November 2024

APF United Nations

2025 Call for Fellows

The American Pakistan Foundation is pleased to announce the call for applications for the APF United Nations 2025 Fellowship. This prestigious fellowship is designed to give exposure to students to the inner workings of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and empower themselves to advocate for and explore social and economic issues surrounding the Pakistani American diaspora.

Learn more about this competitive APF Fellowship opportunity below!

APF United Nations Call for 2025 Fellows is Live

The APF UN Fellowship is a six-month fellowship program that aims to give selected fellows a chance to understand APF’s role within ECOSOC and provides a chance to champion social and economic causes, delving deeper into the significance and implications of issues that affect our diaspora. Fellows will have the opportunity to attend in-person and virtual UN conferences, submit written statements to the United Nations, publish reports, receive mentorship, engage in thoughtful discussions, and establish lasting connections.

The deadline to apply is Monday, December 30, at 11:59pm ET.

APF NextGen PSA Competition Submissions Due 11/22

The APF NextGen competition is for Pakistani Student Associations (PSAs) that collaboratively hold events to raise awareness about Pakistani culture. APF welcomes submissions from PSAs of all sizes and stages of evolution.

View an APF NextGen PSA Competition info session here.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, November 22 at 5pm ET.

APF Announces New Board of Directors Members

APF is pleased to announce the following new members of our Board of Directors:

Malik Sarwar is Senior Partner and Managing Director, Wealth Management at Global Leader Group.

Sahar Husain is a founding member of Muslim Volunteers for New York (MV4NY).

Adil Husain is Managing Director, Washington DC at Emerging Strategy and Board Chairman at OPEN DC.

Sarah Ashfaq is a partner in Goodwin’s nationally recognized Tech Companies & Life Sciences group.

Learn About the APF + Human Development Foundation Fellowship Experience from Zahra Hassan

Zahra Hassan recently completed the first APF + Human Development Foundation (HDF) Fellowship. Zahra reports from Islamabad:

"My involvement was a deeply moving and inspiring experience. Having the opportunity to understand in depth how holistically HDF provides for marginalized and disadvantaged communities was transformative. Now, I have a much deeper sense of commitment to serving the underprivileged and a greater knowledge of how to do that constructively and in a lasting way."

APF NextGen Community Members Win 24 Under 24 Award from James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation

Pictured L-R: Samia Waheed, Jim Luce (CEO), Maha Butt

In October 2024, Maha Butt, APF Executive Administrator, along with Leadership Council members Samia Waheed, Imaan Mirza, and Rai Muhammad Hasen Masoud, were awarded the prestigious Luce Foundation 24 Under 24 Award at the James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation 25th Anniversary Gala at Asia Society in New York. These young leaders were accompanied by Dr. M. Nasar Qureshi, APF Board of Directors Chair, and Mumtaz Hussain, an APF friend who was also awarded as Artist in Residence.

APF is proud of its community members for achieving remarkable milestones in their leadership and humanitarian projects. Sadia Malik, as Team Lead, and the APF NextGen Team are focused on fostering youth leadership and celebrating achievements of exceptional Pakistani American youth, both of which directly align with the Luce Foundation mission. 

APF GOTV 2024 Final Report

The APF Get Out The Vote (GOTV 2024) initiative has been a yearlong nonpartisan endeavor to encourage, inform, empower, and unite the Pakistani American, South Asian American, AAPI community and friends to pledge an informed vote in the United States presidential, state, and local elections.

We conducted a first-of-its-kind research report that captures personal stories from Pakistani American community members across the United States and provides a detailed analysis of our community's civic engagement and voter participation trends through oral interviews and a literature review.

Watch GOTV 2024 webinars and podcasts here