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Session-IVSouth Asian Parliament
PRESIDIUM: Left to right: Professor S. D. Muni, Aitzaz Ahsan, PPP MP, Nazir Hossain, MP from Bangladesh, H. K. Dua, Editor, Tribune,
S. Nazimudeen, MP from Sri Lanka, P. P. Koya, MP from India, Vinod Sharma, SAFMA India General Secretary,
and Purusottam Dahal, Member of SAFMA Nepal Executive
PRESIDIUM: Left to right: Professor S. D. Muni, Aitzaz Ahsan, PPP MP, Nazir Hossain, MP from Bangladesh, H. K. Dua, Editor, Tribune,
S. Nazimudeen, MP from Sri Lanka, P. P. Koya, MP from India, Vinod Sharma, SAFMA India General Secretary,
and Purusottam Dahal, Member of SAFMA Nepal Executive
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SOUTH ASIAN PARLIAMENT
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Excerpts from Bhurban Declaration
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A South Asian
Parliament
S.D. MuniS.D. Muni
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SMILING APPROVAL: Indian MP Kiran Maheshwari and Pakistani MP Abida SaifSMILING APPROVAL: Indian MP Kiran Maheshwari and Pakistani MP Abida Saif
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Time hasnt Come
Aitzaz AhsanAitzaz Ahsan
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PRESIDIUM: Left to right: Aitzaz Ahsan, MP from Pakistan, Nazir Hossain, MP from Bangladesh, H. K. Dua, S. Nazimudeen, MP from Sri Lanka,
P. P. Koya, MP from India, Vinod Sharma, SAFMA India General Secretary and Purusottam Dahal, Member of Nepal Executive
PRESIDIUM: Left to right: Aitzaz Ahsan, MP from Pakistan, Nazir Hossain, MP from Bangladesh, H. K. Dua, S. Nazimudeen, MP from Sri Lanka,
P. P. Koya, MP from India, Vinod Sharma, SAFMA India General Secretary and Purusottam Dahal, Member of Nepal Executive 81
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Report: Session-IV
Rejecting Aitzaz Ahsans alarmist view:
SAFMA Secretary General making a strong case for the
parliamentarians to take the centrestage
Rejecting Aitzaz Ahsans alarmist view:
SAFMA Secretary General making a strong case for the
parliamentarians to take the centrestage82
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Shahid Siddiqui, MP from IndiaShahid Siddiqui, MP from India
Kunwar Khalid Younas, MP from PakistanKunwar Khalid Younas, MP from Pakistan
Kiran Maheshwari, MP from IndiaKiran Maheshwari, MP from India
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NEED OF THE HOUR: South Asian Parliament: Maulana Ataur Rehman NEED OF THE HOUR: South Asian Parliament: Maulana Ataur Rehman
DEMOCRACY IS A MUST:
Gopal Thapaliya
DEMOCRACY IS A MUST:
Gopal Thapaliya
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ADVOCATING SOCIAL JUSTICE: Ilyas Azami, MP from IndiaADVOCATING SOCIAL JUSTICE: Ilyas Azami, MP from India
Ashwini Kumar Ashwini Kumar
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Relaxing after days exhaustive proceedings at the dinner
At a dinner by Makhdoom Amin Fahim,
President, PPP-Parliamentarian
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Session-VCooperative Security in South Asia
PRESIDIUM: Ejaz Haider, N. M. Ameen, Coordinator of Sri Lanka chapter, R. M. Reddy, MP from India, Ravi Raj, MP from Sri Lanka,
Imtiaz Alam, SAFMA Secretary General, Shahiduzzaman, MP from Bangladesh
PRESIDIUM: Ejaz Haider, N. M. Ameen, Coordinator of Sri Lanka chapter, R. M. Reddy, MP from India, Ravi Raj, MP from Sri Lanka,
Imtiaz Alam, SAFMA Secretary General, Shahiduzzaman, MP from Bangladesh
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COOPERATIVE SECURITY88
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Session-V
Conflict Resolution Mechanism
Ejaz HaiderEjaz Haider
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Bangladeshi delegatesBangladeshi delegates
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Strong advocates of democracy in Nepal: Purusottam Dahal, Sri Ram Basnet, Nirmala Sharma, Gopal ThapaliyaStrong advocates of democracy in Nepal: Purusottam Dahal, Sri Ram Basnet, Nirmala Sharma, Gopal Thapaliya
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Cooperative Security
Prof. C. Raja MohanProf. C. Raja Mohan
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C. Raja Mohan and Ejaz Haider
R. M Reddy, Ravi Raaj, Imtiaz Alam, Shahiduzzaman, MP from Bangladesh, Kunwar Khalid Younas, MP from PakistanR. M Reddy, Ravi Raaj, Imtiaz Alam, Shahiduzzaman, MP from Bangladesh, Kunwar Khalid Younas, MP from Pakistan94
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Report: Session-V
