Daily Times

Distinguished scholars from around the world would attend a two-day event “International Conference on Global Peace Amidst War and Conflict” beginning on Monday in Islamabad.

Renowned international scholars from China, India, Iran, Russia, Turkey, the United States and the host Pakistan will present their findings in the conference.

The purpose of the conference is to analyse the emerging world order and subsequent changing statecraft, amid the rising China and brewing rivalry in Southeast Asia and India Ocean.

The conference will be inaugurated by Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair Mahmood Hayat while Senator Sherry Rehman will be the keynote speaker. The welcome address will be delivered by Lt. Gen. Agha M. Umar Farooq (Retd) President of host institution Center for Peace, Security and Development Studies.

On the opening day, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Ambassador Masood Khan will chair the session on Evolving Global Order. This session will be addressed by Dr. Natalia Piskunova, Moscow State University; Mr. Andrew Small, German Marshall Fund USA and Dr. Wei Zongyou, Fudan University, China.

The second session of the day on Geopolitics and Transforming Statecraft will be chaired by Ambassador Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Director General Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI). This session will be addressed by Prof. Marvin Weinbaum, The Middle East Institute, Washington, DC; Mr. Parvin Sawnhey, Editor Force magazine, India and Ambassador Ali Sarwar Naqvi, Executive Director Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS).

On Tuesday, the session on Transforming Socio-Economic Order will be chaired by Dr. Salman Shah, former Finance Minister and will be addressed by Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, former caretaker Finance Minister; Ambassador Jehangir Ashraf Qazi and Dr. Mandana Tishebyar, Allama Tabatabi University, Iran.

Ambassador Zamir Akram will chair session on International Security. It will be participated by Dr. Suba Chandran, National Institute of Advanced Studies, India; Dr. S. Gulden Ayman, Istanbul University, Turkey and Dr. Tughral Yamin, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad.

At the conclusion of the conference on Tuesday, Mr. Abdullah Dadabhoy Chairman CPSD will launch and present a research report on water situation “Karachi: The Uroos-ul-Bilaad Water Resource Management” to Federal Information Minister Mr. Fawad Choudhry and Mr. Sheharyar Afridi, Minister of State for Interior .

The session on Hybrid Implications Impinging upon National Security will be chaired by Lt. Gen. Tariq Waseem Ghazi (Retd) former Defense Secretary. This session will be deliberated upon by Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad; Lt. Gen. Naeem Khalid Lodhi (Retd) former caretaker Defense Minister and Mr. Ammar Jafferi, former Additional Director General, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). While Dr. Arshi Saleem Hashmi, National Defence University (NDU-Islamabad) will summarise deliberations to conclude the conference.

Published in Daily Times, September 17^th 2018.