Pakistani-American elected in Maryland

[Spring Onion]

Pakistani-American elected in Maryland


NOV 13

By Abdus Sattar Ghazali

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 12: Saqib Ali, a Pakistani-American, has been elected to the Maryland State legislature, in last week’s elections.

He is the second Pakistani-American to be elected to a state legislature. Saghir Tahir, popularly known as Saggy, has been re-elected for the third time to the New Hampshire State House. Mr Tahir belongs to the Republican Party. Saqib Ali, a Democrat, had defeated the incumbent member Joan F. Stern in the District 39 primary race in last September that assured his success in the Nov 7 election.

During the election campaign, he was endorsed by the Washington Post. The influential paper wrote: “Political newcomer Saqib Ali has shown good command of issues and would bring new vigour to this district’s delegation.”

Born in Chicago, to Pakistani parents, Ali has lived in Montgomery County since 1991. He holds both Bachelors and Masters degrees in Computer Science from the University of Maryland. He is currently working with a Virginia firm on classified national security projects.

http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/13/top10.htm

 

[Spring Onion]

Good news hope this can help Pakistanis in anyway there in US who are facing some problems

 

[Neo]

Good to have a Pakistani voice indeed. :flag:

 

[Awesome]

Nice find Jana. Very interesting to read that.

 

[Awesome]

http://www.alifordelegate.com/

 

[Janbaz]

Very nice! Excellent to see that the public supports Pakistani's overseas and they repersent our people positively rather than being caught in a bomb making plot etc.