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IFAIR
Visit the PaksMIT booth at the International Fair!!!
Featuring- samosas, pakoras, henna, Pakistan presentation, kites, tons of fun and more!
April 27th, 12pm to 4pm, Kresge Lawn.
BASANT CPW BBQ
Join PaksMIT for the kite-flying celebration of spring!
Monday, April 16th,
1pm to 4pm
Kresge BBQ Pits (rain location:
McCormick country kitchen)
PaksMIT and the UA Finboard cordially invite you to attend,
TRIBAL WAR?
What is this "Tribal
Area" in Pakistan & Afghanistan?
What is its problem?
Why does the US care?
And what does it mean
for Pakistan?
A Lecture by Prof Adil Najam
Associate Professor of International
Negotiation and Diplomacy, Tufts University
MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering,
MS in Technology and Policy and,
PhD in International Environmental Policy, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
Wednesday, March 14th
Reception at 5:45pm
Lecture 6:00pm to 7:30pm
MIT room
4-270
Refreshments Served
PaksMIT, MITMSA and the UA Finboard cordially invite you to attend:
The Most Dangerous Place on Earth?
Putting the Kashmir Dispute in Perspective
Join us to find out why Bill Clinton called Kashmir, a beautiful land in the
Himalayas now ravaged by strife, the "most dangerous place on Earth."
A Lecture by Hussain Huqqani
Director, Center for International Relations;
Associate Professor of International Relations, Boston University.
B.A., M.A. University of Karachi.
http://www.bu.edu/ir/faculty/haqqani.html
Wednesday, November 29th
Reception at 5:45pm
Lecture 6pm to 7:30pm
E51 Wong Auditorium
Refreshments Served!
Further background reading on the issue:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_region
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/355280.stm
http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~mughal/kashmir/kashmir.html
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/kashmir.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/kashmir/front.html
We hope to see you there!
Past Events
Fall 2006
- Welcome dinner
- Ramadan Sehri / Chai Party II
- Chaand Raath
- "Most Dangerous Place on Earth" Talk
- NUST Event
Spring 2006
- IFair cultural show
- Basant BBQ event
- End of term dinner
- Mini Chai Party
Fall 2005
South Asia Earthquake Relief
Fundraising Events:
*Note change of vigil date (due to rain) to this
Thursday, the 27th of October, 2005*
Candlelight Vigil (October 27, 2005):
A joint candlelight vigil for the earthquake victims is being held at each of the following schools -- MIT, Harvard, Wellesley, Mount Holyoke, Tufts, Brandeis, BU, Rutgers, Columbia, Cornell, Berklee, Hampshire, Dartmouth and NYU. Please come and show your support for the victims by lighting a candle at our vigil.
Date: October 27th, 2005 (note
change of date to this Thursday!)
Time: 7:30 PM
Place: Student Center (W20) Steps
Fundraising
Dinner, TBD. Fundraiser at MIT for the earthquake victims.
Raffle Sale, November 2005. Tickets will be sold at various schools
in Boston for a raffle to be held at MIT.
Welcome Dinner and Elections, September 2005
New students: Minah, Shahab, Laila, Saad, Murtaza. New graduate students:
Zeeshan and Tassaduq
Spring 2005
International Fair, April 2005
We put up a pretty Pakistani stall complete with Daanish's favourite
Pakistani rock music and pakoras and samosas. Yay!
Pictures!
Basant Barbecue, April 2005
Kite-flying and kababs and chicken. Yay!
Pictures!
Fall 2004
Thanksgiving Dinner, 25th November 2004
Best Thanksgiving ever! Some smart women thought it would be a smart idea to
get all the Pakistanis together for a potluck dinner on Thanksgiving Day.
Thanks to everyone who cooked and shopped we had scary-spicy cholay, chicken
biryani, Nuclear Chicken Do-Piaza and White Chicken Qorma, yummy keema and
fruit chaat, naans and even sewaiyyaan! Also, hanging out in a kitchen in
McCormick trying to cook something half-edible was tons of fun, as was the
chai (thanks to Faisal!) session afterwards!
Pictures!
Chaand Raat, Saturday, 13th November 2004 -- sponsored by the GSC
Chaand Raat, great real-Pakistani company, []snacks, dessert and chai -
Paksmit's contribution to the Eid Celebration at MIT. :)
Sehri, 7th November 2004 -- sponsored by the GSC
"dekhnay mai bhi achay, khaanay mai bhi achay"
banayay aisay rabeel nay anday :P"
No really, Rabeel made eggs after he was disillusioned by the sight of
Fareed's black omelette. Fareed pretending to eat them didn't help. We also
had chanay and halwa puri and gulab jamuns and some very pink chai. And Jess
made yum smoothies. Yay! And then we made Rabeel do the dishes again. :P
NYC Trip, October 2004
Pictures!
Welcome Dinner and Elections, September 2004
New freshmen: Rabeel Warraich, Daanish Maqbool from Pindi/Islamabad!
Pictures!
