History of Pakistani Americans in Houston

[2] In 2001 a woman being questioned by an off-duty sheriff's deputy about a theft at a grocery store in northwest Houston fell ill and died.

[3] On May 23, 2004 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was scheduled to begin flights to Karachi from Houston on a twice weekly basis.

[7] When Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan, established martial law there in 2007, Houstonians of Pakistani origins protested.

[13] Pakistanis in Houston include owners of small and large businesses as well as computer software/hardware engineers and medical professionals.

Some Pakistanis disagreed with the idea of using the community center for business purposes and taking out a loan to have the H-E-B revamped.

[17] The guests included Consul-General of Pakistan in Houston Ghulam Rasul Baluch; Sheila Jackson-Lee; Ronald Green, a Houston City Council member; Nick Lampson; Al Green; and John F. Healey Jr., the Fort Bend County District Attorney.

A Congressional Certificate of Recognition stating that the building was "the first Pakistani community center in the nation" was presented by Al Green.

[18] The Consulate-General of Pakistan is located in the 11850 Jones Road property in unincorporated Harris County,[19] northwest of Downtown Houston.

[10] The consulate serves residents of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Colorado, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Oklahoma.