02-27-2006, 11:34 AM
<b>World Social Forum March 24-29: Karachi to host Arundhati Roy, Dalai Lama</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->KARACHI: <b>Arundhati Roy, the Dalai Lama, Bishop Desmond Tutu and Tariq Ali </b>are some of the globally admired people who will be taking part in the World Social Forum (WSF) in Karachi from March 24 to 29, organizers announced on Monday.
The opening and closing plenary sessions will be held at the People's Stadium Lyari, while the KMC Sports Complex on Kashmir Road, National Coaching Centre, Liaquat National Library, auditoriums of Dawood Engineering College, Adamjee College, Jinnah Medical College, Islamia College and Nishtar Park have been chosen as venues.
Camp sites will be set up at the Scouts Training Centre, Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Christ the King Seminary (13-D), Gulshan-e-Iqbal to provide lodging to the WSF delegates and participants at cheaper rates.
The WSF was initially scheduled for Jan 24-29 this year but was postponed due to the Oct 8 earthquake. Around 20,000 participants are expected to take part in the 'critical reflection' of globalization, wars, terrorism and a host of other issues, said convener Saleha Akthar while briefing the press at the WSF secretariat<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->KARACHI: <b>Arundhati Roy, the Dalai Lama, Bishop Desmond Tutu and Tariq Ali </b>are some of the globally admired people who will be taking part in the World Social Forum (WSF) in Karachi from March 24 to 29, organizers announced on Monday.
The opening and closing plenary sessions will be held at the People's Stadium Lyari, while the KMC Sports Complex on Kashmir Road, National Coaching Centre, Liaquat National Library, auditoriums of Dawood Engineering College, Adamjee College, Jinnah Medical College, Islamia College and Nishtar Park have been chosen as venues.
Camp sites will be set up at the Scouts Training Centre, Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Christ the King Seminary (13-D), Gulshan-e-Iqbal to provide lodging to the WSF delegates and participants at cheaper rates.
The WSF was initially scheduled for Jan 24-29 this year but was postponed due to the Oct 8 earthquake. Around 20,000 participants are expected to take part in the 'critical reflection' of globalization, wars, terrorism and a host of other issues, said convener Saleha Akthar while briefing the press at the WSF secretariat<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->