Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah of Pakistan convened a seminar on 25th January 2009 in the Azad Kashmir region of Pakistan. It was attended by over 500 men and women who came together to discuss the political crisis in Pakistan. Speakers at the seminar explained that the suffering faced by the people of Pakistan was the direct result of the man made laws and constitution that had been implemented in Pakistan. Speakers also emphasised the urgent need for the re-establishment of the Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate". The deputy official spokesman of Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah of Pakistan, Imran Yousafzai, spoke at the event and called on the audience to work with Hizb ut-Tahrir to re-establish the Islamic Khilafah "Caliphate".