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Tue, Nov 27, 2012 from 12:30pm — 02:00pm, ET
Nadeem Hussain, Founder, President and CEO, Tameer Micro Finance Bank Ltd, Pakistan Nadeem Hussain will discuss the financial revolution which the Tameer Bank is bringing to Pakistan by financially empowering people at the grassroots level, including innovative work such as branchless banking and solar energy. Discussant: Professor Asim Khwaja, Harvard Kennedy School Moderator: Nasim Zehra, […]
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Fri, Nov 9, 2012 from 03:00pm — 04:30pm, ET
Najam Ahmed Shah, Additional Secretary in Government of Punjab, served as the Director/CEO of the Food Directorate prior to coming to USA on Eisenhower Fellowships* last month. The Punjab Food Directorate is responsible for food security for 9 million people of Punjab and oversees the operations, finances, procurement, storage, and sale and export of millions of […]
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Thu, May 3, 2012 from 01:00pm — 03:00pm, ET
RELIGION, MEANING AND BELIEF IN MEDIEVAL AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN SOCIETIES “Social Justice in Islamicate South Asia: Ismat Chughtai’s Cosmopolitan Struggle” Sadaf Jaffer, Doctoral Candidate in the Indo-Muslim Culture program at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations “Producing Islam – Belief, Practice, & Politics at an Islamic Seminary (Madrasa) in Pakistan” Bilal A. […]
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Tue, Apr 17, 2012 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, ET
Pakistani music icon and social activist, Shehzad Roy will talk about his new documentary series titled “Chal Parha.”The show dramatizes Roy’s journey to schools across Pakistan and stages and expose of Pakistan’s national education system. Roy will share how his music has helped him advocate for education reform and will expand upon some of the […]
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Thu, Mar 29, 2012 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Co-Discussants: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design Nicolas P. Retsinas, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School; Lecturer in Housing, Harvard Graduate School of Design
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Wed, Oct 12, 2011 from 06:00pm — 08:00pm, ET
Water as a Platform for Development: A Student Panel from a Summer in Pakistan Chair: John Briscoe, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering Harvard University Harvard Student Panelists: Laila Kasuri, Anjali Lohani, Erum Khalid Sattar, and Hassaan Yousuf View the full discussion on Vimeo.
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Tue, Mar 22, 2011 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
The Unraveling Republic of Pakistan? Is the Global Narrative About Pakistan Fact or Fiction? Muhammad Yar Hiraj, Harvard Kennedy School (Mid-career/Parliamentarian) Mariam Chughtai, Harvard Graduate School of Education (Ed.D) Sadaf Jaffer, FAS (Ph.D./Indo-Muslim Culture) Moderated by Wajahat S. Khan, HKS Shorenstein Fellow/Journalist An interactive debate about the future of what Newsweek has labeled the ‘most dangerous country in the […]
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