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06-05-2021
BY SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies
WASHINGTON/ LONDON/ BRELIN: “Pakistanis” have not only been running the world since a long but also the entire development, modernization and advancement in all fields especially in education, medicine, invention, literature, science, human rights, politics and general awareness and civic sense (which differentiate between animal and human being mean how to eat, what should eat, where should live, how should live, how to walk, where to walk how to sit and stand, how and where live, how and where change dresses, where should sleep even how to do potty) have been introduced only by Pakistanis while at present 79 percent world run by them individually and the rest partially or collectively, nothing else, sources told Press Media of India (PMI).
Some reports are being inserted in this story just to proof that who, how and where the Pakistanis run the entire system of this world and that’s why the world usually jealous with Pakistan and Pakistanis while rest of the majority of incompetent, illiterate, uneducated, immature, biased, backward and foolish people reside on earth hence they declared Pakistanis as extremists and terrorists, source and experts added.
Pakistan-born Dr Umair A Shah has been appointed secretary of health for the state of Washington in the United States to lead the coronavirus response amid rising number of cases.
“Dr Shah brings an unrivaled expertise, knowledge and passion for public health,” said Washington Governor Jay Inslee in a statement. “His leadership will help us lead Washington state through the next crucial phase of this pandemic. He is uniquely suited to continue our nation-leading response.”
Currently serving as an executive director and local health authority for Harris County Public Health (HCPH) in Texas, Dr Shah is an immigrant from Pakistan who grew up in Ohio. “Equity is incorporated and considered in every decision as he leads organizations to ensure health and safety of everyone,” added the governor.
Dr Shah said he was honoured to serve as the secretary of health. “Without question, the number one priority for me is to work with the team to continue the fight against COVID-19 and help Washingtonians through these challenging times,” he added.
The physician reflected that the pandemic highlighted importance of public health and healthcare working together. “I am confident my experience in both will serve the state of Washington well now during these difficult times, and into the future.
“While I’m sad to leave Texas after so many years, all of us my wife, our three kids and our puppy (Koko) are excited to move to the Pacific Northwest.”
Who is Dr Shah?
He graduated from Vanderbilt University and pursued a medical degree at the University of Toledo Health Science Centre. He has master in public health with an emphasis in management and policy sciences from The University of Texas Health Science Center.
For the last seven years, Dr Shah has managed HCPH, leading 700 public health staff in the nation’s third largest country of 4.7 million residents.
Before working for the county, he was chief medical officer of Galveston County Health District and has served as an emergency department physician at Houston’s DeBakey VA Hospital for over 20 years.
“Dr Shah comes into the position with extensive experience responding to public health crises. He has helped lead Harris County through novel H1N1, Ebola, Zika and now COVID-19 and has responded to a variety of hurricanes and other emergencies,” said the statement.
The physician worked at the World Health Organization (WHO) during his training and was later deployed in Kashmir and Haiti as part of the response team to the devastating earthquakes.
In 2017, Shah served as the president of NACCHO, representing nearly 3,000 local public health departments across the nation, and its Texas affiliate. In 2019, he received the Roemer Prize for Creative Local Public Health Work from the American Public Health Association.
Dr Shah will replace John Wiesman who was appointed by the governor in April 2013.
Pakistan-born Ali Zaidi appointed White House Climate Advisor
United States President-elect Joe Biden has appointed Pakistan-born Ali A Zaidi as the White House’s Deputy National Climate Advisor.
A statement issued on Biden-Harris Transition website said Zaidi will be part of the team that advances the president-elect’s “agenda leading the world to confront the climate crisis creating good-paying jobs, building resilient communities, and making historic investments in environmental justice”.
With this appointment, Zaidi is the highest-ranking Pakistani-origin White House official under the Biden-Harris government so far.
Taking to Twitter, Zaidi said he was profoundly humbled and deeply honoured to be working with the Biden administration. “We need a whole-of-government approach to take on the climate crisis in a way that spurs jobs and advances justice.”
“I was floored when US President-elect Joe Biden called,” wrote Zaidi. “I still am.”
Who is Ali A Zaidi?
Zaidi immigrated from Pakistan and grew up outside Erie, Pennsylvania. He received an AB from Harvard University and JD from Georgetown University.
Zaidi is currently serving the state of New York as Deputy Secretary to the Governor for Energy and Environment and Chairman of Climate Policy and Finance, and leading the state’s efforts on climate change driving investment into infrastructure and innovation, empowering workers and communities, and boosting economic and environmental resilience.
He is also an adjunct professor at Stanford University where he has taught graduate courses on technology policy and studied the fiscal and financial impacts of climate change. Zaidi co-founded Lawyers for a Sustainable Economy, a Stanford-coordinated initiative that equips sustainability-focused startups with pro bono legal services.
