ANALYSIS: Pakistan’s Vision for the Future
“Pakistan’s Vision for the Future”
International Institute for Strategic Studies
London, February 13th, 2018
OVERVIEW
The meeting was chaired by Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South Asia. Dr. Ahsan Iqbal, Pakistan’s Minister for Interior and Planning, Development and Reform, was...
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