{"id":22053,"date":"2021-09-04T19:14:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T14:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=22053"},"modified":"2021-09-04T19:14:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T14:14:16","slug":"apag-held-meet-greet-with-eric-adams-and-pakistani-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/22053","title":{"rendered":"APAG held meet &#038; greet with Eric Adams and Pakistani Community."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Queens, New York City,<\/p>\n<p>American Pakistani Advocacy Group-APAG organized a meet and greet with community and Eric Adams, a successful mayoral candidate in NYC primary election, at local hall in Queens, New York. Event begins with recitation of Quran. Later, the national anthem of Pakistan was also performed.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h08m47s738.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h08m47s738-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h08m47s738-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h08m47s738-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h08m47s738-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h08m47s738.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A large number of business and social personalities of Pakistani American community participated in the meet and greet.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h08m30s475.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h08m30s475-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h08m30s475-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h08m30s475-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h08m30s475-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h08m30s475.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Honorable guest and successful mayoral candidate in NYC primary election, Eric Adams, told the audience that he has always spoken out against atrocities against Muslims and will continue to stand with Muslims.\u00a0All members of the APAG team wore white shirts and green ties to represent Pakistan at the event.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h03m20s577.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h03m20s577-300x170.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h03m20s577-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h03m20s577-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h03m20s577-390x220.png 390w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h03m20s577.png 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>While addressing the audience, APAG President Ali Rasheed and senior team member Pervez Riaz said that Pakistani community in US should work together under one roof instead of separate platforms.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h03m53s701.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h03m53s701-300x170.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h03m53s701-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h03m53s701-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h03m53s701-390x220.png 390w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h03m53s701.png 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>At last Eric Adams&#8217; birthday cake was also cut in the event. The APAG team and participants expressed hope that Eric Adams would be the new mayor of NYC and he would address issues facing by Muslims and Pakistani community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h07m36s688.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h07m36s688-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h07m36s688-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h07m36s688-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h07m36s688-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/vlcsnap-2021-09-04-19h07m36s688.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queens, New York City, American Pakistani Advocacy Group-APAG organized a meet and greet with community and Eric Adams, a successful mayoral candidate in NYC primary election, at local hall in Queens, New York. 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