Special Issue of IPS News No. 118 / Annual Report 2021-22

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Special Annual
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Islamabad
Institute of Policy Studies is non-government think tank dedicated to promoting policy-oriented

research, dialogue, human and technological development for better governance.
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IPS at a Glance
Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad, is an autonomous, not-for-profit, civil society organization dedicated to promoting
policy-oriented research and human, societal and technological development.
Areas of Research Audience

Pakistan Affairs: Society and Culture, Politics, Policy Makers: Politicians, Legislators, Bureaucrats
Security and Foreign Policy, Opinion Makers: Analysts & Academics
Governance, Education, Researchers, Advocacy groups,
Economy Media, Concerned citizens
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Politics, The Muslim World, Civil Society Organizations
Pakistan and its Neighbors
Faith and Society: Madrassah Education, Islam and Periodicals and Books
the West, Islamic Thought Policy Perspectives (Bi-annual)
Maghrib aur Islam (Urdu biannual)
Programs Nuqta-e-Nazar (Urdu biannual)
Research: In-house Research, Collaborations, IPS News (English quarterly)
Exchange Programs IPS Update (Bilingual online monthly newsletter)
Dialogue: Conferences, Seminars,
Roundtable discussions and Library
Lectures Over 25,000 books.
IPS Press: Periodicals and Books Available to Patrons, Members, Sponsors,
Outreach: Features, Articles, Briefings, Associates and Students
Conferences and Participation in
Electronic Media Programs
IPS LEAD: Leadership Development, Training
Workshops, Indigenizing Policy
Research, Youth Desk.
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ُPatron-in-Chief: Professor Khurshid Ahmad section 2(36) read with Section 61 and Clause 58 of 2nd
Chairman: Khalid Rahman schedule of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
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Registered under the Societies Act 1860 internal governance, financial management and program
(Act XXI of 1860) delivery.
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Special Issue Annual Report
No. 118 2021-22
Content
Sr No. Title Page No.
01 Year in Focus 02
02 Research 04
03 Dialogue 08
04 Sharing Insights 20
05 IPS LEAD 29
06 IPS Press 36
07 IPS Outreach 38
08 Social Media Highlights 46
09 IPS Financials 47
10 PCP Certification 50
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Year in Focus
The year witnessed a number of initiatives and developments at IPS with a has also been included as one of the key thematic areas of IPS’ work.
renewed focus on outreach and networking in the policy circles, academia Collaborations with a number of organizations and science and technology
and media. The ever-expanding list of policy issues needing urgent attention universities have been initiated in this regard under a dedicated program,
and evidence-based input demands that IPS must build a strategic functionally titled as IPSTECH.
community of scholars, analysts, practitioners, journalists and activists, IPS Press – the publishing and bookselling arm of the Institute – continued
which can collaborate for timely, well-informed, and well-deliberated with bringing forth a number of titles and also contributed in generating some
responses or interventions, and proactively generate and/or influence resources for IPS through the provision of editorial and publishing services
policy-oriented intellectual discourses. to organizations such as Kube Publishing, UK, Riphah International
The Non-Resident Fellowship Program, and the Promoting Indigenous University, and the Centre for Peace and Global Studies (CPGS) for new
Policy Research Initiative (PIPRI) – under which frequent sessions of and reprint titles for distribution in Pakistan and neighboring countries.
‘Brainstorming Research Ideas’ for research students and their supervisors Despite economic instability, drastic cuts in library budgets and market
are being held, and research support is being provided to a number of PhD, challenges due to eroding purchasing power among readers and increase in
MPhil, MS, LLM students, as well as public officials undertaking staff input cost and subsequently book prices, the publications’ sale has been
courses – engagements with university faculties for joint research, and quite encouraging.
collaboration efforts with international organizations, governance/policy The year also witnessed a challenging and stressful time for the operations
consultants, ministries and authorities, ‘The Living Scripts’ series to record (especially for finance and admin sections) team as IPS underwent at least
oral histories of veteran public officials, and capacity-building of media five major audits and scrutiny: 1. The regular annual audit, 2. PCP (Pakistan
personnel on key issues are indicative of the new strategic thinking at IPS. Centre for Philanthropy), 3. FBR’s special audit for an old inquiry, 4. Multiple
Compilation of Professor Khurshid Ahmad’s lifelong contributions in book inquiries and scrutiny by different government agencies for the EAD MoU, 5.
form, on some of the hot issues about Pakistan polity as well as Islam and A comprehensive system audit by GIZ to evaluate IPS for a grant for the
Muslims, research and dialogue on Islamic Social Finance and Riba-free Islamic Social Finance for Social Protection Policies in KP and Punjab. The
economy, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Pakistan’s relations with African countries, increasing number of events (around 80) and printing projects (41 during the
CPEC and Pak-China relations, Central Asia, global and regional year) were also quite challenging for the team and IPS’ resources.
implications of Russia-Ukraine war, Pakistan’s foreign policy conduct in the Four major events in the year – including two in Karachi and one in Gwadar
PTI government’s period, Pakistan’s ideology and constitution, – among other activities, provided greater opportunities to IPS to share its
decolonial/critical Muslim studies, caste, minority, gender & identity politics, insights with a wider international audience and network with prominent
maritime & coastal development, leadership & governance, and renewable national and international scholars and thought leaders.
energy remained the main focus areas at IPS during the year.
IPS also conducted field studies and surveys to collect primary data for
It is pertinent to mention that according to the guidance provided by the different projects, the most significant being the work on the alleged ‘forced
Institute’s NAC members over the last few years, ‘science and technology’ conversions’ of minorities in Sindh.
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Year in Focus
The Institute was represented by its team members in several externally The year’s outreach efforts for the Institute resulted in collaborations,
organized gatherings and academic events, extending and exchanging agreements and signings of MoUs with a diverse set of institutions, and
insights and institutional perspectives over correlating concerns, while a garnered substantial coverage in print, electronic and online media spaces.
number of visits were also made during the course of the year to different Speaking of the cyberworld, the live streaming of fifteen events managed to
universities, institutions, seminaries and public and private sector amass sizeable viewership whereas the Institute’s social media platforms of
organizations with a view to increase the Institute’s visibility and outreach, as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and WhatsApp -
well as to amplify the impact of its endeavors. alongside the conventional means of IPS newsletters, e-newsletters and
The research work of IPS over the academic year produced one issue of its annual report - remained instrumental in keeping the audience informed
flagship journal Policy Perspectives and three issues of the periodical about all IPS announcements, initiatives and ongoing activities.
Nuqta-e-Nazar (revived after a gap of five years), whereas another issue of While this progress offered quite a bit for all IPS’ departments and workforce
both of these journals as well as one issue of another periodical Maghrib aur to be happy about, the Institute also had to endure a setback when its senior
Islam was near completion. research fellow Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf passed away following a
Over all, the Institute undertook 102 projects in the year 2021-22, out of brief illness. The Institute will always remember his association and services
which 53 were completed in time, and 29 are progressing as planned. The in shining words and will always be keeping him in its prayers and cherished
completion ratio, which was 79.85% in the previous year, stood out to be memories.
80.39% this time around.
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Transition towards competitive Geo-economic and geo-political
trading in bilateral contract markets significance of QTTA in the context
in power sector of Pakistan of regional connectivity
July 2021 Sep 2021
Hamza Naeem, Research Officer, IPS’ Energy, Water Dr Faisal Javaid, Assistant Professor, Department of
Policy Brief Policy Brief
and Climate Change Desk International Relations, Federal Urdu University of Arts,
Science and Technology, FUUAST, Karachi, &
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Research Ghulam Hussain Research Faith Conversions
Study Fellow, IPS
in Pakistan:
Evidence from
Oct 2021
Research Sindh
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Study Sufi Ghulam Hussain
Pakistan and Central Asia: A Research Fellow, IPS
comprehensive analysis of
Sep 2021 regional connectivity drive,
challenges and policy options
04
Policy Brief
Pakistan Generation Z:
Dr Faisal Javaid, Assistant Professor, Department of
International Relations, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Profiles and Perspectives
Science and Technology, FUUAST, Karachi, & Nov 2021
Non-Resident Fellow at IPS and Dr Uzma Siraj, Research Wali Farooqi, Research Officer, IPS.
Assistant Professor, Dept of Pakistan Studies, FUUAST, Study
Islamabad.
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Pakistan Generation Z:
Perceptions about Pak-China
Relations & CPEC
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Feb 2022
The Conduct of Pakistan’s Foreign
Policy (2018-20) |
Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations (Part 6)
Research Issue Brief Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Senior Research
Wali Farooqi, Research Officer, IPS.
Study Associate, IPS.
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The Conduct of Pakistan’s
Foreign Policy: Structure,
Strength and Issues (2018-2020) |
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Feb 2022
Policy (2018-20) | Pakistan-Russia
Relations (Part 7)
Issue Brief (Part 1) Issue Brief Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Senior Research
Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Senior Research Associate, IPS.
Associate, IPS.
13Dec 2021
Strength and Issues (2018-2020)
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Feb 2022
Policy (2018-20) | Pak relations
with Iran, KSA, UAE, Turkey &
Malaysia (Part 8)
| Role of Parliament and Issue Brief
Issue Brief
Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Senior Research
Parliamentary Committees (Part 2)
Associate, IPS.
Associate, IPS.
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Foreign Policy (2018-20) |
Pakistan’s Engage Africa
Policy (Part 9)
Jan 2022 Strengths and Issues (2018-2020) Issue Brief
Issue Brief | Pakistan-India Relations (Part 3) Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Senior Research
Associate, IPS.
Associate, IPS.
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Feb 2022
Policy (2018-20) | Pakistan-China
Relations (Part 4)
12Feb 2022
Assessment of
net-metering
based solar
systems installed
Research
Issue Brief Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Senior Research Study at IESCO & LESCO
Associate, IPS. IPS Task Force.
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Feb 2022
Policy (2018-20) | Pakistan-US
Relations (Part 5)
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Renewable Energy-based
Distributed Generation: Status,
Importance and Electrification
Opportunities
Issue Brief Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Senior Research Research Hamza Naeem, Research Officer, IPS’ Energy,
Associate, IPS. Paper Water and Climate Change Desk
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Geopolitics of Maritime Silk Judgement of Federal Shariat
Road: Power Shift or Court: Background, Introduction
Competitive Coexistence and Recommendations
April 2022 May 2022
Seminar Prepared by: Zohaib Altaf, Maritime Researcher, Issue Brief Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS.
Report IPS
20 Brainstorming Research Ideas –

