{"id":41176,"date":"2026-08-20T16:53:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=41176"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:53:29","slug":"psnt-to-organize-annual-quaid-mela-on-august-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/41176","title":{"rendered":"PSNT to organize annual Quaid Mela on August 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DALLAS: Pakistan Society of North Texas will hold Quaid Mela to mark Pakistan\u2019s Independence Day at Concert Avenue in Southfork Ranch on August 22.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Quaid Mela will feature cultural activities and a unique bazaar featuring stalls selling traditional Pakistani food, clothing, and other products. The youth band Raga Boys and other artists will perform in the Quaid Mela.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41172\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-20-at-9.24.03-PM-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-20-at-9.24.03-PM-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-20-at-9.24.03-PM-scaled.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-20-at-9.24.03-PM-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pakistani government officials stationed in the United States will be attending as special guests.<\/p>\n<p>As always, entry and parking are free at the Quaid Mela. PSNT appeals to Pakistani Americans living in Dallas to participate in the festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DALLAS: Pakistan Society of North Texas will hold Quaid Mela to mark Pakistan\u2019s Independence Day at Concert Avenue in Southfork Ranch on August 22. The Quaid Mela will feature cultural activities and a unique bazaar featuring stalls selling traditional Pakistani food, clothing, and other products. The youth band Raga Boys and other artists will perform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":41171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,31,32,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","category-news","category-pakistan","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41176","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=41176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41177,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41176\/revisions\/41177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}