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POLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN PAKISTAN ***
A
Conference Organized by the American Institute of Pakistan Studies
and
South Asia Studies at The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International
Studies
Saturday,
March 29, 2008
1740
Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC
This
conference provides an important, timely forum where
authoritative
scholars from both Pakistan and the United States
explore
distinct arenas which affect political life in Pakistan.
Participants
will help make sense of the myriad factors which are
affecting
and catalyzing political transformations in this key U.S.
ally.
Sessions will explore prospects for participatory democracy,
analyze
the socioeconomic implications of current political
challenges,
and offer substantive insights regarding policy
implications
for both the United States and the global community.
contact
details and affiliation.
Preliminary
conference program:
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INTRODUCTION
9:00
am – 9:30 am
J.
MARK KENOYER, President, American Institute of Pakistan Studies
MUHAMMAD
ASLAM KHAN, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Pakistan
RICHARD SACKS,
Bureau of South and Central Asia, U.S. Department of State
WALTER
ANDERSEN, Associate Director, South Asia Studies, Johns Hopkins
SAIS
ANITA
M. WEISS, University of Oregon and conference convener on behalf
of
the American Institute of Pakistan Studies
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SESSION
1: New Ground Realities:
Political
Transformations in the Post-Election Context
9:30
am – 11:00 am
Chair:
J. MARK KENOYER, American Institute for Pakistan Studies
HASAN-ASKARI
RIZVI, Johns Hopkins SAIS -- An Overview of Political
Transformations
Today
HUSAIN
HAQQANI, Boston University -- Paradoxes of Political Parties in
Pakistan
S.
AKBAR ZAIDI, Karachi, Pakistan -- The Politics of Economic and
Social
Change in Pakistan: Class, State and Transitions
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SESSION
2: Politicized Islam and Political Transformations
11:15
am – 1:15 pm
Chair:
ANITA M. WEISS, University of Oregon
MATTHEW
J. NELSON, School of Oriental and African Studies, University
of
London -- Beyond Madrassas: Understanding Religious Education in
Pakistan
Today
ROBERT
NICHOLS, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey -- Faith,
Power,
Ethnicity: Understanding NWFP History and Politics
JOSHUA
T. WHITE, Johns Hopkins SAIS -- Governance, Islamic
Contestation,
and Political Stability in Pakistan's Frontier
FARHANA
ALI, RAND Corporation -- Hardcore Militants, Suicide Bombings,
and
Al-Qaeda's War in Pakistan
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SESSION
3: Affecting Power:
Institutions
and Sociopolitical Changes
2:30
pm – 5:00 pm
Chair:
WALTER ANDERSEN, Johns Hopkins SAIS
BUSHRA
AITZAZ, Lahore, Pakistan -- The Judiciary and Political
Transformations
in Pakistan
ANITA
M. WEISS, University of Oregon -- Political Transformations and
Women's
Rights in Pakistan
AASIYA
RIAZ, Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and
Transparency
-- Pakistani Media and Political Transformation
ZIA
MIAN, Princeton University -- Pakistan in the Shadow of the Bomb
RIFAAT
HUSSAIN, Quaid-e-Azam University -- Pakistan's Political
Crisis,
Elections, and Implications for Pakistan-U.S. Ties
