{"id":28659,"date":"2023-04-17T21:49:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T21:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=28659"},"modified":"2023-04-17T21:55:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T21:55:10","slug":"apags-annual-iftar-dinner-brings-together-everyone-from-elected-members-to-religious-figures-under-one-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/28659","title":{"rendered":"APAG’s annual Iftar-Dinner brings together everyone from elected members to religious figures under one roof"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York: American Pakistani Advocacy Group (APAG) hosted an Iftar-Dinner at its founder and the president Ali Rashid’s residence in New York.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The event began with the recitation of a few verses from the Holy Quran, followed by Naa’t-e-Rasool (peace be upon him).<\/p>\n

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The Iftar-Dinner was attended by a large number of community members including Congressman Jamaal Bowman, American officials and Pakistani Consul General in New York Ayesha Ali.<\/p>\n

A religious scholar shed light on positive aspects and philosophy of Holy Ramzan and fasting.<\/p>\n

Ali Rashid, the host of the event, welcomed the guests and thanked them for attending the Iftar dinner and wished them the best of the holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n

US Congressman Jamaal Bowman asked Pakistani community to work hard and show unity within its ranks and files to put Pakistan on the track of progress and prosperity.<\/p>\n

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Addressing the participants of the event, Consul General of Pakistan in New York Ayesha Ali appreciated the organizers of the event and the performance of APAG.<\/p>\n

Other US officials attending the iftar dinner ceremony thanked Ali Rasheed for the invitation, appreciated the work being done to serve the community, and wished happy Ramadan.<\/p>\n

One of the Non-Muslim participants said:<\/p>\n

“I do not practice fasting though, but yes, i keep fast for at least one day in Ramadan, as a gesture of solidarity with my fellow Muslim colleagues. Also, I do enjoy iftars.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“We are all here together today thanks to Congressman Jamal Bowman who traveled a long way to be here,” US officials said.<\/p>\n

APAG’s annual Iftar Dinner event brought together everyone from elected officials to religious people under one roof, setting a new example of promoting interfaith harmony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York: American Pakistani Advocacy Group (APAG) hosted an Iftar-Dinner at its founder and the president Ali Rashid’s residence in New York. The event began with the recitation of a few verses from the Holy Quran, followed by Naa’t-e-Rasool (peace be upon him). The Iftar-Dinner was attended by a large number of community members including […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,31,32,1378,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","category-news","category-pakistan","category-us","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28659"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28665,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28659\/revisions\/28665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}