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HARDtalk: Aitzaz Ahsan

11/11/2008

Aitzaz Ahsan

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Aitzaz Ahsan

An interview with Aitzaz Ahsan, the leader of Pakistan's pro-democracy lawyers movement.

Zeinab Badawi asks Aitzaz Ahsan if the rule of law is still weak and the militant threat is rising after the restoration of democracy in Pakistan.

Pakistan's pro-democracy lawyers movement was instrumental in toppling the former President Pervez Musharraf but now the country is at a dangerous juncture and at the top of the in-tray for President-elect Barack Obama.  

Zeinab Badawi asks the leader of Pakistan's pro-democracy lawyers movement, if after the restoration of democracy in Pakistan, is the rule of law still weak and the militant threat rising?

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