PHOTO: Independence Day crowd at Balboa Park
Cultural Celebrations
Pakistan Independence Day, Eid, and Chand Raat, the days that bring our whole community together.
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خوش آمدید
Pakistani culture, at home in San Diego.
Festivals, poetry, music, and a community that shows up for each other. House of Pakistan preserves, celebrates, and shares Pakistani heritage with all of Southern California.
PHOTO: kids in green and white performing on the Balboa Park stage, Independence Day 2024
STAT: years+ yearsserving San Diego since founding year
STAT: events+ eventsfestivals, bazaars, and cultural evenings
STAT: attendeespeople at our Independence Day celebration
STAT: vendors+women-owned businesses showcased at our bazaars
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What we do
Six ways we keep the culture alive
PHOTO: Hall of Nations heritage display
House of Pakistan at Balboa Park
Heritage displays at the Hall of Nations share Pakistan's art, history, and music with visitors from around the world.
Explore →PHOTO: poet reciting / Sadequain exhibit
PHOTO: youth group performance
PHOTO: bazaar stall with vendor
Bazaars & Women Entrepreneurs
Seasonal bazaars where women-owned businesses launch and grow.
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Paasand Community Care
Meals, medicine, and support for neighbors, and solidarity in hard times.
Explore →PHOTO: left: 2020 volunteer delivering food; right: 2024 Sadequain calligraphy display
Our impact
Since founding year, we've shown up.
When COVID-19 shut San Diego down in 2020, our volunteers and local restaurants delivered food, medicine, and halal meals to elders who couldn't get out. When floods hit Pakistan in 2022, we sent help. And every year, we put the next generation on stage.
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Be part of the house.
House of Pakistan is volunteer-led and member-powered. Your membership funds youth programs, heritage displays, and community care, and it makes you part of the family.
- Early RSVP to every event
- Member pricing at ticketed events
- A say in next year's programs
- Recognition on our members wall (optional)
Student $20 · Individual $50 · Family $100 · Patron $500 PROPOSED: board vote W-01
“QUOTE: a parent on what the Independence Day stage meant to their child”Name, member since year
Our guests and partners have included
Consul General of Pakistan in Los Angeles · City of Irvine · League of California Cities · Bole TV · Pakistan Link
Put your name behind culture.
Local businesses make our festivals, youth awards, and heritage displays possible, in front of STAT: annual audience San Diegans a year.
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Thank you to our sponsors
GTR Reality Management Inc.
SAP Healthcare & Pharmaceutical City
KIND Home Loan
Mamta Wellness
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