Emailed to [email protected]. Posted to IPR by Paulie.
THE DC STATEHOOD GREEN PARTY
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
For immediate release:
Friday, April 17, 2009
Contact:
Scott McLarty, DC Statehood Green Party Media Coordinator,
202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, [email protected]
Pakistan Green Party leader Liaquat Ali Shaikh to visit Washington,
DC, April 22-24: available for interview
• Mr. Ali Shaikh will be available to meet reporters at the US Green
Party office, Wednesday afternoon, April 22
• Reception in Mt. Pleasant, Thursday evening, April 23
WASHINGTON, DC — Liaquat Ali Shaikh, founding member and co-chair of
Pakistan Green Party, will be visiting Washington, DC, from Tuesday,
April 21 to Friday, April 24, and will be on hand to meet members of
the media for interviews.
Mr. Ali Shaikh will be at the national office of the Green Party of
the United States throughout the afternoon on Wednesday, April 22.
Reporters are invited to meet him at the office and may also interview
him by telephone. The address of the office is 1711 18th Street NW,
near R Street and a few blocks from Dupont Circle in Washington, DC.
To arrange an interview with Mr. Ali Shaikh in person at the Green
Party office or by telephone on Wednesday, call the office at
202-319-7191 or call Scott McLarty at 202-904-7614.
A reception for Mr. Ali Shaikh will take place Thursday evening, April
23, at La Orilla, the home of DC Statehood Green Party members David
Bosserman and Olivia Cadaval in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of
Washington, DC. The address is 1739 Irving Street, NW and the
reception begins at 7 pm. Reporters and photographers are invited.
The DC Statehood Green Party is hosting his visit. Mr. Ali Shaikh has
already visited Houston, Austin, New Orleans, and Chicago, and after
Washington will continue his US tour in Philadelphia and New York
City.
BIOGRAPHY
Liaquat Ali Shaikh, founding member and co-chair of the Pakistan Green
Party, also founded ‘Pakistan Greens,’ an environmental political
movement and network. He is also a founding member of the Asia
Pacific Greens Network.
He holds a masters degree in public administration/policy from the
University of Sindh (Pakistan) and in public pealth from the
University of Sheffield (UK).
He founded a public health consultancy firm, serving as CEO and
putting to use his expertise in reproductive health, young people’s
health, and gender-related health policies. He has worked for eight
years in international organizations, holding various posts. He has
served as President of Youth, leading Youth Action for Pakistan.
E-mail address: [email protected]
Blog: http://liaquatalishaikh.blogspot.com
PAKISTAN GREEN PARTY
The Pakistan Green Party, founded in 2002, participates in local
elections and has secured 116 counselor seats throughout Pakistan.
The party boycotted the general election in 2008, along with other
progressive parities.
The. Pakistan Green Party, which operates in all area of Pakistan,
supports the current government on peace process and dialogue with all
stakeholders in the region. The party is growing in rural area and is
proving popular among young people.
http://pakistangreens.blogspot.com/
http://www.pakistangreens.org
E-mail address: [email protected]
MORE INFORMATION
DC Statehood Green Party http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
DC Statehood Green Party events: http://dcstatehoodgreen.org/events
Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org
Green Party International Committee http://www.gp.org/committees/intl
Asia Pacific Greens Network http://asiapacificgreensnetwork.blogspot.com
Greens Parties Worldwide http://www.greens.org