Freedom Gate Pakistan Sindh

FREEDOM GATE SEMINAR ON   LIBERALISM AND SECULARISM IN COLLABRATION WITH

FRIEDRICH   NAUMANN STIFTUNG13^th-16^th SEPTEMBER

2007SHANGRI LA HOTEL, MURREE. 

Moderator:  Dr. Huma Baqai

 Thursday

13^th September                         

7:00 pm                                         Arrival of Participants

8:00 pm                                         Welcome Dinner

 DAY ONE  Friday 14^th September 

11:00 am to 11:30 am                    Opening Remarks by Mr. Peter-Andreas Bochmann

                                                       Resident Representative Friedrich Naumann Stiftung.

11:30 am to 12: 15 am                   An Introduction to Freedom Gate and its forth coming                                                   

                                                       activities by Ms. Munazza Batool Project Coordinator.

12: 15 pm to 1: 15 pm                   Liberalism: the participant’s perspective

                                                      (A card exercise)

1: 15 pm to 2: 45 pm                     Lunch/ Prayer Break

2: 45 pm to 3: 45 pm                    Liberalism: Shattering the Myths by Dr. Huma Baqai

3: 45 pm to 4: 45 pm                    Basic Principles of Liberalism by Dr. Huma Baqai

 4:45 pm to 5:15 pm                       Break 

5: 15 pm to 5: 30 pm                    wrapping of the day

   DAY TWO                                   Saturday  15^th September 

9: 00 am to 10:00 am                Liberalism an option for Pakistan Democracy -Human 

rights and rule of law - their role in protecting individual   liberty  (Working Groups)

 10:00 am to 11: 00 am            Presentations of working groups 

11:00 am to 12: 00 pm            Secularism: The ambiguous term- A threat, amnesty or  

                                                opportunity  by Dr. Aslam Khaki

12: 00 pm to 1: 00 am              Secularism: Myth and Reality

 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm                    Break 

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm                  Approaches to Secularism

3: 00 pm to 4: 00 pm                Secularism and Pakistani Society 

4: 00 pm to 5: 30 pm                How to Promote Tolerance in Pakistani Society?

                                                (Working Groups)                      

 DAY THREE Sunday 16^th September  

9:00 am to 10:00 am                Presentations and discussions of the working groups   

 10:00 am to 11:00 am             A Liberal Dialogue- How to maintain a balance between your

 Liberal/secular values and social and religious imperatives ? 

(Plenary/Working groups)   

11:00 am to 12:00 pm             Presentations, concluding remarks     

12:00 pm to 12:30 pm             Evaluation of the Seminar

12:30 pm to 1:00 pm                Vote of Thanks   

1: 00 pm                                      Departure of Participants.                       

Young Leaders Workshop hold on 20th-23rd September 2007 supported by Friedrich Naumann Foundation at Dreamland Motel, Islamabad.

It was an intensive course that would focus on building a core group of young Pakistani liberals that are well versed in civic activism and issues preparing them for the coming elections. An election motivating video clip for first time voters will also be launched during the program.