The Sindhi American Political Action Committee (SAPAC) is honored to welcome  Congressman David Trone (D-MD-06) to the Congressional Sindh Caucus. The congressman has been serving Maryland’s 6th district since 2018, during which he has fought to make progress on issues including the opioid epidemic, criminal justice reform and funding for mental health research. Congressman Trone Read more about Welcoming New Sindh Caucus Member Congressman David Trone[…]

On Tuesday, July 14, Executive Director of SAPAC Fatima Gul and the current team sat down with SAPAC alumni to check in with one another, reflect and share some exciting project ideas for SAPAC’s future. Alumni discussed the unique difficulties and opportunities for advocacy during the current political moment in the United States. Although the Read more about SAPAC’s July alumni meeting: check-ins, reflections and discussions of future projects[…]

On July 22, 2020, U.S. Representative and Chair of the Congressional Sindh Caucus Brad Sherman (CA-30) gave a statement on the current issue of enforced disappearances in Sindh. Rep. Sherman discussed how this problem has been escalating rapidly among Sindhis in Pakistan due to the Pakistani government. Sherman talked about the victims’ fate of enforced Read more about Congressman Brad Sherman gives his stance on enforced disappearances in Sindh[…]

On July 20, 2020, the Sindhi American Political Action Committee (SAPAC) hosted an online panel discussion to raise awareness on the issue of forced conversions and religious persecution in Sindh, Pakistan. The event began with Fatima Gul, the executive director of SAPAC, giving a brief introduction on the issues of forced conversions of young Sindhi Read more about SAPAC hosts an international webinar on the rise of religious persecution in Sindh[…]

Fatima Gul, a Sindhi-American and passionate Sindhi activist, gave remarks on human rights abuses in Sindh to the Foreign Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Her speech detailed the issue of forced conversions, enforced disappearances, Pakistan’s blasphemy law, and recent violence in the town of Ghotki. See her full speech in the Youtube Read more about Sindhi activist testifies on human rights issues in Sindh at the 2019 Committee on Foreign Affairs[…]

We at the Sindhi American Political Action Committee (SAPAC) are honored to share the great news that Congressman Pete Olson (R-TX) has joined the Congressional Sindh Caucus. The Congressman has been serving his Texas district since 2009. During this time he has committed to striving for better education, national security, and federal spending. We humbly Read more about Congressman Pete Olson joins the Sindh Caucus[…]

SAPAC has received notice that Aaqib Chandio, and young innocent student that was taken in 2018, was released yesterday. Photos have surfaced of his released and reunion with Aaqib’s family. In the middle of July, during the Pakistani PM Imran Khan’s visit with President Trump, SAPAC and Sindh Lobby Day participants attended numerous meetings with Read more about Aaqib Chandio, forcibly disappeared Sindhi for over one year, finally released amid international pressure[…]

SAPAC has received noticed that Inam Bhatti, a forcibly disappeared Sindhi university professor and activist that was taken by Pakistani secret agencies on September 4th, was successfully released today. We suspect this release was due to media pressure by the Sindhi community, SAPAC, and Congressman Brad Sherman’s (Chairman of the Sindh Caucus) activism on Twitter.

U.S. Representative Brad Sherman made a series of tweets about the newly disappeared Inam Bhatti, a Sindhi university professor who was taken by Pakistan authorities outside of an airport. SAPAC also tweeted the Pakistani government directly to urge Bhatti’s release. Putting pressure on the Pakistani government over social media to make changes throughout the country Read more about Congressman Brad Sherman and SAPAC urge release of forcibly disappeared Sindhi, Inam Bhatti[…]

Fatima Gul, Executive Director of SAPAC, met with journalist Sandra Sadek of the news agency Homeland 411 in Washington, D.C. From this, Sadek wrote a detailed and immersive article on the human rights abuses in Sindh and SAPAC advocacy in the U.S. government. This is the first time that SAPAC has been discussed so thoroughly Read more about SAPAC and Sindh issues thoroughly discussed in local Washington, D.C. news article[…]