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Pak|Cast vol. 3, no. 12: The Road to Lahore

| May 14, 2007

Show Notes:

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.