STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Pakistani Civic Association of Staten Island will celebrate Pakistan’s 78th Independence Day Sunday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. on the South Meadow of Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden.

The event, open to the public, marks the organization’s 25th anniversary.

Chairpersons for the event are Farrah Hussain Sadia Sheikh and Harris Khan.

Aamer Ahamad Atozai, the consul general of Pakistan New York, Asim Rehrnan, commissioner and chief administrative law judge of the New York City Office of the Administrative Trials and Hearings, and Wajahat S. Khan, an international journalist and a senior fellow at Atlantic Council, will be honored at the event.

A LITTLE ABOUT THE HONOREES

Aamer Ahamad Atozai is a Pakistan Foreign Service officer with over two decades of ex

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