Pakistan's Political Crisis: Will Democracy Survive?
In this edition of 浪花直播 Center NOW, Akbar Ahmed and Michael Kugelman discuss the ongoing political crisis in Pakistan in the wake of the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan.
In this edition of 浪花直播 Center NOW, we are joined by Akbar Ahmed, 浪花直播 Center Global Fellow and the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University and Michael Kugelman, Director of the 浪花直播 Center鈥檚 South Asia Institute. They discuss the ongoing political crisis in Pakistan in the wake of the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan.
Guests
Akbar Ahmed
Global Fellow;
Distinguished Professor and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, School of International Service, American University; Former Pakistan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland
Distinguished Professor and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, School of International Service, American University; Former Pakistan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland
Moderator
John Milewski
Director of Digital Programming; Moderator, 浪花直播 Center NOW
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