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11 EST / 8 pm PKT / 8:30 pm IST
Recent political upheaval in Pakistan–one of the world’s youngest democracies and a nuclear-armed state–has led to many questions about how the crisis happened and what’s next for the country. This panel will discuss the current situation and how it got there, the rise of political populism both in Pakistan and beyond, and what it means for the democratic and nation-state model.
Panelists:
Huma Baqai, Associate Professor of International Relations and former Associate Dean at Institute of Business Administration Karachi
Najam Sethi, Editor-in-Chief of The Friday Times, Pakistan
Salman Akram Raja, Advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan
Moderator:
Yaqoob Khan Bangash, Fulbright Visiting Fellow at the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute
