'Key to the City of New York and Bicentennial Gold Medallion'

"The Mayor of the city has been so impressed with Laila Shahzada's cultural contribution to the city that he has awarded her the coveted Bicentennial Medallion and Citation – the first time this award has been given to a Pakistani."

-- TRANSCRIPT OF "GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN WITH JUNE LABELLE" RADIO STATION WQXR AM & FM, ( N.Y. TIMES OWNED & OPERATED RADIO STATION)

Laila Shahzada was presented the Key to the City of New York and Bicentennial Gold Medallion by the Mayor of New York in 1975.

City of New York
Know ye by these presents that I, Abraham D. Beame, Mayor of the City of New York, do hereby present this Certificate of Appreciation to Laila Shahzada, the first woman artist from Pakistan to exhibit her paintings in the United States. It is fitting in International Women's Year since in Pakistan women are beginning to gain the freedoms of women in our country. I welcome her on behalf of all our citizens. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of New York to be affixed this fourth day of December, 1975.

-- Abraham D. Beame, Mayor's office, New York