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.