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In 2001 a woman being questioned by an off-duty sheriff's deputy about a theft at a grocery store in northwest Houston fell ill and died. Afterwards, the Pakistan Association of Greater Houston, the Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH), and the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) were scheduled to form a committee about the incident.
Qadhi was born in Houston, Texas to Pakistani Muhajir parents. [15] His father, a doctor by profession, founded the first mosque in the area, while his mother is a microbiologist, both from Karachi in Pakistan and whose ancestral homeland is Uttar Pradesh in India. [15]
Tanweer Ahmed (born January 21, 1969) is a Pakistani businessman, investor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. [1] [2] [3] Tanweer is the owner of the Prairie View Cricket Complex the current largest cricket complex in Houston, Texas.
Placards such as this one were placed above street signs at the district's official naming ceremony on January 16, 2010. The Mahatma Gandhi District (popularly known as Harwin or occasionally Little India) is an ethnic enclave in Houston, Texas, United States, named after Mahatma Gandhi, consisting predominantly of Indian and Pakistani restaurants and shops and having a large South Asian ...
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Pakistani Americans in Texas. Pages in category "Pakistani-American culture in Texas" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Ghulam Mohammed "Bombay" Bombaywala is a Pakistani-American restaurateur in Houston. [1] In 1999, Magaret L. Briggs of the Houston Press wrote that Bombaywala was "well-known" and "perhaps most famous for sharing his rags-to-riches tale with Oprah's audience". [2]
Originally from Houston, Texas, she is best known for influencing policy through her long association and political relationship with President of Pakistan Zia-ul-Haq (1977–88). Herring also served as the honorary consul at the Consulate-General of Pakistan based in Houston; on special request and favor of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq she is also the ...
Haider was born in Karachi, Pakistan in a Muhajir [4] Twelver Shia family. [5] Her family moved to the United States when she was seven years old and she was raised in Houston, Texas. [6] She was a devout Muslim as a child. In a 2017 interview with the blog Gene Expression, she said of her religious participation: