Hamid Karzai's lecture to Parliament cancelled

December 12, 2013 18:48

A lecture by Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to Parliament scheduled for Friday has been cancelled amid the logjam in both Houses over Telangana and other issues.

Karzai, who arrived in Delhi today on a four-day visit, was to deliver the 5th Hiren Mukherjee Memorial annual Parliamentary lecture on Friday evening in the Central Hall of Parliament.

He was to speak on Afghanistan's Experience in Constitutionalism and Democracy: Lessons We Take From India.

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