Cooperative Security in South Asia
Pallam Raju, Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya, Abdul Rashid Shaheen,
MPs from India
Pallam Raju, Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya, Abdul Rashid Shaheen,
MPs from India
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Kazi Zafarullah from BangladeshKazi Zafarullah from Bangladesh
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PPP MPs from PakistanPPP MPs from Pakistan
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A bright viewA bright view
Making a Difference: Bangladeshi delegationMaking a Difference: Bangladeshi delegation
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Session-VISouth Asian Human Rights Code
Presidium: (Left to right) Gopal Thapaliya, Abu Hena, Iqbal Haider, Asma Jehangir, Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, Nazimuddin,
Excellency Janis Bjrn Kanavin, Ambassador of Norway
Presidium: (Left to right) Gopal Thapaliya, Abu Hena, Iqbal Haider, Asma Jehangir, Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, Nazimuddin,
Excellency Janis Bjrn Kanavin, Ambassador of Norway
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HU
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HTS
CO
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Excerpts from Bhurban Declaration
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A Human Rights
Code for South Asia
Iqbal HaiderIqbal Haider
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Asma Jehangir, Chairperson, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan,
making her presidential address
Asma Jehangir, Chairperson, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan,
making her presidential address
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The Human Rights Code under studyThe Human Rights Code under study
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Mr Aimaduddin, leader of the Congress party from India, making his presentationMr Aimaduddin, leader of the Congress party from India, making his presentation
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member states may be
persuaded to agree to
a d o p t a u n i f o r m
comprehensive Human
Rights Code/Convention,
enforceable on all the
member states of South
Asia. Once SAARC Summit
takes the decision in
principle, it can appoint a
group of eminent human
rights activists to prepare a
Draft Human Rights Code
with the help of the UN
Human Rights Charter,
European Convention on
Human Rights and other
related treaties.
2. Identify the maximum
possible International
Conventions/Treaties & Human Rights/European Court of Human Rights, the African Commission
Charters relating to human rights issues, of Human and People Rights, are successful illustrations of a step by step
which the member states of SAARC agree to building block approach and should stimulate joint efforts in evolving a
honour, abide and enforce.regional mechanism for the protection and promotion of human rights in
South Asia, as well. What appears to be lacking is sincerity of purpose and 3. Across the border cooperation is needed
bona fide commitment to set up such regional mechanisms. A beginning among the SAARC countries, to prevent and
should be made with certain minimum common denominators of easily eradicate human rights abuses, terrorism
achievable objectives, projects and programmes. A regional common and other organised crime and undesirable
mechanism for South Asian Countries must precede the establishment of practices such as slavery, trafficking of
Official/Statutory Human Rights Commissions/Courts at national level in women and children, drugs, smuggling etc.
all member states of SAARC. As stated above, at least three of the SAARC
4. Extending help and assistance to the countries already have official independent autonomous national human
governments of each other member states rights institutions. Other member states must establish the same without
of SAARC, in their endeavour to establish further delay in accordance with the 'Paris Principles', to provide the first
their own national institutions, in effective edifice for the protection and promotion of human rights in the
conformity with the Paris Principles, to region.
promote and protect human rights.
(Iqbal Haider is a former Senator, Attorney General and Federal Minister 5. Mutual support to strengthen the capacity
for Law, Justice, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights, Pakistan)of national institutions of the member
states of SAARC to undertake their
mandates.
