An Evening with Intelligence Squared and Guest Speaker Pervez Musharraf, former president of Pakistan
Wednesday 29th September 6:45pm, Kensington

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for you to attend ‘Pervez Musharraf in conversation’ in conjunction with Intelligence Squared.

Pervez Musharraf is the former holder of Time magazine’s ‘most dangerous job in the world’, the Presidency of Pakistan, and he served in the role for nine years before his resignation in 2008. A veteran of the 1965 war with India, Musharraf worked his way up the political and military ranks to become General and Army Chief of Staff in 1998 before ascending to the Presidency in a bloodless coup in 1999. A one-time supporter of the Taliban, he took a hard line turn against militant Islam following the September 11th attacks and became, at significant personal risk, a key ally in America’s “war on terror”. His autobiography, In the Line of Fire, is an astonishingly honest account of his years at the helm of Pakistan; it reveals his efforts to break up Al Qaeda in the cities and tribal areas of Pakistan, his dealings with Bush and Blair, and the ongoing nuclear conflict between Pakistan and India. Currently a resident in London, Musharraf has expressed his desire to re-enter Pakistani politics and realise Pakistan as modern, progressive Islamic state.

http://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/pervez-musharraf-in-conversation

If you would like to attend please RSVP to Sara Nori

sn@picapital.co.uk

020 7529 5656