One Week After Bhutto Killing, Pakistan Delays Parliamentary Elections

by via Democracy Now

Thu, Jan 3, 2008 7:58AM

Thursday, January 3, 2008 :Pakistan's parliamentary elections have now been officially delayed by six weeks. We discuss the latest with nuclear scientist and peace activist Pervez Hoodbhoy and NYU Professor Barnett Rubin.

Pervez Hoodbhoy, Leading Pakistani nuclear physicist based at Quaid-e-Azam university in Islamabad. He is also Pakistan"s most prominent anti-nuclear and peace activist.

Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies and a Senior Fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation. He is a leading commentator on Afghanistan and Pakistan and blogs at Informed Comment Global Affairs. In 2001, he served as top advisor to the UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi.

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