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In this edition of Panoscope, we go to Pakistan's only developed port city, Karachi. In an arbitrary move, the government has allocated huge parts of the city's coastal areas and islands to U.A.E based companies for mega city projects. Over a dozen civil society organizations are fighting the move fearing the repercussions including detrimental effects to the environment. (15:00)
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DEVELOPMENT DILEMMAS Latest Issue
In this edition of Development Dilemmas, we go to Nepal to look at the aspirations of the traditionally marginalized communities that has become the main focus regarding restructuring of the state through the Constituent Assembly elections on April 10. But our panelists emphasize both fresh challenges and a new hope lies ahead for a country that had been facing a violent armed struggle since the last 12 years. Shyamanand Suman (SS), former Nepali Ambassador to Qatar and a proportionate candidate from the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, Sapana Pradhan Malla (SPM), a women's rights activist and a proportionate candidate from the CPN-UML, joins us on the panel. We also hear Maoist leader Suresh Ale Magar emphasize on the role of the indigenous communities in forming the new Constitution. Journalist Somesh Verma (SV) moderates this discussion. (30:00)
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Panos South Asia (PSA) is a part of a family of Panos Institute worldwide that encourages and facilitates public discourse on a wide range of issues, particularly those that have a direct impact on the least privileged and most marginalized sections of society. Panos works through media to bring neglected subjects to the fore in developmental debate, so as to give a platform for voices and perspectives, which are often rendered voiceless in the public sphere.
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