World Sindhi Institute

The World Sindhi Institute

Invites you to attend a DISCUSSION FORUM

“OPPRESSED NATIONS OF PAKISTAN:

Self Determination, Autonomy and Sovereignty”

Commemorating 23^rd March; Lahore Resolution Day

At the National Press Club (Lisagor Room)

529 14^th St. NW 13^th Floor, Washington , DC 20045

Friday, March 23, 2007, 5.00 p.m. – 7.00 p.m.

Speakers

Dr. Wahid Baloch

Baloch Society of North America (BSO-NA)

Biodata:

Dr. Wahid Baloch is the General Secretary of American Friends of Balochistan ( AFOB) and President and founder of Baloch Society of North America (BSO-NA), which is one of the earliest established Baloch human rights organizations in North America. BSO-NA was formed to “educate the American people and the world community about Pakistani and Iranian occupation of Balochistan and exploitation of its resources, and to bring human right violations in Balochistan to international notice”. He hails from the coastal area of Dasht in Makran Division of Balochistan Province. He graduated as a physician from Bolan Medical College-Quetta in 1990 and immigrated to USA in 1992. He is a US citizen, presently working at the Mayo Clinic in Florida. Dr Baloch is in constant touch with the Baloch Diaspora in and outside Pakistani and Iranian occupied Balochistan, North America and Europe. His political activities with the Baloch nationalist movement began from the platform of Baloch Students Organization.

Mohammad Mumtaz Khan

International Center for Peace & Democracy and International Kashmir Alliance

Biodata:

Mohammad Mumtaz Khan belongs to Rawalakot, Poonch, which is in Pakistan controlled part of Kashmir. Settled in Canada for the last 16 years, he received his education in Pakistan, including Master in International Relations from University of Karachi and two years of studies in Law from Urdu Law College Karachi. He has been associated with political rights movement of Kashmir since 1980. He has served as Chairman Kashmir Nationalist Students Federation in 1985, Executive Director International Center for Peace and Democracy and Vice Chairman International Kashmir Alliance (IKA).

IKA has organized three peace conferences in London, Toronto and Brussels since 2004 and represented Pakistan administered Kashmir and Gilgit/ Baltistan at UN Human Rights Commission; presently UN Human Rights Council, since 1997 on behalf of European Union of Public relations-EUPR.

Imtiaz Hussain

Gilgit Baltistan Thinker’s Forum

Biodata:

Imtiaz Hussain belongs to Gilgit in the northern part of Pakistan. He is an engineer by profession with major in satellite communication and works in Washington, DC for a well known satellite company, INTELSAT. He is a member of ‘Gilgit Baltistan Thinker’s Forum’, which is a non-political, non-profit platform of people from Gilgit-Baltistan in the U.S. He is very active in advocacy on the issues and miseries of two million people of Gilgit-Baltistan under Pakistani oppression, and makes use of every opportunity to represent this oppressed nation and to raise awareness of the people of free world about them.

Humaira Rahman

The World Sindhi Institute

Biodata:

Humaira Rahman is the Director of the World Sindhi Institute in Canada and is a graduate of the college of environmental design at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also currently a candidate for Masters Degree in environmental studies at York University, Toronto. In her life Humaira has worked as architect, teacher, environmental and political activist. She has worked as principal in three architectural practices in Pakistan and the UAE, whilst teaching, editing and pursuing women and environmental rights issues as an activist. She is the founder member and general secretary of “SHEHRI”, a grass roots environmental advocacy organization located in Karachi, Pakistan and also the first editor of its newsmagazine. She is one of the nine founder members of the “Women’s Action Forum” (WAF) Karachi which later spawned the Lahore WAF and other city chapters. Humaira's life, studies and work have at different times located her in Sindh (Pakistan), Turkey, UK, USA, UAE and briefly Oman. She lives with her daughter aged 24 and son aged 21, both of whom are pursuing post secondary education and training in Toronto, Canada.

Moderator

Dr. Haider Nizamani

University of British Columbia

Biodata:

Dr. Nizamani teaches Political Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada. From 2001 to 2003, he was a Global Security and Cooperation Fellow of the Social Science Research Council at UBC’s Institute of International Relations, as well as a Visiting Fellow at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Islamabad. From 2000-2001, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Nizamani is the author of The Roots of Rhetoric: Politics of Nuclear Weapons in India and Pakistan. Additional works by Nizamani have appeared in a number of reference journals worldwide.


