Dr. Riaz Ahmed Shaikh proceeded to Calgary, Canada, to attend 4th International Conference of Asian Association for Global Studies (AAGS). The theme of the conference was “Globalization and Human Rights in the Developing World”. The conference was held at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Canada on March 21-22, 2009. The topic of Dr. Riaz’s paper was “Democracy in Pakistan: Crisis and Conflict.” This conference was organized in collaboration with University of Calgary