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Campaigning Against Extremist Violence: A View from Pakistan's Political Parties
March 18, 2008

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Post-Conflict Reconstruction

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Post-Conflict Reconstruction

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AUDIO (mp3, 00:8:24)

The PCR Project and the South Asia Program present

Campaigning Against Extremist Violence
A View from Pakistan’s Political Parties

Tuesday, March 18, 2008
9:00-10:00am
Since the announcement of the newly formed coalition government, many Americans and Pakistanis are looking to the parliament for a successful strategy in combating extremist violence. We are hosting a teleconference with political party officials from Pakistan, who will share their views on Pakistan’s counterterrorism strategy and the approaches their parties are advocating.

Featured guests will include:
Afrasiab Khattak, Awami National Party (ANP), Peshawar, Pakistan
Mushahid Hussain, Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q), Islamabad, Pakistan
Ahsan Iqbal, Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N), Lahore, Pakistan
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) representative to be confirmed

Moderated by
Rick Barton, Co-Director, PCR Project, CSIS

RSVP to pcrproject@csis.org
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