In this regard, the European Convention of
Asma Jehangir: No concession for the violators of Human RightsAsma Jehangir: No concession for the violators of Human Rights
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Report: Session-V
Support for
HR CodeRapporteur: Renu Mittal
Asma Jehangir:
You have to have a Human Rights Court in South Asia
Asma Jehangir:
You have to have a Human Rights Court in South Asia
Sherry Rehman: Implement human rights in all countriesSherry Rehman: Implement human rights in all countries
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Avinash Rai Khanna: Indeed, human rights indivisibleAvinash Rai Khanna: Indeed, human rights indivisible
CUT DEFENCE BUDGET FOR SOCIAL SECTOR:
Professor Kum Kum Rai, MP from India
CUT DEFENCE BUDGET FOR SOCIAL SECTOR:
Professor Kum Kum Rai, MP from India
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Making his point, Abdul Rashid ShaheenMaking his point, Abdul Rashid Shaheen
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Most punctual of allMost punctual of all
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Asma with the delegates Asma with the delegates
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Consultations at lunch
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Session-VIIRight to Know and Independence of media
PRESIDIUM: (Left to right) Nikhil Kumar, MP from India, I. A. Rehman, Director, Human Rights Commission of Pakisan, Reazuddin Ahmed, President of SAFMA,
Excellency Ann Wilkens, Ambassador of Sweden, Abu Hena, MP from India, Gopal Thapaliya, President of SAFMA, Nepal
SECRETARIAT: Aroosa Alam, K. K. Katyal, Nirmala Sharma, Ghazi Salahuddin
PRESIDIUM: (Left to right) Nikhil Kumar, MP from India, I. A. Rehman, Director, Human Rights Commission of Pakisan, Reazuddin Ahmed, President of SAFMA,
Excellency Ann Wilkens, Ambassador of Sweden, Abu Hena, MP from India, Gopal Thapaliya, President of SAFMA, Nepal
SECRETARIAT: Aroosa Alam, K. K. Katyal, Nirmala Sharma, Ghazi Salahuddin
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INDEPENDENCE OF MEDIA
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Excerpts from Bhurban Declaration
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The right to know
in South Asia
I. A. Rehman I. A. Rehman
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Independence of
Media and Free
Flow of InformationImtiaz Alam
Imtiaz Alam presenting his paper on the freedom of pressImtiaz Alam presenting his paper on the freedom of press123
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Responding to
People's Right
to Know
Ann Wilkens, Ambassador of Sweden
Excellency Ann Wilkens, Ambassador of SwedenExcellency Ann Wilkens, Ambassador of Sweden
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Informal Interaction
Indo-Pak delegates consider plans for second conference
of parliamentarians from the two countries
Triangular consultation
Nepalese delegation briefing the MPs on the situation in Nepal
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SAFMA seniors: Agha Nasir, Ghazi Salahuddin, Hussain Naqi, Sabihuddin Ghausi, M Ziauddin, Raja Asghar
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Safma's Parliamentary Forum:South Asian Parliament:
Evolving South Asian FraternityDeclaration
PRESIDIUM: Kunwar Sarvraj Singh, MP from India, Sardar Shakhwat Hossain Bakul, MP from Bangladesh, Vinod Sharma, Imtiaz Alam, H. K. Dua,
SECRETARIAT: Gopal Thapaliya, Reazuddin Ahmed and Zahiduzzaman Faruque
PRESIDIUM: Kunwar Sarvraj Singh, MP from India, Sardar Shakhwat Hossain Bakul, MP from Bangladesh, Vinod Sharma, Imtiaz Alam, H. K. Dua,
SECRETARIAT: Gopal Thapaliya, Reazuddin Ahmed and Zahiduzzaman Faruque
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At Luncheon-
ReceptionBy Ch. Shujaat Hussain,
President, Pakistan Muslim League
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Concluding Ceremony
SAFMA Secretary General Imtiaz Alam presenting SAFMA Conference IV booklet to President Pervez Musharraf while asking
him to fulfil the promises he made in his address at the moot
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Grasping Fleeting Moments for PeaceExcerpts from President General Pervez Musharraf s
address to the concluding ceremony
President General Pervez MusharrafPresident General Pervez Musharraf
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All attention to President Pervez Musharraf's speechAll attention to President Pervez Musharraf's speech
President Musharraf, along with FM Kasuri,
responding to the applause
President Musharraf, along with FM Kasuri,
responding to the applause
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A good view of the concluding ceremonyA good view of the concluding ceremony
A haughty laughter to a remarkA haughty laughter to a remark
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H K Dua at the question-answer sessionH K Dua at the question-answer session
Kashmala Tariq, MP, PML, addressing the gatheringKashmala Tariq, MP, PML, addressing the gathering
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President Musharraf asking the Minister of State for Interior to implement his promise on liberal visa for journalistsPresident Musharraf asking the Minister of State for Interior to implement his promise on liberal visa for journalists
Barkha Dutt: what is your Kashmir solution?Barkha Dutt: what is your Kashmir solution?
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Chief Minister of the Punjab, Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi with the Indian delegation on their visit to Lahore
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Making SAARC Dynamic
Excerpts from Foreign Minister
Khurshid Mahmood Kasuris
address to the concluding session
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Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri expanding relations across the regional partiesForeign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri expanding relations across the regional parties
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Snaps from a musical evening arranged by Minister of State for Culture and Youth Affairs Muhammad Ali Durrani146
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Bangladeshi delegation on a sightseeing tour Exchanging pleasantries
Reporter of the conference: Geo television correspondent Asma Shirazi
Arrival
Delegates with Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani
Ambassadors of Switzerland, Canada and Norway
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Krishna, MP.
