Courtroom Presence: Did the Norwegian Ambassador Violate International Law?

Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob is the president of the Lahore-based Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT), one of Pakistan's premier think tanks. He has over 25 years of experience in senior management and advisory positions and over 8-year experience in design, planning, and implementation of projects in the field of parliamentary development, strengthening democratic institutions, democratization, political discourse, election monitoring, and dialogues for reconciliation. He is considered an authority on political, legislative and electoral affairs of the country. The PILDAT works in the areas of political analysis, assessment of quality of governance, state of democracy, electoral reforms, political parties reforms, parliamentary Development, parliamentary transparency, youth leadership development, civil-military relations and Muslims-West dialogues. Earlier, he worked as the chief engineer for Saudi Consulting Services. He was the president of the students union at the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore. Here is the link to another interview that I did with him in March 2023: https://youtu.be/7TfBq2lv4BQ?si=ApPDbHv8hoGq6l9w **************************************************** Shakil Chaudhary is a journalist, author, and researcher. He is an alumnus of Government College, Lahore. He later studied International Relations at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and Media and Communications at the London School of Economics. Over the years, he has worked for several leading English-language newspapers and a few other organizations. He is the author of the critically acclaimed bilingual book Handbook of Functional English (Ferozsons), designed to help South Asians improve their English language skills. Prof. Tariq Rahman, one of South Asia’s most distinguished linguistic scholars, has praised the book, calling it “an excellent guide for the South Asian user of the English language.” Shakil has twice spoken at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C., and has conducted numerous workshops on communication, writing, and critical thinking. He is a founding member of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and served as President of the Progressive Writers' Association, Islamabad, from 2021 to 2022. He has attended Rotary’s annual conventions in Toronto and Hamburg. These are some of his notable interviews: 👉 Sardar Masood Khan, former president, AJK, Part 1: https://youtu.be/h0jFAudsDuM 👉 Sardar Masood Khan, former president, AJK, Part 2: https://youtu.be/0esgmmI8XGE 👉 Ambassador Abdul Basit: https://youtu.be/qxWeiIzwskI 👉 Lt. Gen. Asad Durrani: https://youtu.be/x3mdfAklix0 👉 Shahid Siddiqui, a former member of India’s parliament: https://youtu.be/hRDiEe90z6Y You’re welcome to follow him on Facebook and Twitter. 👉 https://www.facebook.com/shakil.chaudary 👉 https://twitter.com/ShakChaudhary