The Pakistan Institute of International Affairs held a conference on A World in Turmoil on Saturday, 18 May 2024.
The inaugural session commenced with Dr Masuma Hasan delivering the opening speech. She is the Chairperson of the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs and has formerly served as a Pakistani Diplomat and Cabinet Secretary to the government of Pakistan.
Shahnawaz Tariq, Justice (Retired) of the High Court of Sindh and currently holding the position of Ombudsman for the Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace in Sindh, delivered the inaugural speech.
The keynote speech was delivered by Jalil Abbas Jilani, former Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, a Pakistani diplomat who also served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan.
Session Two: Contemporary Conflicts in the World
Chair: Ambassador Naghmana A. Hashmi, Member Advisory Board, China-Pakistan Study Centre (CPSC), Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI)
Kashmir: Identity and Future
Javid Husain, former Ambassador of Pakistan to the Netherlands, Republic of Korea and Iran
The Language of Critique: International Law in the Gaza Conflict
Mr Muhammad Oves Anwar, Director of Research, Research Society of International Law, Islamabad
African Security in the 2020s
Dr Greg Mills, Director, Brenthurst Foundation, Johannesburg
Session Three: Disinformation, Cyber Threats, and Nuclear Risk
Chair: Dr Ansar Parvez, Adviser, Nuclear Power, National Command Authority, Islamabad
Future Warfare in a World of Turmoil: Lesson Learned from Palestine-Israel Battlefield
Dr Nudrat Nida, Consultant, Artificial Intelligence, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad
Technological Disruptions and Cybersecurity Threats
Dr Muazzam Ali Khan Khattak, Director of Science and Technology Department, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
Nuclear Threats to Global Security
Dr Petr Topychkanov, Senior Researcher, Centre for International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Session Four: Intersecting Crises of Climate Change and Food Security
Chair: Ms Shiranee E. Yasaratne, President, Institute of Environmental Professionals, Sri Lanka
Pakistan’s Changing Climate: Challenges and Response
Dr Asif Khan, Water and Climate Change Expert at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank
Looming Food Crisis in the World
Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan, Vice Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
The Disorderly New Order
Ms Aisha Khan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mountain and Glacier Protection Organization, and the Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change, Islamabad
Concluding Speech
Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed
Farewell Remarks
Dr Masuma Hasan
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