Live discussion: Is the state responsible for rising religious violence?
Ali Usman Qasmi — Professor of History at LUMS and author of Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion in Pakistan.
Asad Jamal — a human rights advocate and a legal researcher who has written extensively on religion-driven violence. He is also a lawyer and practices at the Lahore High Court.
Ayesha Khan — a senior researcher at Collective for Social Science Research. She has worked on issues relating to conflict and civil society.
Babar Ayaz — a former journalist who now writes regular columns in various newspapers. He is the author of the book What's Wrong with Pakistan?
Syed Jaffar Ahmed — Director Pakistan Study Centre at the University of Karachi.
Moderator
Javed Jabbar — Writer, analyst and expert on media affairs, he has also served as a member of the Senate and has also been the federal information minister at one point.