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ISLAMABAD, Jul 31 (APP):The Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) and Beaconhouse National University (BNU) on Thursday convened intellectuals and experts for a roundtable discussion on the challenges and opportunities for peace in South Asia following the military clash between Pakistan and India.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar was the chief guest, and Gen. Zubair Mahmood Hayat, NI (M), Former CJCSC, was the Guest of Honor, said a press release.
The policy dialogue was timely as Pakistan seeks a regional and global strategy to restore peace and stability disrupted by India’s risky military doctrine, which escalated regional tensions to the brink of nuclear conflict.
Amb Jauhar Saleem, President IRS, Dr. Moeed Yusuf, VC BNU and former NSA and Director of Beaconhouse Center for Policy Research Amb. Mansoor Ahmed Khan initiated the discussion with an analysis of South Asia’s security landscape following the Pahalgam incident.
The participants of the dialogue included Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Mr. Khurram Dastgir Khan, Former Minister of Defence and Foreign Affairs, Lt. Gen(r) Nasser Khan Janjua, Former National Security Advisor, Lt. Gen. (r) Aamer Riaz, HI (M), Former President NDU, Admiral (r) Asif Sandila NI (M), former Naval Chief, Air Marshal (r) Saeed Muhammad Khan, former VCAS, Amb. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, Former Amb. to US, India and China, Amb. Ali Sarwar Naqvi, Executive Director, Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS), Amb. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Former Foreign Secretary, Lt. Gen. (r) Naeem Khalid Lodhi, Defence Analyst, Mr. Azfar Ahsan, Former Minister for Investment and Chairman of the Board of Investment, Amb. Shafqat Kakakhel, Chairperson, BoG SDPI, and former UN Assistant Secretary General, Zahid Hussain, Senior Journalist, Author, Dr Maria Sultan, Chairperson & President of the South Asian Strategic Stability Institute (SASSI), University, Dr Huma Baqai, Rector Millennium Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship, Former Professor at IBA, Maj. Gen. (r) Kamran Khurshid, Strategic and Security Affairs expert, Ahmer Bilal Soofi, President Research Society of International Law, & Former Federal Law Minister, and Mr. Fahd Husain, Senior Broadcast Journalist.