What's in store for Pakistan?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Fatima Bhutto, niece of assassinated Pakistani president Benazir Bhutto, and author of Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter's Memoir. As flood relief efforts continue, the U.S., with the support of the Pakistani government, has increased deadly drone operations. What explains this? Join us at 11 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Bhutto says if it weren't for American money and political support, the Pakistani government would not be in power. What lies ahead in this relationship? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest:
Fatima Bhutto, niece of assassinated Pakistani president, Benazir Bhutto, and author of Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter's Memoir

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Your Call 021908 Who won the election in Pakistan?

Pakistanis went to the polls Monday morning; no matter how the vote turns out, who were the winners? On the next Your Call we discuss a different election with potentially global import. The Pakistani election was postponed two months after the assassination of opposition leader and close American ally Benazir Bhutto on December 27th. If the opposition wins a substantial portion of the vote, is the military likely to let them take power? While the vote is for parliament and the presidency, what else hangs in the balance of this vote? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sami Zarifi in Washington DC
Washington advocate for Human Rights Watch

Steve Coll in New York
Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and author of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001. Coll is currently president and CEO of the New America Foundation, a think tank in Washington DC.

Massood Haider in New York
UN correspondent with the Dawn, a newspaper based in Pakistan.

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Your Call 010208 Pakistan After Bhutto

What has been the fall-out of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination? On the next Your Call we speak with a panel of South Asians about the events since the bomb in Liaquat National Park. Bhutto’s 19-year-old son has been pushed to the helm of the Pakistan People’s Party. President Musharraf says elections will be delayed until February but can the weakened Musharraf stay in power until then? The United States has had close involvement in the politics of Pakistan for nearly four decades: what role should it play now? It’s Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Anil Kalhan in New York
Visiting Professor of Law at Fordham University Law School
  
Sharmeen Obaid in Pakistan
Documentary filmmaker and reporter who has covered the aftermath of terrorism’s rise in South Asia
 
Ahmed Junaid in Williamsburg, VA
Author and a leader in Pakistan’s expatriate community of liberal Muslims.

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