My dear friends will be casting the harsh light of scholarship and analysis onto the murky swamp of Pakistan. Do attend. Spread the word. I surely wish I was there.
The Center for Place, Culture & Politics Presents
Demystifying Pakistan: Understanding the Current Crisis
A panel discussion on the military in Pakistani politics, society and economy; emergency, martial law, and the rule of law in India and Pakistan; the rise and subsequent fall of electronic media under President Musharraf; and the politics of democratic protest
in Pakistan.Panelists:
Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa, Visiting Professor, South Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania and author of Military, Inc. : Inside Pakistan’s Military Economy (Pluto Press, 2007).Anil Kalhan, Visiting Assistant Professor, Fordham Law School.
Kiran Khalid, documentary film maker and producer, Good Morning America and director, “We Are Not Free,” a documentary short to be screened at the panel.
Dr. Sahar Shafqat, Associate Professor, St. Mary’s College of Maryland and Member of the anti-Musharraf/pro-democracy movement in Pakistan.
Moderated by Saadia Toor, Assistant Professor of Sociology, College of Staten Island.
Friday, March 28, 2008, 6 pm
Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall
The Graduate Center
City University of New York,
365 Fifth Avenue,
New York, NY
HI. Pls correct the date of prog. Reads 2007. Regards.
Thx.