India’s ex-envoy to Pak TCA Raghavan to be guest at Explained Live today

Khan has alleged that the new government, led by Nawaz Sharif’s brother Shehbaz Sharif as the PM is a breach of the people’s mandate.

What are the implications of the Shehbaz Sharif-led government in Pakistan? What is the future of Imran Khan? Has Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir established his writ on the civilian government? Have the people of Pakistan delivered a strong message by voting in favour PTI-backed candidates? Is there a possibility of re-engagement with Pakistan?

To answer and explain some of these questions, T C A Raghavan, who was India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan, will be the guest on Wednesday at 6 pm on March 20 at a session of Explained.Live titled, “Pakistan in turmoil: what happens next?”

Raghavan’s expertise on Pakistan was honed over two postings – before his stint as High Commissioner from July 2013 to December 2015, he served as Deputy High Commissioner from 2003 to 2007– and in between, as head of the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran desk at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi. He is also author of the book, The People Next Door — The Curious History of India’s relations with Pakistan (Harper Collins, 2017).

He will be in conversation with Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Express.

Explained.Live is a unique series of explanatory conversations hosted by The Indian Express .

Expert Guests at Explained.Live sessions have included former Indian ambassador to China Gautam Bambawale, former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, former Indian ambassador to the US Arun Singh, former Indian ambassador to Russia D B Venkatesh Varma, former Foreign Secretary and Indian ambassador to China Vijay Gokhale, former Deputy NSA Pankaj Saran, former Indian ambassador to UAE Navdeep Suri, former G20 Sous Sherpa J S Mukul, leading astrophysicist Dr Somak Raychaudhury, among others.