ready for more world title belts, ready to fight the best. Freddie Roach, the genius [...]

Sheikh Family Deported

Sabir Mohammed Sheikh and Seema Sheikh, originally from Karachi, Pakistan, were accepted as refugees in Canada in 2001. The Sheikh family of four children, has arduously worked to rebuild a vibrant life in their Parc-Extension neighbourhood since. Now, Canadian immigration authorities have abruptly ended their new life in Canada. They were deported to the United [...]

July Payment Update

For those of you that have graciously donated monthly towards Pakistan House this is to inform you that the July payment will come out closer to July 23rd than July 15th.  Due to a computer login problem the monthly payment cannot be released for July 15th as scheduled.  Instead the issue will be resolved on [...]