{"id":13274,"date":"2025-10-27T17:50:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/27\/appna-gala-strengthens-pakistani-american-ties\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T17:50:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:50:23","slug":"appna-gala-strengthens-pakistani-american-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/27\/appna-gala-strengthens-pakistani-american-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"APPNA Gala Strengthens Pakistani American Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ambassador Rizwan Saeed Sheikh<\/strong> attended the APPNA gala in New York on 27 October 2025, accompanied by Consul General <strong>Aamer Ahmed Atozai<\/strong>. The Annual Gala Dinner brought together a large gathering of doctors, healthcare professionals and prominent members of the Pakistani American community.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the event, the ambassador lauded the work of Pakistani-origin health professionals and described their contributions as &#8216;our pride&#8217;. He emphasized that their dedication strengthens both the United States and Pakistan and called the community Pakistan&#8217;s true ambassadors, instrumental in maintaining lasting ties between the two countries. Ambassador Sheikh said the current trajectory of Pakistan US relations is promising and should be further reinforced for mutual benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Consul General Aamer Ahmed Atozai commended APPNA for its sustained service and impact, calling the organisation a &#8216;bridge of goodwill and expertise&#8217;. He noted that members of APPNA embody Pakistan&#8217;s values through professionalism, compassion and commitment to humanity, projecting a positive image of the country worldwide. The APPNA gala highlighted the vital role of Pakistani doctors in advancing community health and bilateral goodwill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambassador Rizwan Saeed Sheikh attended the APPNA gala in New York, praising Pakistani-origin doctors and urging stronger Pakistan US engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}