[Mitai-announce] Pakistanis and Democracy: Incompatible or Fixable?

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Pak-Millennium Conference
Pakistanis and Democracy: 
Incompatible or Fixable?: 


Date: Saturday, April 3rd, 8:45am – 5:30pm

Location: Boston College, Higgins Hall 300, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut 
Hill.

Website: http://www.pakistan2000.org

Online Registration: http://www.myVillage.us/my/pmc

Conference Program:

8:45 am     Networking & Registration, Tea/Coffee, Continental Breakfast

9:15 am          Welcome & 1st Panel: Role of NGOs

Salman Akram Raja, Advocate, citizen member President’s Task Force on Higher 
Education Reform and other govt. task forces Prof. Adil Najam, Tufts Fletcher 
School of Law and Diplomacy, co-author, 7-vol. global study of NGOs: “Civic 
Entrepreneurship”

Prof. Christopher Candland, Wellesley College, Principal Advisor to US Sec of 
State, Advisory Committee on Labor Diplomacy Dr. Musadik Malik, National 
Commission for Human Development

 

11:15 am    2nd Panel: Role of Media

Khaled Ahmed, The Friday Times and The Daily Times, Lahore Amir Ghori, PTV 
Prime-TV, London Nafisa Hoodbhoy, Voice of America, Washington Faiz Rehman, 
President,NCPA, former editor-in-chief Pakistan Link

12:45 pm    Buffet Lunch: Keynote Speaker

 3:15 pm          3rd Panel: Role of Bureaucracy

I.A. Imtiazi, former Chairman, CBR, Federal Secretary Khawaja Asif, MNA 
PML-N, former Chair, Privatization Commission Hassan Abbas, Harvard Law School, 
former officer Pakistan Police
 
3:45 pm     Tea/Coffee Break

 
4:00 pm            4th Panel: Role of Politics

Dr. Tariq Banuri, Director, Stockholm Environment Institute, Asia Centre, 
former Executive Director, SDPI, Pakistan Prof. Saeed Shafqat, Quaid-e-Azam 
Distinguished Professor, Columbia University Dr.Moeed Pirzada, Association of 
Pakistani Professionals (aopp.org)

 
5:30 pm     END

 
The Pakistani independent satellite channel, GEO, will cover the conference.

 Distinguished panelists will discuss if and how genuine functioning 
democracy can be developed in Pakistan. They will review recent developments -- 
economic reforms, rise of new satellite TV channels and Internet, emergence of 
innovative NGOs, induction of large numbers of women in parliament, rise of 
religious parties, restructuring of the bureaucracy at local levels, election of 
Nazims—and assess if Pakistani institutions have become more responsive to citizens
’ aspirations and less corrupt? Can civil society be further strengthened and 
how?


Registration Details:

The conference is of general interest and is every one is welcome.

1.    Registration Fee: Conference Only:        $10/person

      (Includes coffee/tea and continental breakfast)

2.    Lunch Ticket Only:                        $25/person

      (Buffet, sit down lunch, Keynote Speaker)

3.    Discounted Early Bird Package       $30/person

      (Includes conference and lunch., purchase online)

4.    Discounted Student Package                $20/person

      (Includes conference and lunch., purchase online)

 

Online Registration: http://www.myVillage.us/my/pmc

Free Babysitting & Parking Arrangements:

Babysitting arrangements have been made near the Conference hall to help 
parents of young children attend. Babysitting will be provided free of charge. 
Parking in the Garage next to the building is provided free of charge.

Contact Info:

Contacts: pmcboston2004 at yahoo.com,

Siraj Khan 978-562-0670, Hasan Usmani 781-861-1054, Prof. Qamar-ul Huda 
617-552-3896, Aijaz Baloch 617-964-1815


Pak-Millennium Conference History

Pak-Millennium Conferences represent a successful tradition of discussing 
important issues. PMC2002 on Higher Education reform in Pakistan included Dr. Ata 
ur Rahman, Minister of Science and Technology, Mr. Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, 
President Aga Khan Univ., Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Governor, State Bank, Syed Babar Ali, 
Pro-Chancellor, LUMS, Professor Henry Rosovsky, Dean Emeritus, Harvard Univ., 
Vice Chancellors of Karachi and Peshawar Univ., and leading professors. The 
Conference contributions included recommendations to the President’s Task Force 
on Higher Education Reform.

Pak-Millennium Conferences in 1999 and 2000 featured Shaukat Aziz, current 
Finance Minister, Dr. Shahid Javed Burki, former VP World Bank, Safi Quraishi, 
Prof. Akbar Ahmad, Dr. Naseem Ashraf, Co-chair HDF.

With your participation, we are confident that this year’s conference will be 
similarly influential in strengthening reform efforts in Pakistan.

 
Register online or with one of us for the Early Bird special.  And do plan to 
attend.


Warmest Regards,

Pak-Millennium Conference Board

 



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