		The World Sindhi Institute Invites you to attend a DISCUSSION FORUM “OPPRESSED NATIONS OF PAKISTAN: Self Determination, Autonomy and Sovereignty” Commemorating 23^rd March; Lahore Resolution Day At the National Press Club (Lisagor Room) 529 14^th St. NW 13^th Floor, Washington , DC 20045 Friday, March 23, 2007, 5.00 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. Speakers Dr. Wahid Baloch Baloch Society of North America (BSO-NA) Biodata: Dr. Wahid Baloch is the General Secretary of American Friends of Balochistan ( AFOB) and President and founder of Baloch Society of North America (BSO-NA), which is one of the earliest established Baloch human rights organizations in North America. BSO-NA was formed to “educate the American people and the world community about Pakistani and Iranian occupation of Balochistan and exploitation of its resources, and to bring human right violations in Balochistan to international notice”. He hails from the coastal area of Dasht in Makran Division of Balochistan Province. He graduated as a physician from Bolan Medical College-Quetta in 1990 and immigrated to USA in 1992. He is a US citizen, presently working at the Mayo Clinic in Florida. Dr Baloch is in constant touch with the Baloch Diaspora in and outside Pakistani and Iranian occupied Balochistan, North America and Europe. His political activities with the Baloch nationalist movement began from the platform of Baloch Students Organization. Mohammad Mumtaz Khan International Center for Peace & Democracy and International Kashmir Alliance Biodata: Mohammad Mumtaz Khan belongs to Rawalakot, Poonch, which is in Pakistan controlled part of Kashmir. Settled in Canada for the last 16 years, he received his education in Pakistan, including Master in International Relations from University of Karachi and two years of studies in Law from Urdu Law College Karachi. He has been associated with political rights movement of Kashmir since 1980. He has served as Chairman Kashmir Nationalist Students Federation in 1985, Executive Director International Center for Peace and Democracy and Vice Chairman International Kashmir Alliance (IKA). IKA has organized three peace conferences in London, Toronto and Brussels since 2004 and represented Pakistan administered Kashmir and Gilgit/ Baltistan at UN Human Rights Commission; presently UN Human Rights Council, since 1997 on behalf of European Union of Public relations-EUPR. Imtiaz Hussain Gilgit Baltistan Thinker’s Forum Biodata: Imtiaz Hussain belongs to Gilgit in the northern part of Pakistan. He is an engineer by profession with major in satellite communication and works in Washington, DC for a well known satellite company, INTELSAT. He is a member of ‘Gilgit Baltistan Thinker’s Forum’, which is a non-political, non-profit platform of people from Gilgit-Baltistan in the U.S. He is very active in advocacy on the issues and miseries of two million people of Gilgit-Baltistan under Pakistani oppression, and makes use of every opportunity to represent this oppressed nation and to raise awareness of the people of free world about them. Humaira Rahman The World Sindhi Institute Biodata: Humaira Rahman is the Director of the World Sindhi Institute in Canada and is a graduate of the college of environmental design at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also currently a candidate for Masters Degree in environmental studies at York University, Toronto. In her life Humaira has worked as architect, teacher, environmental and political activist. She has worked as principal in three architectural practices in Pakistan and the UAE, whilst teaching, editing and pursuing women and environmental rights issues as an activist. She is the founder member and general secretary of “SHEHRI”, a grass roots environmental advocacy organization located in Karachi, Pakistan and also the first editor of its newsmagazine. She is one of the nine founder members of the “Women’s Action Forum” (WAF) Karachi which later spawned the Lahore WAF and other city chapters. Humaira's life, studies and work have at different times located her in Sindh (Pakistan), Turkey, UK, USA, UAE and briefly Oman. She lives with her daughter aged 24 and son aged 21, both of whom are pursuing post secondary education and training in Toronto, Canada. Moderator Dr. Haider Nizamani University of British Columbia Biodata: Dr. Nizamani teaches Political Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada. From 2001 to 2003, he was a Global Security and Cooperation Fellow of the Social Science Research Council at UBC’s Institute of International Relations, as well as a Visiting Fellow at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Islamabad. From 2000-2001, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Nizamani is the author of The Roots of Rhetoric: Politics of Nuclear Weapons in India and Pakistan. Additional works by Nizamani have appeared in a number of reference journals worldwide. Through nonviolent means, The World Sindhi Institute works relentlessly for universal human rights and humanitarian law for the Sindhis of Sindh, in southeastern Pakistan.