Events
- Flag raising events
- Pakistan day flag raising events are held throughout USA around August 14 every year.
- Pakistan Independence Day Parade
- The event is held every year around August 14 (the date Pakistan was established in 1947) in New York City.
- First International Urdu Conference was held in the United Nations Head Quarters in New York on June 2000. The conference was organized by Urdu Markaz New York.
- APPNA Conference
- This event is organized every year by APPNA (Association of Pakistani Physicians in North America). The conference attracts hundreds of Pakistani American physicians and their families from all over North America.
APPNA's doctors have also volunteered their time and services for a free health care event taking place throughout June 2010.
- Pakistan Independence Day Festival of Battery Park
- This is the largest gathering of Pakistani Americans in United States which was founded by a very well connected, political and social activist, Khalid Ali.
- In April 2010 the USA Cricket Association signed a deal with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to host games in America. The PCB said that they had reached an agreement with the USA Cricket Association and anticipated games starting in 2010. This is also due to the large Pakistani American and Pakistani expatriate community residing in the United States.
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