Governance and Public Policy 13May 2022
Islam and
Humanitarian
Action: Prospects
and Challenges
April 2022 Conference
Seminar Wali Farooqi, Research Officer, IPS Report
Report Usama Hameed Research
Officer, IPS.
25 Summary of
Conference
April 2022
Conference
Report
Proceedings |
‘Russia-Ukraine War:
Causes, Dynamics
14May 2022
Ukraine Crisis and China: Policy
Options for China
and Implications Policy Brief Sabur Ali Syed, Senior Research Officer, IPS.
IPS Task Force.
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June 2022
75 Years of Pakistan: The
Constitution, Public
Representation and Governance
Model
Seminar
Report Sara Mir, Editorial Assistant, IPS.
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Research
Policy Perspectives (Volume 19, No. 1) 'Renewable Energy Based Distributed

Generation in Pakistan'
'The Conflict in Ukraine: M Hamza Naeem, Research Officer and Program Lead, IPS’ Energy,
Regional and Global Water, and Climate Change Program, and Lubna Riaz, Assistant Program
Contexts' Coordinator, IPS’ Energy, Water, and Climate Change Program
Dr Ivan Safranchuk, Director, Center for
Euro-Asian Studies, MGIMO - Moscow State 'IMF Support Arrangement for Pakistan'
Institute of International Relations University, Fasih Uddin, Senior IPS Associate and Former Chief Economist, Planning
Moscow, Russia
Commission of Pakistan
'Russia-Ukraine War: Harbinger of a Global

‘Hindu Nationalism’
Shift' Dr Roger van Zwanenberg, Renowned Academician, Publisher, and
Ilya Kusa, Author of various publications and an analyst of international Author; Founder of Zed Press, London, and Ollema Limited, London, UK;
relations at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future, Kyiv, Ukraine Founder and Chairman of Pluto Educational Trust, UK; Founder and
Managing Director, Pluto Journals, UK
'Strategic Posturing of China in IOR'
Dr Maliha Zeba Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of International
Book Review | The Mosques of Colonial
Relations, NUML - National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad
and Non-Resident Fellow at IPS South Asia: A Social and Legal History of
Muslim Worship
'Pooling Regional Energy between China, Dr Muhammad Reza Kazimi, Historian, Academic, and author of various
Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, CARs, and Russia' publications; Editor of Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society -
Moaz Altaf, Energy auditor and PhD Scholar at the King Mongut Historicus
University in Thonburi, Thailand; Research fellow at GREF - Golden Ring
Economic Forum, Lahore, Pakistan
Nuqta-e-Nazar (Issue Nos. Maghrib aur Islam (Issue

39, 40, 41 & 42) No. 48): Hijab, Qanoon
aur Muslim Shanakht
Editor: Editor: Prof Dr Anis Ahmad, Vice
Dr Safir Akhtar, Senior IPS Associate Chancellor, RIU - Riphah International
University
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Seminars | Conferences | Roundtables
Russia-Ukraine War: Causes, Dynamics and Implications (March 30, 2022)
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July 2021
‘Pakistan’s Foreign Policy
Conduct in Past 30 Months’
Speaker(s): Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf,
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‘Indian Attempts to Change the
Demography of Kashmir in the Last
Two Years’
Roundtable Senior Research Associate, IPS, Khalid 15th meeting of IPS’ Working Group on Kashmir
Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Ambassador (r) Syed Meeting
Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman Academics, IPS Speaker(s): Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman,
Academics, IPS, Iftikhar Gilani, Senior Kashmiri Journalist, Farzana
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Yaqoob, Former AJ&K Minister and General Secretary IPS-WGK,
‘Domestic Violence Bill 2021: Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Senior Research Associate, IPS,
Legal & Social Implications’ Advocate Nasir Qadri, International Law Expert and Founder, LFOVK -
July 2021 Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Legal Forum for Oppressed Voices of Kashmir, Naufil Shahrukh, GM
Roundtable Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Operations, IPS.
Chairman, Academics, IPS, Syed Nadeem Farhat,
Research Fellow, IPS
15 Developments in Afghanistan:
Implications for Pakistan and the
Region’
12Aug 2021
‘Decolonial Muslim Studies &
Defending Muhammad (PBUH) in
Modernity’
Co-organizer: Decolonial Dialogue
July 2021 Webinar
Speaker(s): Ambassador (r) Ayaz Wazir, Pak-Afghan
Seminar Speaker(s): Professor Sher Ali Tareen, Franklin and Marshall College,
Affairs Expert, Dr Sadia Sulaiman Bukhari, In-charge
Area Study Center, Quaid-i-Azam University, USA, Dr Humeira Iqtidar, King’s College London, Dr Nauman Faizi,
Islamuddin Sajid, Regional Chief Correspondent, LUMS, Dr Anis Ahmed, Vice Chancellor, RIU -Riphah International
Anadolu Agency for Asia-Pacific, Khalid Rahman, University, Islamabad, Nazeer Mahar, Founder, The Research Initiative,
Chairman, IPS, Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain,
Zaigham Sarfaraz, Royal Hollaway, University of London.
Vice Chairman, Academics, IPS.
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Speaker(s): Maulvi Ataa-ur-Rehman Saleem, Deputy Chairman, National
‘Recruitment and Psychological
Peace Council, Ahmadullah Alizai, Former Governor of Kabul, Husani
Operational Strategies of Taliban Mubarak Azizi, Minister of Transport, Afghanistan, Jamaluddin Badr, Former
Aug 2021 and Islamic State in Governor of Nuristan province, Afghanistan, Khalid Rahman, Chairman,
Seminar Afghanistan: A Comparative IPS, Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, Academics, IPS,
Analysis’ Brigadier (r) Said Nazir, Strategic Affairs Expert, Juma Khan Sufi, Author
Speaker(s): Najeeb Ullah, Trainee, IPS, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, and Afghan Affairs Expert, Mahmood Jaan Babar, Journalist, Dr Tughral
IPS, Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, Academics, Yamin, Associate Dean, CIPS - Center of International Peace and Stability,
IPS. NUST, Dr Mohammad Iqbal Khalil, Chairman, IRS - Institute of Regional
Studies, Peshawar, Dr Haroon Khatibi, Director, Centre for Strategic and
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Regional Studies, Salman Javed, DG, Pak Afghan Youth Forum.
‘Emerging Scenario in
Afghanistan: Implications &
Aug 2021 Policy Options for Pakistan’
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Roundtable Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS,
‘Status and Statistics of
Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman,
Academics, IPS, Brigadier (r) Said Nazir, Defence and Security Analyst, Sustainable Development Goals
Ambassador (r) Ayaz Wazir, Pak-Afghan Affairs Expert, Air Commodore (r) Sep 2021 in Pakistan: Policy Way Forward’
Khalid Iqbal, Dr Tughral Yamin, Former Assistant Chief of Air Staff, PAF, Roundtable
Faizullah Khan, Associate Dean, CIPS - Center of International Peace and
Stability, NUST, Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Senior Research Speaker(s): Khawar Hassan, Ph.D. scholar, PMAS Arid Agriculture
Associate, IPS University, Rawalpindi, Dr Abdul Saboor, Dean, Social Sciences, PMAS
Arid Agriculture University, Dr Kanwar Javed, Senior Research Fellow,
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NIMA - National Institute of Maritime Affairs, Bahria University, Zafar ul
‘Assessment of Solar PV based Hassan Almas, Chief Macroeconomics, Planning Commission of Pakistan.
net-metered systems installed at
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Aug 2021 IESCO and LESCO’
Meeting Speaker(s): Asif Fareed, Technical Advisor, GIZ, ‘63 Years of Gwadar’s
Muhammad Yaseen, Deputy Director Solar Thermal, AEDB, Naufil
Retrocession to Pakistan:
Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS, Dr Hassan Abdullah Khalid, Technical Sep 2021
Achievements, Prospects and
Lead & PV Expert, Wali Farooqi, Research Officer, IPS, Hamza Webinar Challenges’
Naeem, Research Officer, IPS.
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‘Afghanistan: Post-US
Withdrawal – Present and Future
Challenges’
Roundtable
Speaker(s): Senator Kahuda Babar, Vice Admiral (r) Iftikhar Ahmad Rao,
Commodore (r) Dr Anjum Sarfraz, Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain,
Vice Chairman (Academics), IPS, Ambassador (r) Naghmana Alamgir
Hashmi, Ambassador Dr Kanwar M Javed Iqbal, Senior Researcher, NIMA -
National Institute of Maritime Affairs, Bahria University, Farzana Yaqoob,
Executive Director, CAAS - Centre for Asian-African Studies.
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‘The Rhetoric and Reality of
Forced Conversion’
Speaker(s): Mian Abdul Haq, alias Mian Mitho of
Bharchundi Sharif, Ghotki
Speaker(s): Dr Muhammad Amjad Saqib, founder & executive director,
Akhuwat Foundation, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Ambassador (r) Syed
Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, Academics, IPS, Dr Nazir Ahmed Vaid,
Akhuwat Foundation, Aman Ullah Khan, Member IPS’ Board of Governors
and Former President, RCCI - Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Seminar
13Sep 2021
‘Navigating the Portuguese
History and its Impact in the
Indian Ocean Region with Special
Reference to Afro-Eurasian
17Sep 2021
Annual meeting of IPS’ National
Academic Council (NAC)
Seminar Meeting
Maritime Trade’
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar

