10
October 2023
Past Event
Pakistan in Crisis Once Again

Event will air on this page.

 

Inquiries: mdewitt@hudson.org

Pakistan in Crisis Once Again

Past Event
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October 10, 2023
Security forces take a measure in front of a damaged police compound after a suicide bombing attack in Bara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on July 20, 2023. (Hussain Ali/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Security forces take a measure in front of a damaged police compound after a suicide bombing attack in Bara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on July 20, 2023. (Hussain Ali/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
10
October 2023
Past Event

Event will air on this page.

 

Inquiries: mdewitt@hudson.org

Speakers:
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Amber Rahim Shamsi

Director, Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ), Institute of Business Administration (IBA)

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Aqil Shah

Associate Professor, Department of International and Area Studies, University of Oklahoma

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Asfandiyar Mir

Senior Expert, United States Institute of Peace (USIP)

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Uzair Younus

Director, Pakistan Initiative, Atlantic Council

Moderator:

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Pakistan is mired in a multidimensional crisis with political, social, economic, and security implications. General elections are scheduled for late January 2024, extending the caretaker government’s term by three months. The influential Pakistani security establishment appears more in control today than it has been in recent years.

Inflation remains at an all-time high, and Pakistan’s economic growth has slowed as the agricultural and manufacturing sectors contract. The country’s domestic weakness is reflected in its foreign relations. Terrorist attacks by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from safe havens in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan remain a challenge for Pakistan. 

Join Ambassador Husain Haqqani, senior fellow and director of Hudson’s South and Central Asia Program, for a conversation on this and more with Amber Rahim Shamsi, Asfandiyar Mir, Aqil Shah, and Uzair Younus.

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