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CHICAGO, IL— Another historic Taste of Pakistan in Bolingbrook took place on Saturday, August 25, 2018.
The event was hosted at the Bolingbrook Performing Arts Center at 375 W. Briarcliff Rd. This year, the celebrities invited to perform were none other than the renowned entertainer from Pakistan, Ali Haider, and up and coming singer Malaika Faisal from Coke Studio. Thousands of attendees packed the complex filled with food, entertainment and music. The event was sponsored by Dr. Nadim Longi and Dr. Moazzam Saeed of Advanced Pediatric Care.
The honored guests, Mayor of Bolingbrook Roger. C. Claar and Vice Consul General of Pakistan Rabia Shafiq, attended on behalf of Faisal N. Tirmizi who could not attend due to prior commitments. Will County, Village Trustees, Library Trustees, School Board members, Judge Ben Braun, Alyssia Benford candidate for State Representative, State Senator Pat McGuire, Dr. Nick Stella candidate for congress, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, Will County Board members, Bolingbrook Park District, State Rep Dave Olsen and others were active supporters of this event.
The official flag hoisting was conducted as the APA celebrated 27 years of raising the Pakistani flag at Village hall. The ceremony was conducted by Mayor Claar and Vice Consul Shafiq and the founder of the APA Mr. Talat Rashid was honored with the proclamation, a video message from the Governor and received much praise from the guests for the vision and accomplishments of the APA. The APA also recognized Mr. Abdul Razzaq from the Pakistan Consulate Chicago for his dedicated service to the community.
The Taste of Pakistan’s success has always been due to the hard work of its members and the unparalleled level of its sponsors. The events Grand Sponsor was Advanced Pediatric Care. Other sponsors included JF Labs President Mr. Ali Akhtar, RNA Corp. CEO Mr. Munir Chaudhry, AMITA Bolingbrook Hospital, Absolute Healthcare CEO Mr. Asad Malik, Wintrust Bank Mr. Shakeel Khan, BMO Harris Bank Mr. Obaid Haleem, IFANCA and many others
Entertainment for kids included face painting, jumpy houses, airplane rides, and arts and crafts activities. Lot’s of food choices were being served by Bismillah Restaurant, Makki Grill, Lazaal Foods, Desi Diner and Porto’s Peri chicken.
The highlights of the evening consisted of a video message from the newly elected Governor of Sindh, and Mr. Imran Ismail praising Mayor Roger
Before the event ended, all the APA volunteers were brought on stage and recognized. The volunteers included Hamid Bhatti, Rizwan Asghar, Zulfi Ahmed, Aziz Vayani, Kamran Rashid. The APA organized another successful event and has proven to America that they truly bring out the best in the Pakistani American community and are leaders in educating America on all of the positive contributions Pakistani Americans continue to make towards its success.