On to Quetta

10.32.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Wed 10th May 2006

Dialogue in Quetta

This morning we left Karachi to go to Quetta in the Baluchistan Region. After arriving we met with the Governor - Owais Ahmad Ghani, he is am amazing man - very interesting and very funny. He gave us a potted history of the region and of Afghanistan which certainly opened my eyes up.

Delegates under a banner in Quetta

After seeing the Governor we had our second dialogue - this time on 'Extreamism and Terrorism'. We concentrated on identifying the root causes and seeing what practical steps could be taking to tackle these. Education and injustice - be it political or economic injustice (percieved or real) were identified as the biggest causes and we came up with a number of concrete ways to tackle these which will be fed back to our Parties and Governments.

Bookmark this story at: del.icio.us Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon
Print this news story
Comment on this news story
Previous news story: First dialogue in Karachi (Tue 9th May 2006).
Next news story: Lahore, more talks and some sightseeing (Thu 11th May 2006).

Printed and hosted by Prater Raines Ltd, 82b Sandgate High Street, Folkestone CT20 3BX.
Published and promoted by Colin Ross (Liberal Democrat), at 54 Clifford Street, Wolverhampton, WV6 0AA
The views expressed are those of Colin Ross, not of the service provider.