Pakistan Earthquake 2005: Rebuilding, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation

Date: December 15th
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue, New York
Cost: $10 members; $15 nonmembers
Phone: 212-517-ASIA

The powerful earthquake that devastated the Pakistan-India border region on Oct. 8 has already claimed close to 80,000 victims, but millions more remain homeless and vulnerable. With winter approaching, conditions in many areas remain dire and are likely to worsen in spite of national and international relief efforts. The panel discussion will explore the current conditions on the border, analyze how India and Pakistan’s governments are responding to the devastation; examine domestic and international aid agencies’ rehabilitation and reconstruction work; and provide first hand account of how ordinary Pakistanis and civil society organizations are contributing in relief efforts.

Featuring:
Rashida Dohad, Program Advisor,
Omar Asghar Khan Development Foundation, Pakistan (invited)
Muhammad Haroon Shaukat, Consul General, Consulate General of Pakistan in New York
Najam Sethi, Editor, Daily Times (via teleconference from Pakistan)
Hansjoerg Strohmeyer, Chief of the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, UN