“A longtime advisor to President-elect Biden on climate matters, Zaidi brings the cross-sector and multi-disciplinary experience needed to deliver a whole-of-government response to the climate crisis,” read the statement.
“During the Obama-Biden Administration, Zaidi served as Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy, and Science for the Office of Management and Budget and as Deputy Director of Energy Policy for the Domestic Policy Council helping to design and implement a wide range of domestic and international policies.”
“Zaidi has advised non-profits, including as a Trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council, and counseled the private sector, as an attorney who helped launch a sustainable investment practice.”
Pakistan-born professor appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University
A Pakistan-born professor, Dr Kamal Munir, has been appointed as the Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
According to media, the length of the appointment is three years, while his tenure will start from October 1, 2021.
Dr Munir has been associated with the varsity’s Judge Business School for the last 20 years.
According to Dr Munir’s LinkedIn bio, he is also a visiting professor in economic sociology at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan.
From 2015 to 2016, he served as the dean of humanities and social sciences at LUMS.
Pakistan-born Saima Mohsin becomes first Federal Muslim Woman Prosecutor in US
It has just been a week since President Joe Biden took over from Donald Trump and America has seen several firsts during this short time.
Last week, the administration made another record as it appointed the first Muslim woman attorney in the US by naming Pakistani-born Saima Mohsin as the acting US attorney for Michigan’s Eastern District.
Mohsin will be taking charge of the post in an acting capacity following the resignation of incumbent Matthew Schneider. The prosecutor had resigned shortly after President Biden was sworn into office.
The US Justice Department said that Schneider’s last day as the United States Attorney will be February 1.
The US Justice Department said that Mohsin will “immediately assume office as Acting United States Attorney” under the Vacancies Reform Act.
Earlier, Mohsin was serving as the First Assistant United States Attorney since March 2018.
“She is a career prosecutor, having served in the US Attorney’s Office since 2002, and prior to that as a Deputy New Jersey Attorney General and an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan,” said the Justice Department.
Mohsin called the appointment a “great honour”.
“I am deeply committed to fulfilling our core mission to faithfully enforce the law and seek justice for all,” Mohsin was quoted in the press release.
Saima Mohsin’s Profile
According to media reports, the Pakistan born lawyer will bring diversity to an important position.
The publication reported that Mohsin is a graduate of the Rutgers University in New Jersey where she earned a bachelor’s degree and a law degree.
While outgoing attorney Schneider said he was “pleased” to leave the US Attorney’s Office for Eastern District of Michigan in Mohsin’s hands who he called “one of the finest federal prosecutors” he’s ever known.
“Saima is a dynamic trial lawyer and a talented manager. And, as the first woman, immigrant, Muslim United States Attorney in American history, her service is truly historic,” said Schneider. He is confident that the lawyer will be an “outstanding representative and defender” of the community.
Meanwhile, the two leaders with Muslim advocacy Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) told media that they were not aware of any US attorney or acting US attorney who has been Muslim.
“I do not believe that there has ever been a Muslim US Attorney,” Gaider Abbas told media.
The position of acting US attorney for which Mohsin has been named is not a permanent one and US laws allow judges to select an interim US Attorney.
Not only this, President Joe Biden could nominate someone to fill the position, which would have to be confirmed by the US Senate.
Pakistan-born scientist Asifa Akhtar to get Germany’s most prestigious research funding award
Pakistan-born scientist Asifa Akhtar has been selected as a recipient for the Leibniz Prize for 2021, which is Germany’s most important research funding award.
Akhtar was the the first international female vice president of the biology and medicine section at Germany’s prestigious Max Planck Society.
The Max Planck Society is Germany’s most successful research organisation. Since its establishment in 1948, no fewer than 18 Nobel laureates have emerged from the ranks of its scientists, putting it on a par with the best and most prestigious research institutions worldwide.
Dr Akhtar is being awarded for her groundbreaking cell-biological work on the mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation. The award includes €2.5 million in prize money.
The Pakistan-born molecular biologist is among 10 scientists to have been selected for this important prize for 2021.
The German Consulate General in Karachi congratulated Akhtar on her achievement.
“Congratulations, Dr. Asifa! You make both Pakistan and Germany extremely proud with your outstanding contributions to science!” the congratulatory note read.
These are some eye-opener examples for self and one-sided opponents, enemies and critics of Pakistan and Pakistanis especially ‘Immigration Authorities’ and so-called ‘Decision Makers’ of the world that the reality is quite different with truthiness which the entire world (mainly Australia, United Kingdom, France, America and KSA) has been creating, propagating, spreading, considering and reporting since a long, impartial critics, experts and intellectuals concluded.
