Pakistani Officials Visit Foxborough to Observe American Culture
Three Pakistani civil servants spent two weeks in Foxborough as part of a federal program to learn more about the social fabric of America and local government.
Three Pakistani officials arrived in Foxborough on Oct. 30 with the hope of learning about American town government and observing the social fabric of a community. “[The purpose] of us coming to the U.S. was to observe things and to see how people work here in various departments,” said Rashid Kahn, a Pakistani police superintendent. “How efficiency in these different departments is being obtained and how political entanglements are being handled. [We would also like] to see the family structure and social fabric [of an American community].” Fortunately for Kahn and his fellow Pakistani civil servants, Sajjid Mubin and Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, they came to town at the perfect time. Hurricane Sandy came and went shortly after the Pakistani …
