The World Affairs Council of West Michigan has invited former President Musharraf for a speech. Tickets are $150 (includes dinner). Any protesters in the area?? :hehe:
GRAND RAPIDS – Pervez Musharraf, the former president of Pakistan, will speak to the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan at its annual dinner Jan. 14.
Dixie Anderson, the council’s executive director, said she is excited to host a speaker who was a key power figure in one of the most critical regions in the world.
“We have been working on this for several months,” Anderson said.
“Pakistan and that part of the world is one of the most critical areas in the world.”
Musharraf, 65, resigned as president in August, ending nine years of rule that began in 1999 with a military coup that ousted Kawaz Sharif, the elected prime minister.
Musharraf’s reign was marked by growing civil unrest and an uneasy alliance with the United States that followed the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
Musharraf has survived numerous attempts on his life.
In November 2007, Musharraf suspended the constitution, jailed several Supreme Court justices and ordered the arrest of political dissidents and civil rights activists.
Speakers at the annual dinner have included former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, former Secretary of Defense William Cohen and Lech Walesa, the former president of Poland credited with starting the labor movement that helped bring down the Soviet Union.
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