As President Trump on Wednesday announced the signing of $2 trillion stimulus bill to help the poor American families amid the outbreak of Corona Virus, Pakistani American has taken the lead in connecting all South Asian communities living in 50 states of America.
It is a proud moment for Pakistan that Pakistani American has been leading various communities of South Asia to get help from the American federal government. President Pak-USA Foundation Shahab Qarni who has been leading the team of Pakistani Americans told that the $2trillion package includes funding to send $1,200 cheques to poor Americans, $367 billion for small business loan program, $500 billion corporate liquidity program to help distressed companies and $25billion for US airline industry. He told that the package is for financial victims hit by corona virus. “We have made a web portal named “helponline.world” and motto is to help South Asian communities and to secure their rights at federal and state level”. This web portal contains all the necessary guidance about the package announced by White House and how south Asian communities can procure these funds for rehabilitation of personal businesses, small businesses and health related assistance, he added.
He told that the web portal contains all important information pertaining to small business administration and disaster loan relief facilitation in six different South Asian languages including Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu and Persian. Qarni told that Pak-USA foundation is acting like a connecting bridge between federal government and various non-profit organizations and NGOs to get the best out of this trickled down package. I am proud of my team, who has been working hard to promote positive image of Pakistan through this platform, he added.
Shahab Qarni told that Pakistani Americans, maintaining their legacy of charity and kind heartedness, have been volunteered to lead their South Asian brethren. He told that it is an open secret that Pakistan is among first five charity nations and biggest charity networks exist in Pakistan. My target is to provide guidance to 1 million South Asian Families in procuring financial assistance, he said.
Faiz Rehman, Senior Media Entrepreneur who is leading the Pakistani community in Virginia told that our aim to provide a link between people in need and various inter Government agencies. Najibullah Sidiki, goodwill ambassador from Afghanistan told that he can be contacted for public and private sector assistance. He praised Shahab Qarni for providing a platform to all the communities of South Asia.
Prem Raja Mahant, who is leading Nepal community said that Shahab Qarni has joined all South Asians in these hard times when people are hit by this deadly virus. We have been trying our best to provide maximum financial assistance to our victimized communities.
Sangita Kathuria and Mansimran Singh Kahlon have been leading the Hindu and Sikh Community respectively. They told that they were focusing on making the maximum positive effort for their community members and providing solutions to get out of these difficult times.