Communist Party of India (CPI): DelegatesMr. Sudhakar Reddy, MP, Mr Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta, MP.
BangladeshRevolutionary Socialist Party (RSP):
Mr N.K. Premchandran, MP. Bangladesh Nationalist Party:
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M): Abu Hena, Member of Parliament, Sardar Shakhawat Hossain
Mr. Nilotpal Basu, MP, Party Leader in Rajya Sabha, Mr. Bakul, MP, Harunur Rashid, MP, Shahiduzzaman, MP, Nazir
Hannan Mollah, MP, Chief Whip of party in Lok Sabha. Hossain, MP
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP): Awami League: Mr Iliyas Azmi, MP, Mr Mitrsen Yadav, MP. Kazi Zafar Ullah, MP, Nur-e-Alam Liton, MP, Dr. Alauddin
Ahmed, MP, Mohammed Ali, MP. Telugu Desam Party (TDP):
Mr. R. M. Reddy, MP, S.M. Laljan Basha, Member, Rajya Sabha.
Jatiya Party:
G.M. Quader, MP. Lok Janshakti Party (LJP):
Mr. Ram Chandra Paswan, MP
Jamaat-e-Islami:
Shah Mohammad Ruhul Quddus, MP. Samajwadi Party (SP):
Mr Shahid Sidiqui, MP, Mr Uday Pratap Singh, MP.
Independent:
M. M. Shaheen, MP. Janata Dal-United (JD-A):
Dr P.P. Koya, MP, Shri Kunwar Sarvraj Singh, MP.
SAFMA:
Reazuddin Ahmed, President, SAFMA, Editor, The News Today. National Conference (NC):
Zahiduzzaman Faruque, General Secretary, Shaukat Mahmood, Mr Abdul Rashid Shaheen, MP.
Bazlur Rahman, Editor, Daily Shangbad, Mahbubul Alam,
SAFMA Executive: Editor, The Independent, Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury, Motiur
Mr Krishan Kumar Katyal (K. K. Katyal), President SAFMA, Mr Rahman Chowdhury, Editor, Kazi Golam Mostofa, Muhammad
Vinod Kumar Sharma, General Secretary, Mr Sushant Sareen, P. Ashraful Alam.
L. Uniyal, Renu Mittal
India
Editors and Senior Journalists: Congress Party:
Zahid Ali Khan, Editor, the Siasat daily, Mr Harikishan Dua Mr Nikhil Kumar, Member, Lok Sabha, Shri Mallipudi
(H.K. Dua), Editor-in-Chief, the Tribune, Chandigarh, Mr Mangapati Pallam Raju, Member, Lok Sabha, Mr Ashwini
Maharaj Kishan Razdan, Editor-in-chief, PTI (Press Trust of Kumar, Member, Rajya Sabha, Dr. Prabha Thakur, Member,
India), Mrs Neerja Choudhury, Indian Express, Mr. Pankaj Rajya Sabha, Mr Madhu Goud Yaskhi, MP, Aimaduddin Ahmed
Vohra, Associate Editor Hindustan Times, Rajat Sharma, Khan, Former Rajya Sabha member.
Chairman India TV, Mr Siddharth Varadarajan, Deputy Editor
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) The Hindu, Barkha Dutt, NDTV, Ashish Joshi, Aaj Kal,
Mr. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Member, Rajya Sabha, Mr. Ravi Ritambara Shastri, Mr Vinod Kumar Dua, Television
Shankar Prasad, MP, Mr. Uday Singh, MP, Mrs. Kiran personality, Mr. Deepak Goyal, UNI, Manoranjan Bharti,
Maheshwari, MP, Mr. Avinash Rai Khanna, MP, Dr. Satya Narain Special Correspondent, NDTV-India
Jatiya, MP, Mr Nalin Satyakam Kohli, Convener of BJP National
Experts:Media Cell.
