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Dear Sivacrats,

Pak|Cast: A Weekly Audio Dialogue Between Pakistan and the West, which I co-host, is covering the escalating political crisis in Pakistan. Our most recent installment was recorded May 8, before this past weekend's shocking violence in Karachi, but it covers the chief justice's 26-hour hero's journey by road from Islamabad to Lahore.

It also includes a debate in which I took part at Harvard University in early April over the merits of President Musharraf's rule and the prospects for civilian rule in Pakistan (I took the unpopular position that the Musharraf era has been more good than bad for Pakistan and the world).

Enjoy!

Cheers, Ethan

Pak|Cast vol. 3, no. 12: The Road to Lahore
Written by Nasir Aziz & Ethan Casey
Monday, 14 May 2007

Nasir Aziz, Ethan Casey and Asad Faizi discuss Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's historic 26-hour journey along the Grand Trunk Road from Islamabad to Lahore on May 5 and the implications for President Musharraf and for Pakistan's unfolding political crisis. This episode of Pak|Cast was recorded May 8, before the more recent violence in Karachi. It also features a debate among Ethan Casey, Husain Haqqani and Ayesha Jalal, from a convention panel at Harvard University on April 7, about the merits of Musharraf's rule, the role of the military, and the prospects for civilian rule. (36:00 minutes)

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Ethan Casey
Co-host, PakCast: A Weekly Audio
Dialogue between Pakistan and the West
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Author, ALIVE AND WELL IN PAKISTAN
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