Speaker(s): H.E. Paulo Neves Pocinho, Ambassador of the Portuguese Hussain, Vice Chairman, Academics, IPS, Prof Dr Anis Ahmad, Vice
Republic, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Chancellor, RIU - Riphah International University, Dr Waqar Masood Khan,
Hussain, Vice Chairman, Academics, IPS, Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf,
Dr Tughrul Yamin, Associate Dean, CIPS - Centre for International Peace Former Federal Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Syed Abu Ahmad Akif,
and Stability, NUST, Farzana Yaqoob, Executive Director, CAAS - Centre for Former Federal Secretary, Climate Change, Prof Dr Anwar-ul-Hassan
Asian-African Studies. Gilani, Vice Chancellor, University of Haripur, Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat,
Vice Chancellor, University of Sindh, Dr Syed M Junaid Zaidi, Executive
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Director, COMSATS University, Dr Abdul Rauf Rafiqui, Director, Abdul
Interactive session with Dr Samad Khan Achakzai Chair, University of Balochistan, Dr Nazir Ahmed
Ghulam Farouq Azam Vaid, Akhuwat Foundation, Sardar Masood Khan, President, Azad Jammu
and Kashmir, Prof Dr Qibla Ayaz, Chairman, CII - Council of Islamic
Sep 2021 Speaker(s): Dr Ghulam Farouq Azam, Veteran Ideology, Dr Syed Tahir Hijazi, Vice Chancellor, Muslim Youth University,
Seminar Afghan Leader and Academician. Prof Dr Noreen Saher, Chairperson, Department of Anthropology, IIUI -
International Islamic University, Islamabad, Mirza Hamid Hasan, Former
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Federal Secretary, Water and Power and Air Cdre (r) Khalid Iqbal.
Reception hosted in the honor of Dr
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Foundation) ‘The Rhetoric and reality of forced
Sep 2021 conversion in Pakistan’
Seminar Speaker(s): Sufi Ghulam Hussain, Research Fellow, IPS,
Sep 2021
Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Naufil Shahrukh, GM
Briefing
Operations, IPS,
Session
Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Senior Research Associate, IPS, Dr Tughral
Yamin, Associate Dean, CIPS - Centre for International Peace and Stability,
NUST and Non-Resident Fellow, IPS, Syed Nadeem Farhat, Research
Fellow, IPS, Samina Qureshi, Assistant Professor, Department of Mass
Communication, Karachi University.
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Oct 2021
‘Twenty Years of the US
invasion of Afghanistan’
Dr Ghairat Baheer, Senior Leader of Hizb-e-Islami,
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Nov 2021
‘Emerging Realities in Kashmir:
Indian Intransigence, Future of
APHC and the Armed Struggle’
Roundtable Afghanistan, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS. Roundtable
16th meeting of IPS’ Working Group on Kashmir
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Oct 2021
“Afghanistan striving to return
to normalcy under the new
regime” – A first-hand account
Roundtable
Speaker(s): Tariq Abul Hasan, Journalist, Khalid Rahman, Chairman,
IPS, Naufil Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS, Nadeem Farhat Geelani,
Research Fellow, IPS, Amanullah Khan, Senior Research Associate, IPS.
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Oct 2021
‘Grid-tied solar PV systems
analyzing the procedural,
regulatory and quality assurance
incompliances’
Speaker(s): Altaf Wani, Chairman, KIIR - Kashmir Institute of
International Relations, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Farzana
Yaqoob, Former AJ&K Minister and General Secretary, IPS-WGK,
Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, Academics, IPS,
Meeting
Iftikhar Gilani, Ankara-based Senior Kashmiri Journalist, Ambassador (r)
Syed Ishtiaq Hussain Andrabi, Advocate Nasir Qadri, Founder, LFOVK -
Legal Forum for the Oppressed Voices of Kashmir.
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Nov 2021
‘Quality and Procedural Gaps
in Solar PV Deployment in
Pakistan’
Meeting
Speaker(s): Shahjahan Mirza, Chief Executive Officer, AEDB, Dr. Irfan
Speaker(s): Mirza Hamid Hassan, Chairperson, IPS Energy Steering
Yousaf, Consultant Renewable Energy, NEPRA, Ali Zain Banatwala,
Committee and Former Federal Secretary, Ministry of Water and
Grid Expert and Team Leader REEE, GIZ, Hamza Naeem, Research
Power, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Ashfaq Mehmood, Former
Federal Secretary, Ministry of Water & Power, Naufil Shahrukh, GM Officer, IPS’ Energy, Water and Climate Change Desk.
Operations, IPS, Ameena Sohail, Member, Board of Directors, IESCO
and Former Legal Advisor, NEPRA, Hamza Naeem, Research Officer,
IPS, Lubna Riaz, Researcher, IPS.
24-25 ‘Islam and Humanitarian Action:
Prospects and Challenges’
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Observations on Non-Muslim
Pakistanis Co-organizer: International Committee of the Red Cross
Speaker(s): Dr Umair Mahmood Siddiqui, Religious Scholar Speaker(s): Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rahman, President, Tanzeem-ul-Madaris
Oct 2021 Pakistan, Maulana Yaseen Zafar, Mufti Abdul Munim, Molvi Abdullah
and Member, Council of Islamic Ideology, Khalid Rahman,
Meeting Chairman, IPS, Syed Nadeem Farhat, Research Fellow, Khoso, Mohammad Rafiq Shinwari, Dr Mohammad Tariq Ramzan, Dr
Ashfaq Ahmad, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Ambassador (r) Syed
IPS, Sufi Ghulam Hussain, Research Fellow, IPS. Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, Academics, IPS, Dr Zia Ullah Rahmani,
Regional Advisor on Islamic law and Fiqh, ICRC, Maulana Dr Ahmad
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Binori, Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia, Karachi, Shujauddin Sheikh,

