<p><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="#200c88"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px">Dear Members</span></font></font></font></p> <div style="margin: 0px"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="#200c88"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /> </span></font></font></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="#200c88"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px">Please join us on <span style="text-decoration: underline">Wednesday, 21st November 5 p.m. at SOAS</span> (details of the room in SOAS will be sent later), for a talk on </span></font></font></font><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="#200c88"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px">be on democracy and the judicial system in Pakistan under Musharraff with Advocate Mahab Aziz & Mr. Shahid Dastgir. </span></font></font></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#200c88" size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /> </span></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="#200c88"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px">They will discuss the conflict between General Musharraff and the Chief Justice of Pakistan; the subsequent protest by lawyers nationwide ; and how the judicial system has been held to ransom by Musharraff. They will also discuss how main political parties have not adequately taken part in the promotion of democracy and have thereby failed their voters.</span></font></font></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="#200c88"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /> </span></font></font></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="#200c88"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px">As you may know 67 British lawyers, headed by Andy Nichol QC signed a letter sent to The Independent Newspaper demanding that President Musharraff end Emergency Rule and release political prisoners and the ban on the media. This is an issue that has been taken up by the Law Society as well and it is encouraging to see this and we should make the most of it by inviting as many lawyers to this talk and those forthcoming events that have been jointly organised.</span></font></font></font></div> <blockquote type="cite"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="#200c88"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px"> </span></font></font></font></blockquote> <div style="margin: 0px"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="#200c88"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px">Claire Soloman (SOAS student union president) suggested that Pakistan Society at SOAS should co-sponsor this event.</span></font></font></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#200c88" size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /> </span></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#200c88" size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px">SOAS is located near Russell Square. </span></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#200c88" size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px">Nearest tube station: Russell Square</span></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font color="#200c88"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /> </span></font></font></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px"><font color="#200c88"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline">Please contact Mahtab Aziz (07759 731 636 ) or Rabia Zia (07711 965 036) for additional information.</span></em></font></font></div>