Prof. C. Rajamohan, Professor School of South Asian Studies,
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD): Ramaswamy R Iyer, Prof. Sukh Deo Muni (SD Muni), Professor
Prof. Kumkum Rai, MP, Mr. Alok K Mehta, MP, Mr. Vijay School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
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Prof. Mahendra. P. Lama, Professor. Editor-in-Chief, Daily Mashriq, Mr. Afzal Khan, Special
Correspondent, Khaleej Times and Daily Nation, Mr. Nusrat
Nepal Javeed, Senior Correspondent, The News, Ms. Aroosa Alam, Editors and SAFMA Executive: President SAFMA-Islamabad, Special Correspondent, Pakistan Mr Gopal Thapaliya, President, SAFMA, Nepal, Ms Nirmala
Observer, Mr. Agha Nasir, Senior Broadcaster and Director, Sharma, Secretary, SAFMA, Nepal, Mr Purusottam Dahal,
Geo-TV, Mr. Muralidhar Reddy, Resident Correspondent, Daily Member of Executive, Mr T. P. Pokhrel, Sri Ram Basnet, National
the Hindu (India), Mr Sabihuddin Ghausi, Dawn, Karachi, Ghazi News Agency
Salahuddin, GEO TV, Karachi, Dr Jabbar Khattak, Editor-in-
Chief, Awami Awaz, Mr Aamer Mahmood, President, SAFMA, Pakistan
Karachi, Mr Mujahid Barelvi, Indus TV, Mr Wirasat Hussain
Rizvi, Business Recorder, Karachi, Mr Munnoo Bhai, President, Pakistan Muslim League (PML): SAFMA, Punjab, Syed Mumtaz Ahmed, Vice-President, Senator Wasim Sajjad, Leader of the House/ Senate, Mr. Nisar
SAFMA-Pakistan, Mr Waqar Mustafa, Deputy Editor, South Memon, Senator, Dr. Rozina Tufail, MNA, Mr. Rozina Alam,
Asian Media Net, Hussain Naqi, Editor, Media Monitor, Mr Senator, Mr. Farooq Amjad Mir, MNA, Mr. Akram Zaki, Senator,
Azhar Jaffery, Photographer, Ms Munize Jehangir, NDTVMs. Kashmala Tariq, MNA, Dr Shahzad Waseem, State Minister
for Interior, Mushahid Hussain, Senator, Muhammad Ali Experts:
Durrani, Minister of State for Culture and Youth Affairs Aitzaz Ahsan, MNA PPP, Senior Parliamentarian, and
Constitutional Lawyer, Mr I. A Rehman, Director HRCP, Ms Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P): Asma Jehangir, UN Rapporteur, Dr Akmal Hussain, Economist, Ms Sherbano Sherry Rehman, MNA, Syed Naveed Qamar, MNA,
Dr A. R. Kemal, Economist, Mr Iqbal Haider, Gen. Secretary, Mr. Farhatullah Babar, Senator, Mr. Sajjad Hussain Bokhari,
HRCP, Mr Shahid Hussain, Expert.Senator, Ms Shakeela Khanum Rasheed, MNA, Ms Yasmeen
Rehman, MNA. Sri Lanka
United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA): Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA): Mr Siripathi Suriarachchi, Deputy Minister Sports and Youth Maulana Fazalur Rehman, MNA, Leader of Opposition, Mr. Affairs, Mr Rohana Dissanayake, Deputy Minister for Poverty Ataur Rahman, MNA, Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, MNA, Sahibzada Alleviation. Abu Alkhair, MNA, Asadullah Bhutto, MMA.
United National Party (UNP): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N): Akila Kariyawasam, MP, Mr Dayantha Karunathilleke, MP, Mr Ms. Maimoona Hashmi, MNA, Mr. Mahmoodul Hassan, MNA, MHM Haleem, MP. Ms. Saadia Abbasi, Senator.
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM): Mr S Nazamudeen, MP. Dr. Farooq Satar, MNA, Mr. Iqbal Ali Khan, MNA, Kanwar
Khalid Younus, MNA, Mr. Haider Rizvi, MNA, Mr. Nisar Panwar, Tamil National Alliance:
MNA, Ms. Abida Saif, Senator. Mr M Ravi Raj, Mr H R Mitthapala, MP.
PPP (Patriot): Editors:
Ms. Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli, Minister of State for Information and Mr Manik de Silva, Island, Mr Victor Ivan, Ravaya, Mr MPM
Broadcasting, Mr. Mohammad Faiz Tamman, MNA, Azhar, Navamani, Mr R Barathi, Mr Ashan Wijethunge, Mr
Parliamentary Secretary for Defence ProductionNimal Ekanayake, Mr Mahinda Abeysundera, Dinamina, Mr N
M Ameen, SAFMA Organizer.SAFMA and Journalists:
Mr Imtiaz Alam, Secretary General, SAFMA, Mr. M. Ziauddin,
President, SAFMA, Pakistan, Editor, Daily Dawn, Islamabad,
Mr. Mustansar Javed, General Secretary, SAFMA, Pakistan,
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