Washington DC Area: Sunday - Oct, 21: Plight of People of Sindh

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

INFORMAL DISCUSSION ON "LBOD AND IT'S HARMFUL AFFECTS ON LOWER SINDH"

DATE AND TIME: Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 1:00 PM
VENUE: Sadaf Restaurant in Rockville, Maryland -301- 424-4040 (See directions below)

Piyara Dosto,

Washington Sindhi community with the help of SANA members (Aziz Narejo, Ali Nawaz Memon, Sarfraz Memon, Zahid Shaikh and Iqbal Tareen) is arranging an luncheon event (every one pays for own lunch) to meet Mr. Mustafa Talpur in Washington DC on Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 1:00 PM. The venue of the meeting will be Sadaf Restaurant in Rockville (see directions below). This is a great opportunity to learn about the destruction of LBOD first-hand from the person who filed the official complaint with the World Bank Inspection Panel.

Mr. Talpur is one of the heroes of the people of Badin, Thatta, and other districts of lower Sindh for spearheading campaign to draw the world attention to this terrible tragedy suffered by Sindhis. Mr. Talpur led the effort to lodge a formal complaint with the World Bank Inspection Panel. About a year ago, the Inspection panel issued it's findings blaming the World Bank officials, international contractors, WAPDA, and Pakistan Government for violating the World Bank rules and not conducting pre-requisite environmental assessment studies.

For more details see the DAWN ariticle (Read here) and an IRN summary (Read here)

Mr. Talpur is visiting Washington , DC at the invitation of the International Rivers Network (IRN) to speak at a seminar in Washington , DC on the accountability of the International Financial Institutions. He would also be meeting the European Executive Directors of the World Bank to give a presentation on the LBOD requesting an immediate action on their part.

Please join us if you in the Washington DC and learn from Mr. Talpur as to why World Bank is still failing the people of lower Sindh.

Directions to SADAF Restaurant
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From 495 (virginia and Washington DC - GW Parkway)

1: Merge onto I-495 N / CAPITAL BELTWAY via EXIT 18 toward BALTIMORE / BETHESDA MD (Crossing into MARYLAND).

2: I-270 SPUR N becomes I-270 N. 0.8 miles

3: Keep RIGHT to take I-270 LOCAL N toward MONTROSE RD. 0.3 miles

4: Take the MONTROSE RD EAST exit- EXIT 4A. 0.1 miles

5: Take the TOWER OAKS BLVD ramp. 0.2 miles

6: Turn LEFT onto TOWER OAKS BLVD. 0.6 miles

7: Turn RIGHT onto WOOTTON PKWY. 0.9 miles

8: Turn RIGHT onto W EDMONSTON DR. 0.1 miles

9: Turn RIGHT onto ROCKVILLE PIKE / MD-355 S. 0.5 miles

10: End at 1327 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852-1431, US

Regards

Khalid Hashmani

ANAA takes a closer look at LBOD and 2003 flood in Badin. 800,000 people were displaced and about 125 lost their lives. (click here)