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From: magier@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (David Magier)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Creation of soc.culture.pakistani
Summary: yes
Keywords: APRO
Message-ID: <2459@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 14 Dec 89 14:44:10 GMT
References: <5217@okstate.UUCP>
Reply-To: magier@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (David Magier)
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <5217@okstate.UUCP> Saeed Faisel  <saeed@a.cs.okstate.edu> writes:
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>Subject:	Re: Creation of SOC.CULTURE.PAKISTANI
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>The new newsgroup is intended to serve the purpose of:
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>- a cultural joint to which people from other cultures can refer to learn
>  more about us Pakistanis.

>Suggestions on the Purpose and Charter of the new newsgroup are welcome.

There are many American scholars who are very interested in Pakistan, and who
focus their studies, and research, and teaching on the topics of Pakistan's
culture, history, politics, languages and literatures. Many of them, and
many of their Universities, are members of a growing consortium of
interested scholars, known as the American-Pakistan Research Organization
(APRO). I'm sure I speak for many of APRO's members when I say that we
welome the creation of this newsgroup, and we hope that it will also
be able to serve as a clearinghouse and public forum for sharing of 
information and opinions on this fascinating and important country
of South Asia.

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