Please join the Atlantic Council’s Pakistan Initiative in collaboration with the APPAC Foundation on Friday, March 31st at 10:00 AM US ET for a conversation with Dr. Ayesha Jalal, Mary Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University, on Pakistan Day and the way forward.

Following the 83rd anniversary of the Lahore Resolution, this program will discuss the Lahore Resolution, the way forward for Pakistan, and how the diaspora in the US can play a role in keeping the spirit of the Lahore Resolution alive. 

Keynotes remarks by

Ayesha Jalal
Mary Richardson Professor of History
Tufts University

Welcome remarks by

Irfan Nooruddin
Senior Director, South Asia Center
Atlantic Council

Opening remarks by

Faizan Haq
Lecturer
Department of Communication at Buffalo State College

Q&A moderated by

Uzair Younus
Pakistan Initiative Director, South Asia Center
Atlantic Council

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