Tanzeem-e-Islami, Pakistan, Dr Syed Mohsin Naqvi, Scholar, Abdul
Shakoor, President, Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan, Kanwar Waseem,
Provincial Secretary, Red Crescent Pakistan, Prof Dr Anis Ahmed, Vice
Chancellor, Riphah International University, RIU, Islamabad, Maulana
Mufti Abdul Raheem, Jamia Rasheed, Karachi, Dr Shehzad Channa,
Advocate Raheela Khan, Dr Umar Saleem, Dr Maleeha Zeba Khan, Aqsa
Tasgheer, Usama Hameed, Maulana Hanif Jalandhari, Nazim-e-Aala,
Wafaq-ul-Madaris Alarbia Pakistan, Umair Hassan, Head of Islamic
Relief, UK, Dr Fayyaz Alam, Dua Foundation, Dr Shahida Nomani,
Shaoor Welfare Trust, Dr Umair Siddiqui, Member, Council of Islamic Speaker(s): Dr Syed Aziz ur Rahman, Barrister Zafarullah Khan, Dr
Ideology, Maulana Dr Zubair Ashraf Usmani, Darul Uloom Karachi, Dr Qibla Ayaz, Chairman, CII – Council of Islamic Ideology, Ambassador
Syed Aziz-ur-Rehman, Dr Sohail Akhtar, Former President, PIMA - (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, Academics, IPS, Dr Nazir
Pakistan Islamic Medical Association Ahmed Vaid, Social Activist and Member, IPS-National Academic
Council, Dr Syed Aziz ur Rahman, Dr Ikram ul Haq Yasin, Secretary, CII.
02Dec 2021
‘Qatar’s potential role in facilitating
Pak-India dialogue on Kashmir
discussed’
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Inaugural meeting of IPS’ study
‘Islamic Social Finance for Social
Protection’
Meeting
Dec 2021
17th meeting of IPS’ Working Group on Kashmir Meeting Co-organizer: Council of Islamic Ideology
Speaker(s): Dr Farhan Mujahid Chak, Kashmiri-Canadian Scholar

and Associate Professor, International Relations, Qatar University,
Doha, Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman,
Academics, IPS, Irshad Mahmood, Director General, JKLC - Jammu
& Kashmir Liberation Cell, Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Senior
Research Associate, IPS, Advocate Nasir Qadri, International Law
Researcher and Founder, LFOVK - Legal Forum For Oppressed
Voices Of Kashmir, Professor Dr Shaheen Akhtar, NDU - National
Defence University, Mir Tahir Masood and Hasan Al-Banna, Officials
of APHC - All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Dr Waleed Rasool,
Kashmiri Scholar and Activist
Speaker(s): Dr Ikram-ul-Haq Yaseen, Secretary, CII - Council of Islamic
Ideology, Dr Muhammad Tahir Mansoori, Former Vice President, IIUI -
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International Islamic University, Islamabad, Khalid Rahman, Chairman,
‘Understanding East African
IPS, Dr H. Hendri Tanjung, Advisor to the Indonesian president on Waqf,
Region’ Dr Salman Ahmed Shaikh, The project’s principal investigator and
Dec 2021 Speaker(s):Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Senior Assistant Professor, SZABIST, Karachi, Mustafa Khan, Technical Advisor,
Research Associate, IPS, Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Omar
Webinar Mustafa Ansari, Secretary General, AAOIFI - Accounting and Auditing
Hussain, Vice Chairman, Academics, IPS
Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions, Bahrain, Syed Abu Ahmad
Akif, Member, Prime Minister’s Inspection Commission and Former
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Federal Secretary, Dr Abdul Saboor , Dean, PMAS Arid Agriculture
‘Tradition and Modernity in Islamic University, Rawalpindi, Azeem Pirani, CEO, Pak-Qatar Takaful, Dr Nazir
Seminaries’ Ahmed Vaid, Akhuwat Foundation, Qanit Khalilullah, Chartered
� � � � Accountant and Economic Analyst, Mufti Ghulam Majid, Senior Research
Dec 2021 ‫ �� ر��ت‬:‫روا� اور ��ت‬ �� ‫د� �ارس‬� Officer, CII, Dr Anwar Shah, Associate Professor, Quaid-i-Azam
Seminar University, Islamabad, Ghazala Ghalib, PhD Scholar and Lecturer, IIUI,
Numair Hasan Madni, Alkhidmat Foundation, and officials from Zakat and
Co-organizer: Council of Islamic Ideology Usher departments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab
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‘Jammu and Kashmir An Speaker(s): Advocate Nasir Qadri, Founder, LFOVK - Legel Forum for
Environmental Catastrophe in the Oppressed Voices of Kashmir, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Ambassador (r)
Making and its Implications’ Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, Academics, IPS, Ambassador (r) Ishtiaq
Dec 2021 Hussain Andrabi, Iftikhar Gilani, Senior Journalist, Dr Anwar Gilani, Vice
Webinar Speaker(s):Syed Iftikhar Gilani, Senior Journalist, Khalid Chancellor, Hazara University, Raja Sajjad Khan, Director, JKLC - Jammu &
Kashmir Liberation Cell, Farzana Yaqoob, Secretary, IPS-WGK, Mirza Qaisar
Rahman, Chairman, IPS, and Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice
Mahmood, Naufil Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS, Sabur Ali Syed, Research
Chairman, Academics, IPS.
Associate, IPS
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Dec 2021
‘Afghan Historiography:
A hybrid threat to Pakistan’
03
Feb 2022
Book launch | ‘Gwatar Bay to Sir
Creek: The Golden Coast of
Pakistan – History and Memoirs’
Roundtable Book
Launch
Co-organizer: National Institute of Maritime Affairs
Speaker(s): Dr Farhat Taj, Associate Professor, University Of Tromso,

