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January 2022
APF Pakistan Fellows Share Experience with Telemedicine Startup Sehat Kahani
Through direct engagement with Pakistan-focused organizations, the APF Pakistan Fellows Program exposes participants to the nuts and bolts of globally-focused careers. On January 13, the 2021 cohort of APF Pakistan Fellows shared their experiences of working on telemedicine issues in Pakistan with Pakistan-based telemedicine startup Sehat Kahani.
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How to Preserve the Punjabi Language

The Punjabi language boasts an exceptionally rich history and serves as the native language for over 70 million speakers in Pakistan. Despite being the most commonly spoken language other than Urdu and English, Punjabi is in danger of extinction. APF Research Fellow Noah Usman, who graduated with a degree in Linguistics from the University of California at Berkeley, explores what needs to be done about it.
Support Local Business

The APF Restaurant Guide features Pakistani restaurants across the United States and supports restaurants in our communities that face the financial stresses of the pandemic.

APF Research Spotlight
The APF Research Spotlight features the work and ideas of academics of Pakistani descent in the United States. Our latest interview features a conversation with Dr. Saim Kashmiri, who is the Mr. and Mrs. James E. King Professor and Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Mississippi. He shared his thoughts on the critical marketing and brand management decisions facing companies and organizations today.

Prior to joining Ole Miss, Dr. Kashmiri earned a Bachelors of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MBA from the Lahore University of Management Science and a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin. He has worked for around six years in Global Fortune 500 firms such as Shell Oil, Procter and Gamble, and Nestlé, in brand management positions.
We Are APF
“The mission of APF is very important to me because growing up I always felt like Pakistan was really unknown or misunderstood. So, it feels great to have a centralized source like the American Pakistan Foundation that honors our traditions and depicts them so well. I feel seen when doing this work and it makes me happy to think future generations can feel that way too.”

Nadia Plemons is an APF Research Fellow. She is currently studying international relations at James Madison College and is interested in pursuing international humanitarian law.
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