Spring 2004
End-of-Term Dinner, Friday before finals, May 2004
Food from Madina Market - Omair's brilliantly bargained biryani and
even real chapli kababs! This event also saw the arrival of the much-awaited
cake with the Pakistani flag. Since this was a May dinner marking the end of
a the MIT careers of a bunch of smart Pakistanis, the cake(s?) ended up
reading "We will miss you Hooria, M, J" on it. [M and J were the other
graduating seniors.]
International Fair 2004, 23rd April 2004
IFair was rained out and relocated to La Sala - but we still put up a stall
and sold pakoras and samosas.
Pictures!
Nighat Chaudhry Event, last Saturday of Spring Break
We hosted a performance by the renowned classical dancer, Nighat Chaudhry,
to the poetry of the great Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Not only was the audience
dazzled by her skill, it was also revealed to us that Asfandyar's childhood
nickname was Fandoo. :P
Ice-Cream Study Break
Samosas and Pakoras Study Break (and Mitchell's Chilli Garlic Sauce)
Fall 2003
Eid Dinner, Friday before finals, December 2003
Last Paksmit event of the term, dinner from Maharaja.
Hmm, yum.
Sehri, 1st November 2003
Halwa puri, chatpatay cholay, omelettes and parathay
and chai. Add a bunch of Pakistanis at MIT (and a couple of folks from HBS).
4AM fun. And yum. Thanks to everyone who turned up and helped out!
Fall Foliage Trip, 18th October 2003
Freshmen Welcome Dinner and Elections, 20th
September 2003
New students: Rabia Chaudhry, Wajahat Khan, Yaser
Khan, Yaser Khan and Zehra Ali.
Spring 2003
International Fair 2003
We put up a colourfully chaotic
Shaadi performance for the I-Fair in April - thanks to everyone who helped
out, specially Arjun and Saba (our dulha and dulhan). We also had a
nicely-decorated stall where we displayed handicrafts, images and sold
pakoras and samosas.
Pictures from IFair
2003!
Pakistan Week
Paksmit put up a colourful stall displaying
handicrafts, calligraphy, images of Pakistan and playing Pakistani music in
Lobby 10 to celebrate the week of the 23rd of March. Someone ate all the
pakoras before I got there.
Fall 2002
Salima Hashmi's Book Launch
Paksmit held a Book Launch of Salima Hashmi's "Unveiling the Visible: Lives
and Works of Women Artists of Pakistan". The work, a result of three years
of research, surveys the creative outputs of many generations of female
artists in Pakistan. Salima Hashmi is Professor of Fine Arts at the National
College of Arts, Lahore. Her exhibits have been displayed in Pakistan and
the rest of the world. Also the daughter of the famous Pakistani poet, Faiz
Ahmed Faiz, Hashmi is one of the pioneers of television, theatre and puppet
theatre in Pakistan. Her talk at the book launch was very entertaining and
well enjoyed by all!
Annual Fall
Foliage Trip, Weirs Beach, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH, 19th October 2002
Our annual foliage trip was to New Hampshire's lake district, this year. We
visited Lake Winnipesaukee, the largest lake in New Hampshire and some of us
even climbed the highest mountain in nearby Gunstock Resort.
Ice Cream Study Break, 6th October 2002
Ice cream. Pakistanis. The McCormick Penthouse. This stress reliever was
held smack in the middle of mid-terms and was enjoyed by all of us!
Fall Welcome Dinner, 21st September 2002
The Fall Dinner to welcome the incoming freshmen and graduate students
was held in late September. Incoming Pakistani freshmen: Sana Kazmi, Mubarik
Imam, Omair Malik, Sameer Riaz, Zain Gulamali and Masood Qazi. Adnan Dosani
and Zubair Anwar are the new graduate students. The event was well attended,
lots of fun (thanks to yum Maharaja food) and was followed by the Annual
Elections.
Jashn-e-Azaadi Celebrations, 7th September 2002
To celebrate 55 years of our independence, PAKSMIT co-hosted a mega event
with Pakistani Association of Greater Boston (PAGB) on September 07, 2002.
The event was held at Wong Auditorium. Salman Ahmed of Junoon made a special
appearance. A crowd of 300 enthusiastic Pakistanis charged up the atmosphere
with patriotic slogans.
Junoon Concert, 28th April 2002
Junoon played to a pakced audience at the Kresge Auditorium. The
sell-out concert was a huge success and was well-received by Pakistanis and
non-Pakistanis on campus and in and around Boston.
SAAS Cultural Show, 6th April 2002
Paksmit Executive Committee would like to thank everyone who took part in
the skit on Saturday. The skit, as we all know, was a big success. In
particular, we'd like to thank:
Nida for writing, directing, acting but above all for her persistence
and perseverance. Also congratulations on her wonderful singing performance.
Saif for coming as a saviour and enriching the show with his lively
performance and antics
Zeeshan for his hilarious subtitles that played a major part in
skit's success
Arjun for saving the show at 11th hour
Aziz & Hooria for their bold dressing and acting and dancing
Riyaz for proving the widely-held belief that cops are ghundas in
uniform
Amyn & Umaima for their support, critique and encouragement
Sana for her coordination and 10-second walk rather run of fame on
stage