Norway, Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, Academics, Speaker(s): Vice Admiral (r) Iftikhar Ahmed Rao, Admiral (r) Mohammad Asif
IPS, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Akhunzada Chattan, Former Sandila, Former Chief of Naval Staff, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Kanwal
Parliamentarian, Brigadier (r) Said Nazir, Strategic Affairs Expert, Juma Khan Shauzab, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Planning Development &
Sufi, Author and Afghan Affairs Expert, Dr Anwar-ul-Hassan Gilani, Vice Special Initiatives, Admiral (r) Muhammad Zakaullah, Former Chief of Naval
Chancellor, University Of Haripur, Naufil Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS Staff, Lt Gen (r) Tahir Mahmud Qazi, Vice Admiral (r) Abdul Aleem, Director
General, NIMA, Ambassador (r) Khalid Mahmood, Chairman, Institute of
02 Session with Syed Abu Ahmad Akif Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Ammara Durrani, Assistant Resident
Representative, Chief Development Policy Unit, UNDP, Ambassador (r) Syed
on KIBF sidelines
Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, Academics, IPS
Speaker(s): Syed Abu Ahmad Akif, Former Federal
Jan 2022
07
Secretary and author of Refugee, Breaking the Breakers
Interactive
Urban forestry through Miyawaki
Session
technique
26
Feb 2022 Speaker(s):Shahzad Qureshi, Founder of Urban Forests
‘Pak-Afghan border management
and creation of new opportunities’ Seminar
07
Jan 2022
Roundtable Speaker(s): Najeeb Ullah, Trainee, IPS “Rehabilitation of Afghanistan
requires consistent support from
27
‘HR Violations in Kashmir: other countries”- An observer’s
Feb 2022
Significance of the Petition Filed with account
Roundtable
Metropolitan Police, UK’
Jan 2022 Speaker(s): Amanullah Khan, Senior Research Associate, Dr Nazir
18th meeting of IPS’ Working Group on Kashmir Ahmed Vaid, Akhuwat Foundation, Sarfaraz Ahmed Minhas and Major
Roundtable Aftab Ahmed, Islamic Interest-Free Microfinance.
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Feb 2022
Conference Co-organizer: University of Karachi and Greenwich
University, Karachi
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Feb 2022
‘Changing Patterns of Political
Dynamics in Pakistan: Exploring
Grassroots Social and Political
Realities’
Seminar
Speaker(s): Nazeer Ahmed Mahar, Founder and CEO of the Research
Initiative.
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Feb 2022
Second roundtable on ‘Support to
Social Protection including Social
Health Protection’
Roundtable
Speaker(s): Prof Nico Carpentier, Charles University, Prague, Czech Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar
Republic, Dr Alice Srugies, Director of International Masters in Communication Hussain, Vice Chairman, Academics, IPS, Dr Salman Ahmed Shaikh,
Program, University Of Gothenburg, Sweden, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS,
Assistant Professor, SZABIST, and Principal Investigator of IPS’ Project,
Prof Dr Noshina Saleem, Director, School of Communication, University of the
Dr Anwar Shah, Associate Professor, Quaid-i-Azam University, and
Punjab, Dr Moazzam Ali Hashmi, Former Political Affairs Advisor to the US
Consulate in Karachi, Mubarak Zeb Khan, Journalist from Daily Dawn, Co-principal Investigator of the IPS’ Project, Dr Ikram ul Haq, Secretary,
Professor Lee Artz, Director, Center For Global Studies, Purdue University Council of Islamic Ideology.
Northwest, US, Professor Cherian George, Associate Dean, Research and
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Development, School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University, Dr
Ishrat Moin Seema, Senior Journalist and Poet, Pakistan German Press Club, ‘Kashmir: The Way Forward’
Berlin, Germany, Professor Yiheng Deng, Shanghai International Studies
University, China, Dr Muhammad Noor Aladwan, Assistant Professor, Speaker(s): Victoria Schofield, British Historian,
Communication And Media Department, Al Ain University, UAE, Dr Fouzia Feb 2022 Author, Scholar, and Biographer, Ambassador (r)
Naz, Chairman, Department of Mass Communication, University Of Karachi, Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, Academics,
Seminar
Prof Dr Nusrat Idrees, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of
Karachi, Zarrar Khuhro, Senior Journalist and Host at Dawn News, Karachi, IPS, Ambassador (r) Ishtiaq Hussain Andrabi, Brigadier (r) Said Nazir
Nighat Dad, Founding Director, Digital Rights Foundation, Lahore, Dr Arshi Mohmand, Farzana Yaqoob, Former AJ&K Minister and Secretary,
Saleem Hashmi, Department Head, Peace and Conflict Studies, National IPS-Working Group on Kashmir, Syed Abu Ahmad Akif, Former Federal
Defense University, Islamabad, Dr Faizullah Jan, Associate Professor, Secretary, Advocate Nasir Qadri, Founder, LFOVK - Legal Forum for
University of Peshawar, Dr Abida Ashraf, Professor, School of Communication the Oppressed Voices of Kashmir
Studies, University of the Punjab, Dr Zulfiqar Qureshi, Mass Communication
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Department, University of Sindh, Zohare Ali Sharif, CEO Asiatic Public
Relations Network, Dr Salma Umber, Assistant Professor, Mass
Communication, Government College University, Faisalabad, Dr Syed Abdul
Report Launch | ‘Assessment of
Siraj, Dean, Allama Iqbal Open University, AIOU, Islamabad, Dr Ayaz Ahmed Net-Metering Based Solar
Siddiqui, Greenwich University, Dr Sadia Mahmood, Sameena Qureshi, Dr
March 2022
Systems Installed at IESCO &
Raana Afzal, Dr Syed Azfar Ali, Dr Naveed Iqbal, Dr Uzma Qazi, Huma Zafar LESCO’
Rao, and Syed Mohammad Abbas Rizvi, Department of Mass Communication, Report
University Of Karachi, Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi, Vice Chancellor, Launch Speaker(s): Mirza Hamid Hasan, Former
University of Karachi, Seema Mughal, Vice Chancellor, Greenwich University, Dr
Mirza Hamid Hasan, Former Federal Secretary, Water and Power, and
Asim Hussain, Chairman, Sindh Higher Education Commission, Saleem
Chair, IPS’ steering committee on Energy, Water & Climate Change,
Mandviwalla, Former Deputy Chairman, Senate of Pakistan.
Shah Jahan Mirza, CEO, AEDB and MD, PPIB - Private Power
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Infrastructure Board, Ministry of Energy, Khalid Rahman, Chairman,
‘An overview of civil services of Pakistan’ IPS, Ali Zain Banatwala, REEE Team Leader, GIZ, Faiz Muhammad
Bhutta, Solar PV Expert, Dr Hassan Abdullah Khalid, Technical Lead
of the Research Project and Solar PV Expert, Asad Mehmood,
Speaker(s): Fasih Uddin, Senior IPS associate and Former Director, Technical, NEECA - National Energy Efficiency and
Feb 2022 Conservation Authority, Hamza Naeem and Lubna Riaz, Researchers
Chief Economist, Planning Commission of Pakistan.
Seminar from IPS’ Energy, Water and Climate Change Program.
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Power Shift or Competitive
March 2022 Coexistence’
04 ‘Election Reforms and Role of
Election Commission & Parliament’
March 2022 Speaker(s): Dr Nasreen Hussain Pervez, Former Provincial
Seminar
Seminar Election Commissioner for Balochistan, Khalid Rahman,
Chairman, IPS
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March 2022
An evening with Prof Khurshid
Ahmad & Screening of
‘Armughan-e-Khurshid’ Series
Seminar Co-organizers: Faran Club, Karachi

Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Professor Khurshid Ahmad,
Patron-in-Chief, IPS, Dr Anis Ahmad, Chairman, Rehmatul-lil-Alameen
Speaker(s): Vice Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Rao HI (M) (retd), Commodore
Authority, Prof Tanzeem Wasti, Zahoor Ahmed Niazi, Journalist, UK, Dr
Jawad Akhtar Khokhar, Advisor, Maritime Affairs, Ministry of Planning, Mohsin Ansari, President, Islamic Circle of North America from the US, Dr
Development and Special Initiatives, Dr Maliha Zeba Khan, Assistant Shahida Wizarat, Dean, Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Zaigham
Professor, NUML - National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Mahmood Rizvi, Chairman, National Platform for Housing Research, Bashir
Lokman Karadag, Research Scholar from International Islamic University, Jan Mohammad, Industrialist, Dr Irfan Haider, Vice Chancellor, Zia ud Din
Malaysia, Attal Khan, Lecturer, NUML, Professor Dr.Fakhar ul Islam, University, Karachi.
University of Peshawar, Commodore (r) Baber Bilal Haider, Amanullah Khan,
Senior IPS Associate, Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman,
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Academics, IPS
‘Brainstorming Research Ideas |
03
Governance and Public Policy’
Book Launch | ‘Pakistan ki March 2022 Speaker(s): Dr Syed Tahir Hijazi, Member, IPS’ National
Nazariyati Asaas, Nifaz-e-Shariat Aur Seminar
Academic Council, and Policy Practitioner,
March 2022 Madina ki Islami Riyasat’
Book
Co-organizer: University of Haripur
Launch
Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Naufil Shahrukh, General Manager

Operations, IPS, Mirza Hamid Hasan, Former Federal Secretary, Water
and Power, the Stimson Center, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS,
Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, IPS, Naufil
Speaker(s): Dr Anwar ul Hasan Gilani, Vice Chancellor, University of Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS.
Haripur, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Dr Shahzad Iqbal Sham, Senior
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Research Associate, Professor Dr Bahadur Shah, Former Dean, Social ‘Russia-Ukraine War: Causes,
Sciences, Hazara University, Mansehra, Dr Sultan Mahmood Qazi,
Associate Professor and Director, Pakistan Study Centre, Abbottabad Dynamics and Implications’
University, Dr Junaid Akbar, HoD, Islamiyat, University of Haripur, Syed
Nadeem Farhat, Research Fellow, IPS.
March 2022 Speaker(s): Dr Ivan Safranchuk, Director, Centre For
Euro-Asian Studies, MGIMO University,
Conference
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Finance’
April 2022 Venue: CII - Council of Islamic Ideology
Meeting
Speaker(s): Dr Salman Ahmad Shaikh, Assistant Professor, SZABIST,
and principal investigator on IPS; project, Khalid Rahman, Chairman,
IPS, Prof Dr Shahzad Iqbal Sham, Senior Research Fellow, IPS, Dr Qibla
Ayaz, Chairman, CII, Dr Ikram-ul-Haq, Secretary, CII
Moscow, Dr Akis Kalaitzidis, Professor of Practitioner, International

Relations, University Of Central Missouri, Prof Zhang Jiegen, Executive
Director, Pakistan Study Centre, Institute Of International Studies,
Fudan University, Ilya Kusa, IR Analyst, Ukranian Institute for the
Future, Kyiv, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Dr Syed Rifaat Hussain,
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April 2022
IPS’ Roundtable on FSC Judgement
on Riba-free Economy
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Dr Waqar
Masood Khan, Former Secretary Finance and Former
Ambassador Zamir Akram, Ambassador Masood Khalid, Dr Asma Roundtable SAPM on Economic Affairs, Dr Salman Syed Ali, Lead
Shakir Khawaja, Dr Khurram Iqbal, Syed Muhammad Ali, Ambassador
(r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, IPS, Brig (r) Dr Tughral Yamin,
Brig (r) Dr Attique Ur Rehman, Brig (r) Said Nazir
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Speaker(s): Dr Humeira Iqtidar, Reader in Politics, King’s
March 2022 College, London, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS,
Professor Dr Fateh Muhammad Malik, Former Rector,
Conference Research Economist, Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic
Development Bank, Jeddah, Dr Muhammad Ayub, Director Research
and Training, Riphah Center of Islamic Business, RIU - Riphah
International University, Dr Atiquzzafar Khan, Dean, Social Sciences,
Riphah International University, Zafar-ul-Hassan Almas, Joint Chief
Economist, Planning Commission of Pakistan, Dr Tahir Mansoori,
Former Vice President, International Islamic University, Islamabad
Muhammad Farhan-ul-Haq Usmani, Executive Vice President and
Head of Shariah Audit And Advisory, Meezan Bank, Azeem Pirani,
Chief Executive Officer, Pak-Qatar Family Takaful, Hafiz Dr Atif
Waheed, Leader, Tanzeem-i-Islami, Saifullah Gondal, Advocate
Special Assistant For Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Jamaat Islami,
Dr Anwar Shah, Department Of Economics, Quaid-e-Azam University,
International Islamic University, Islamabad, Dr Humaira Ahmad, Assistant Ghazala Ghalib, Lecturer, Shariah & Law Department, IIUI - Int’l
Professor, Department of Islamic Thought & Civilization, University of Islamic University Islamabad, Ameena Sohail, Legal Consultant and IPS
Management and Technology, Lahore. Associate, Qanit Khalil, Chartered Accountant and IPS Associate, Imran
Shafique, Advocate High Court and Visiting Professor, IIUI, Ahsan Shafiq,
ILKE Foundation, Istanbul Naufil Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS, Syed
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‘Afghan Refugee Situation in Nadeem Farhat, Research Fellow, IPS.
Pakistan: Prospects of Integration
April 2022
vs Repatriation’ 18-19 ‘CSR Initiatives in Gwadar
(The Gateway to CPEC)’
Speaker(s): Noorulain Naseem, Research Analyst, IPS, May 2022
Roundtable Research Associate, and Fellow at the Stimson Center,
Media Co-orgainzers: University of Gwadar, in collaboration
Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice with COPHC - China
Conclave
Chairman, IPS, Naufil Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS.
Overseas Ports Holding Company Pakistan, GPA – Gwadar Port
Authority and GDA – Gwadar Development Authority
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Insights
June 2022 Speaker(s): Zafar ul Hasan Almas, Joint Chief
Meeting Economist, Planning Commission of Pakistan,
Zaheeruddin Dar, Founder, Centre for International Entrepreneurship and
Trade, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS
Speaker(s): Naseer Khan Kashani, Chairman, GPA - Gwadar Port

Authority, Zhang Baozhong, Chairman COPHC - China Overseas
07 ‘BLUE TALKS | Enhancing the
Conservation and Sustainable Use
of Oceans and Their Resources by
June 2022 Implementing International Laws’
Ports Holding Company Pakistan, Professor Dr Abdul Razzaq Sabir, International Co-organizers: NIMA – National Institute of Maritime
Vice Chancellor, University of Gwadar, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, Seminar Affairs and Portuguese Embassy in Islamabad
IPS, Dr Rashid Aftab, Director, RIPP - Riphah Institute of Public
Policy, Jawad Akhtar Khokhar, Advisor, Maritime Affairs, Ministry of
Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Dolat Khan, Registrar,
University of Gwadar, Arsalan Ali, Head of Investments, GDA -
Gwadar Development Authority
20-21 Soft launch of ‘Balochistan ki

Surat-e-Haal: Masayel ki Nauiyat,
May 2022
Asbab aur Hal’
Book
Launch Venues: GBA – Gwadar Bar Association, Speaker(s): Prof Dr Vasco Becker-Weinburg, President, Portuguese
RCDC – Rural Community Development Council, and The Gwadar Post’s Institute of the Law of the Sea, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Vice Admiral
head office (r) Abdul Aleem, Director General, NIMA – National Institute of Maritime
Affairs, Paulo Neves Pocinho, Ambassador of Portugal to Pakistan, Rear
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‘75 years of Pakistan:Consti- tution, Admiral Foad Amin Baig, Director General, PMSA - Pakistan Maritime
Public Representation and Security Agency, Dr Asif Inam, Associate Professor and Head of Maritime
Governance System’ Sciences, Bahria University, Dr Maliha Zeba Khan, Assistant Professor,
May 2022 NUML - National University of Modern Languages, and Non-Resident
Seminar (�‫� او ر � ِز �ا‬
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‫ �ا‬،‫ د�ر‬:‫ �ل‬75 � ‫ن‬ Research Fellow, IPS
Co-organizer: Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
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June 2022
‘Borderline Communities in Cholistan’
Co-organizer: Islamia University of Bahwalpur
Speaker(s): Dr Ghulam Hussain Sufi, Research Fellow, IPS,
Webinar Dr Phillip Johannes Zehmisch, Senior Academic Staff,
Heidelberg University, Germany, Eng Prof Dr Athar Mehboob, Vice
Chancellor, IUB, Prof Dr Rubina Bhatti, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences,
and head, Department of Anthropology, IUB.
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Prof Dr Azra Yasmin,

Dean Faculty of Law, Commerce Management and Administrative
Sciences, FJWU – Fatima Jinnah Women University, Dr Ijaz Shafi Gillani,
Chairman, Gallup Pakistan and Gillani Research Foundation Pakistan, Dr
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June 2022
Webinar
‘Federal Budget 2022-23: Review’
Co-organizer: Islamia University of Bahwalpur
Aziz Ur Rahman, Director, School of Law, Quaid-i-Azam University, Dr

Shahzad Iqbal Sham, Senior Research Fellow, IPS.
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June 2022
‘Consultation Meeting on
Transgender Act, 2018’
Meeting
Speaker(s): Abbas Raza, Former Chairman, National Tariff Commission,

Dr Pervaiz Tahir, Former Chief Economist, Planning Commission of
Pakistan, Dr Waqar Masood Khan, Former SAPM on Revenue and
Former Secretary Finance, Zaheeruddin Dar, Founder, Centre for
International Entrepreneurship and Trade, Dr Salman Ahmed Shaikh,
Director Islamic Economics Project, Mirza Hamid Hassan, Former Federal
Secretary, Dr Abdul Saboor, Dean, Social Sciences, PMAS Arid Speaker(s): Nadeem Farhat Geelani, Senior Research Officer, IPS,
Agriculture University, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS. Advocate Abdur Rahman, Senator Mushtaq Ahmed, Dr Naveed Butt,
Associate Physician, Federal Government Services Hospital, Dr Arooj
21 ‘The Dilemma of Muslims in the Arshad, Ph.D. scholar in applied psychology, Nadeem Kashish, a known
West’ transgender activist, Safdar Hayat, Dr Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmad,
Professor of Law, IIUI - International Islamic University, Islamabad, Dr
June 2022 Speaker(s): Dr Fahad Khan, Deputy Director, Khalil Inamullah, Director General, Research, CII - Council of Islamic Ideology,
Seminar Center, USA, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, Dr Atta Ullah Watto, National Law College, and Khalid Rahman,
Chairman, IPS.
IPS, Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, IPS.
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Interactions with different organizations and scholars to share studies and exchange views
Reception for IPS team at Pakistan Islamic Medical Association house (November 26, 2021)
10 ‘Pak-Afghan Relations’
Organizer(s): IRS - Institute of Regional Studies,
July 2021 Peshawar
Organizer(s): AHK-NCRD - Akhtar Hameed Khan-National
Centre for Rural Development
Lecture
IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS
03
IPS’ Representative(s): Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar
IPS-AEDB-GIZ study on
Hussain, Vice Chairman, IPS ‘Assessment of net-metering
based on solar systems installed
27-28
July 2021
‘SCO Forum on Governance and
Leadership’
Presentation Topic: ‘Regional cooperation, SCO and
Aug 2021
Introductory
Meeting
at IESCO and LESCO’
Global Governance’
Online Organizer(s): Institute of Policy Studies, IPS
Forum
IPS’ Representative(s): Speaker(s):
Organizer(s): China National Academy of Governance and the
Sheeraz Anwar Khan, Director Wind/Distributed Generation, AEDB, Syed
SCO Secretariat
Aqeel Hussain Jafri, Director Policy & International Compliance, AEDB,
Muhammad Yaseen, Deputy Director, Solar Thermal, AEDB, Asif Fareed,
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Technical Advisor, GIZ-Pakistan, Naufil Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS,
‘Challenges to Incorporate Dr Hassan Abdullah Khalid, Technical Lead & PV Expert, M Wali Farooqi
Citizen Participation in the and Hamza Naeem, IPS’ Energy program team members.
Aug 2021 Governance Process’
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Aug 2021
Five-day training course titled
'Local Governance: A Key to
Development'
Presentation Topic: 'Socio political bottlenecks in the
way of impactful local governance'
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Aug 2021
Interactive session
Organizer(s): IPS- Institute of Policy Studies, AEDB -
Alternative Energy Development Board and
GIZ-Pakistan
Lecture Meeting
Organizer(s): AHK-NCRD - Akhtar Hameed Khan-National Centre for IPS’ Representative(s): Hamza Naeem, Research Officer, IPS’
Rural Development Energy, Water and Climate Change Desk.
15 6th NCHE (National Conference on

Higher Education)
Presentation Topic: ‘Setting trends in Higher Education
01
Sep 2021
Pakistan’s efforts to improve
environmental indexes
highlighted
Organizer(s): INETT - International Network of Energy
Aug 2021 Online
and Research’
Meeting Transition Think-Tank
Conference
IPS’ Representative(s): Hamza Naeem, Research Officer, IPS’

Energy, Water and Climate Change Desk
08
Organizer(s): Tanzeem-e-Asatza
IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS. ‘Afghanistan: Past, Present and
Future’
Organizer(s): Margalla Book Club
27-28 'Reimagining the World: Reflections

on the Future of World Order'
Sep 2021
Webinar
IPS’ Representative(s): Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar
Hussain,Vice Chairman, IPS.
Aug 2021
Presentation Topic: 'Trends in Afghanistan - Where do we
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Conference
Discussion on Single National
go from Here?
Curriculum with Ms Wajiha Qamar
Organizer(s): NIICE - Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and
Engagement Sep 2021
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education
IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS. Meeting
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Aug 2021
‘A Post US-Withdrawal Afghanistan:
Security, Political and
Socio-Economic Implications’
Webinar
Organizer(s): The Shahid Javed Burki Institute of Public Policy, BIPP
at Netsol, Lahore
IPS’ Representative(s): Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Host: IPS - Institute of Policy Studies
Chairman, IPS IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS.
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Sep 2021
Discussion on proposed
‘Anti-Forced Conversion Bill’
13Oct 2021
‘The Govt Role in Inclusive Dev –
Islamic Perspective’
Organizer(s): AHK-NCRD - Akhtar Hameed

Meeting Host: CII – Council of Islamic Ideology
Lecture Khan – National Centre for Rural Development
IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS.
18Oct 2021
Delegation from Islamia University,
Bahawalpur (IUB)
Visit Host: IPS - Institute of Policy Studies
Speaker(s): Pir Abdul Haque alias Mian Mithu of Bharchundi Sharif,

Ghotki, Senator Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, Dr Qibla Ayaz, Chairman CII,
Dr Umair Mehmood Siddiqui, Member, CII, Dr Ikram ul Haq, Secretary,
CII, Dr Mohammad Mushtaq Ahmed, Legal Expert and Former Director,
Shari’ah Academy, Syed Nadeem Farhat, Senior Research Officer, Sufi
Ghulam Hussain, The researcher and author of IPS’ study ‘Forced
Conversions or Faith Conversions: Rhetoric and Reality’.
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Sep 2021
‘The Proposed Law on Forced
Religious Conversions: An
Academic Dialogue’ Delegate(s): Jawad Iqbal, Dean, Faculty of Management
Sciences and Commerce, IUB, Shahzad Ali Gil, Assistant
Discussion Organizer(s): Shaybani Foundation Professor, IUB.
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IPS’ Representative(s): Syed Nadeem Farhat, Research
‘Urban Resilience and its Impact on
Fellow, IPS, Sufi Ghulam Hussain, Research Fellow, IPS. Electricity Power’
05 ‘Rhetoric and Reality of Forced Nov 2021 Organizer(s): PIDE – Pakistan Institute of
Conversions in Pakistan’ Webinar Development Economics
Oct 2021 Organizer(s): Islamabad Bar Association and IPS Representative(s): Mirza Hamid Hasan, Former
Seminar Legal Thinkers Forum Federal Secretary, Water and Power, and Chairman, IPS’
Steering Committee on Energy, Water and Climate Change.
IPS’ Representative(s): Sufi Ghulam Hussain, Research
Officer, IPS.
11
PGREF working group endorses
12 Visit of Foreign Services Academy outcomes of IPS study on grid-tied

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs) PV systems
Nov 2021
Oct 2021 Organizer(s): PGREF - Pakistan-Germany Renewable
Online Meeting
Energy Forum
Visit Location: Diplomatic Enclave
IPS Representative(s): Hamza Naeem, researcher from IPS’ Energy,
Delegate(s): Dr Hassan Abdullah Khalid, Technical Lead & PV Water and Climate Change desk.
Expert, IPS, Shahid Waheed, Head Procurement, GIZ-Pakistan and
the team from DS Global Renewable Energy Ltd
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Nov 2021
‘Perceptions and Perspectives on
Peace in Pakistan’
Organizer(s): Camp Himalaya - Youth Impact
26
Nov 2021
Need for bridging modern and
religious education stressed at
Jamia Tur Rasheed
Presentation IPS Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS. Visit Location: Jamia Tur Rasheed, Karachi
IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS,
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Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, IPS, Syed
Visit to the Faculty of Arabic and Nadeem Farhat, Senior Research Officer, IPS, Usama Hameed,
Islamic Studies (AIS), AIOU, Assistant Research Officer, IPS.
Islamabad
Nov 2021
26
Location: Allama Iqbal Open University, AIOU,
Meeting
Islamabad ‘Pak-Afghan Relations in Current
Situation’
Nov 2021
Organizer(s): Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science
Seminar and Technology, FUUAST, Karachi
IPS Representative(s): Dr Shahzad Iqbal Sham, Senior Research

Fellow, IPS, Syed Nadeem Farhat, Senior Research Officer, IPS
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Speaker(s): Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman,
Forced conversion, other
Academics, IPS, Syed Nadeem Farhat, Research Officer, IPS, Dr
contemporary issues discussed at
Asghar Ali Dashti, Chairman, IR Department, Federal Urdu University,
Jamia Binoaria Al- Alamia (Binoria
Nov 2021 Karachi, Dr Faisal Javed, FUUAST, Dr Waseem ud Din.
University International)
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Visit
IPS’ Representative(s): Jamia Binoaria, Karachi Reception for IPS Officials at PIMA
House
Nov 2021 Location: PIMA, Pakistan Islamic Medical Association,
Reception Karachi
IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS,
Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, IPS, Naufil
Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS, Syed Nadeem Farhat, Senior Research
Officer, IPS, Usama Hameed, Assistant Research Officer, IPS, Dr Mubeen
Akhtar, Prof Dr Shahid Mustafa, Dr Zeeshan Hussain, Dr Saeed Mohsini
and Dr Khalid Mushtaq, Azeem Pirani, CEO, Pak-Qatar Takaful, Tarique
Rehman Fazlee, CEO, Falzeeons Pvt Ltd, Dr Bashir Lakhani, Director,
IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Water & Energy Division, Techno-Consult Pvt Ltd, Kashif Hafeez Siddiqui,
Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, IPS, Syed CEO, Pulse Consultants.
Nadeem Farhat, Senior Research Officer, IPS, Usama Hameed,
Assistant Research Officer, IPS.
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Nov 2021
IPS delegation contemplates on
mutually concerning issues at
IRAK - Islamic Research Academy,
Karachi
Visit
Location: IRAK - Islamic Research Academy, Karachi
IPS’ Representative(s): Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain,
Vice Chairman, IPS, Syed Nadeem Farhat, Senior Research Officer,
IPS, Usama Hameed, Assistant Research Officer, IPS.
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Delegate(s): Wang Shengjie, Director, Political Section, Ms Cui
Presentation of IPS’ study on Yaolum, Attache, Chinese Embassy.
Transgender Act (2018)
Nov 2021
Visit
Organizer(s): RIPP - Riphah Institute of Public Policy,
Islamabad
27
Dec 2021
Topic:
‘Balochistan Coastal Belt’
Interview Organizer(s): Bol News

IPS’ Representative(s): Naufil Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS.
04
Jan 2022
Consultative
‘Assessment of net-metering based
on solar systems installed at
IESCO and LESCO’
Meeting
IPS’ Representative(s): Syed Nadeem Farhat, Senior Research Host: IPS - Institute of Policy Studies
Officer, IPS Speaker(s): Sheeraz Anwar Khan, Director Wind/Distributed
Generation, AEDB, Syed Aqeel Hussain Jafri, Director, Policy &
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International Compliance, AEDB,
Delegation of GPP-Alumni of NDU -
National Defence University Naeem Memon, AEDB, Asif Fareed, Technical Advisor, GIZ-Pakistan,
Shafaq Sarfraz, Manager Outreach, Hamza Naeem and Lubna Riaz,
Dec 2021 IPS’ Energy program team members.
Delegate(s): Four-member delegation headed by TA Bhutta.
04 ‘Professional Ethics: Religious

Perspective’
22
Jan 2022 Organizer(s): AHK-NCRD - Akhtar Hameed Khan
Delegation from Chinese Embassy Lecture National Centre for Rural Development
(Islamabad)
Dec 2021
14
Visit Host: IPS - Institute of Policy Studies Launch of National Security Policy
of Pakistan
Jan 2022
Launch Host: PM Secretariate
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Vice Chairman, IPS.
26 Discussion over areas for
collaboration with
USPCASE-NUST
19
Jan 2022
‘Cradle to Grave (Never stop Host: IPS - Institute of Policy Studies
learning)’ Meeting
Jan 2022 Organizer(s): RIU - Riphah International University

Lecture
20
Jan 2022
‘Assessment of net-metering based
on solar systems installed at
IESCO and LESCO’
Concluding Speaker(s): Dr Adeel Waqas, Dean and Principal, NUST, Dr Majid
Meeting
Ali, HoD, Department of Thermal Engineering, Fawad Khan, Industry
Host: IPS - Institute of Policy Studies Liaison Officer, Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Naufil Shahrukh, GM
Speaker(s): Sheeraz Anwar Khan, Director Wind/Distributed Operations, IPS, Syed Nadeem Farhat, Senior Research Officer, IPS,
Generation, AEDB, Asif Fareed, Technical Advisor, GIZ-Pakistan, Hamza Shafaq Sarfraz, Manager Outreach, IPS, M Wali Farooqui, Hamza Naeem
Naeem, Research Officer, IPS. and Lubna Riaz, IPS’ Energy, Water, and Climate Change Desk.
21
Jan 2022
Online
‘Insights on NEPRA draft
regulations on Microgrids, 2021’
Organizer(s): NEPRA – National Electric Power

03
Feb 2022
‘Our Future’
Organizer(s): Islamic International Medical College

(IIMC), Riphah International University, Islamabad.
Meeting Regulatory Authority Lecture
Speaker(s): Tauseef Farooqui, Chairman, NEPRA, Mirza Hamid IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS.
Hasan, Former Federal Secretary, Water and Power, and Chairman,
IPS Energy, Water and Climate Change program.
5-6 A lecture on leadership
22
Jan 2022
Delegation from JKLC - Jammu
Kashmir Liberation Cell Feb 2022
Lecture
Organizer(s): Youth Leadership Camp, YES - Youth
Empowerment Society
21
Feb 2022
‘Epitomizing Pak-Iran Relationship:
Celebrating Linguistic Linkages’
Talk Organizer(s): ISSI - Institute of Strategic Studies

Islamabad
Delegate(s): Ijaz Hussain Lone, Secretary, JKLC, Najeeb ul Vice Chairman, IPS.
Ghafoor, Khan Afsar
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Foreign Office and IPS colleagues
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Tajammul Altaf 24
Mar 2022
Chairman IPS invited to Karachi
Press Club
Condolence Host: IPS - Institute of Policy Studie Meeting Host: Karachi Press Club, KPC
Reference
Speaker(s): Maqsood Yusufi, Allauddin Khanzada, Sohail Afzal, Sajid

Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman IPS, Shakil Asghar, Aziz, Raja Kamran, Khalil Nasir, Masood Anwar, Hanif Akbar,
Additional Secretary, MoFA - Ministry of Foreign Affairs representing Wajeehuddin Siddiqui, Mohammad Aslam Khan, Shafiqullah Ismail, IPS
Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood, Ambassador (r) Associate and Social Worker, and others.
Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Former Foreign Secretary, Ambassador (r)
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Syed Abrar Hussain ,Vice Chairman, IPS, Ambassador (r) Ayaz Wazir,
International Conference on
Ambassador (r) Ishtiaq Hussain Andrabi, Ambassador (r) Mohammad
Afghanistan
Aqil, Ambassador (r) Naila Chohan, Ambassador (r) Mohsin Raza,
Mirza Hamid Hasan, Former Federal Secretary, Brigadier (r) Dr Tughral Organizer(s): Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad,
Mar 2022
Yamin, Naufil Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS and Sabur Altaf, son of ISSI
late Amb Tajammul Altaf. International IPS’ Representative(s): Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar
Conference Hussain, Vice Chairman, IPS.
03Mar 2022
Advisory Board Meeting
Organizer(s): India Study Centre, Institute of Strategic
Studies Islamabad, ISSI
IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman,
29 ‘National Cohesion & National
Security’
Organizer(s): Center for Aerospace and Security
Meeting Mar 2022
Chairman, IPS. Studies Islamabad –CASS
Roundtable
08
‘Human Resource Strategy:
01
Adapting to the Age of Presentation Topic:
Globalization’ ‘The case of Pakistan’s power
Mar 2022
sector’
Lecture Organizer(s): AHK-NCRD - Akhtar Hameed Khan
Apr 2022
National Centre for Rural Development
Dialogue Organizer(s): Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue
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Officer, IPS
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Apr 2022
Delegation from NUML - National
University of Modern Languages

Delegate(s): Dr Mustafeez Ahmed Alvi, Dean, Social Sciences,
NUML, Dr Syed Waqas Ali, HoD, Governance and Public Policy.
IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Naufil
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Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS, M Wali Farooqi, Research Officer, IPS.
‘Stories We Live By’
May 2022
Talk
Organizer(s): Pak-Afghan Youth Forum
IPS’ Representative(s): Ambassador (r) Syed
Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, IPS.
02June 2022
7th China Pak Economic Corridor
(CPEC) Media Forum
Organizer(s): Pak China Institute, Islamabad
20
Forum
Visit to GBA - Gwadar Bar IPS’ Representative(s): Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain,
Association Vice Chairman, IPS.
07
May 2022
Visit Host: Gwadar Bas Association, Gwadar A talk on Faith Conversion
Organizer(s): NIPS - National Institute of Pakistan

June 2022 Studies, QAU – Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
Talk
IPS’ Representative(s): Dr Sufi Ghulam Hussain, Research Fellow, IPS.
09June 2022
Delegation of students from LUMS -
Lahore University of Management
Sciences
Topic: ‘Role and Importance of Research Institutions’
IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Naufil Talk Host: IPS - Institute of Policy Studies
Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS, M Wali Farooqi, Research Officer, IPS.
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Naufil Shahrukh, GM
20 Visit to The Gwadar Post Operations, IPS, Syed Nadeem Farhat, Senior Research Fellow, IPS.
Host: The Gwadar Post Head office
20
May 2022 IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Delegation of senior academics
Chairman, IPS, Naufil Shahrukh, GM Operations, from Karachi
Visit IPS, M Wali Farooqi, Research Officer, IPS.
June 2022
20
Visit Host: IPS- Institute of Policy Studies
Visit to RCDC - Rural Community
Development Council Delegate(s): Prof Dr Nigar Sajjad Zaheer, Former Chairperson,
Department of Islamic History, University of Karachi, Dr Sohail
May 2022 Shafiq, Associate Professor / Chairman, Department of Islamic
Visit Host: Rural Community Development Council, RCDC History, University of Karachi.
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Speaker: Ambassador (r) Tasawar Speaker: Saleem Bismil, Former

9,16 Khan
24 Secretary, Govt of AJ&K
& 17 Sep 2021
Jul 2021
2& Speaker: Ejaz Ahmed Qureshi, Former

10 Speaker: Abdul Rauf Chaudhry, Former
30 Federal Secretary
Nov 2021
Federal Secretary
Jul 2021
4 Mar
27 Speaker: Tariq Zaheer Farooqi, Former
27May & Speaker: Mirza Hamid Hassan, Former
Federal Secretary, Ministry of Industries Federal Secretary
Aug 2021 27 Sep
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1- Promoting Indigenous Policy Research Initiative (PIPRI)
25Aug 2021
Interactive
Brainstorming Research Ideas on
Africa
A session held in collaboration with the students of
Department of International Relations, UMT - University of
29Mar 2021
‘Brainstorming Research Ideas –
Governance and Public Policy’
Speaker(s): Dr Syed Tahir Hijazi, Former Vice-Chancellor,
Muslim Youth University, and Former Member, governance,
Management and Technology, Lahore Seminar
Session Planning Commission of Pakistan, Khalid Rahman,
Chairman, IPS, Mirza Hamid Hasan, Former Federal Secretary, Water

and Power, Naufil Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS.
Speaker(s): Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf, Senior Research Associate,
17
IPS, Brig (r) Dr Tughral Yamin, Associate Dean, CIPS-NUST, Naufil ‘The Role of Academia in Policy
Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS, and, Kulsoom Belal, Research Officer, IPS Processes’
A session held in collaboration at the University of Turbat
May 2021
10
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Prof Dr
Pakistan’s Policy Environment: A Talk
Jan Muhammad, Vice Chancellor, University of Turbat.
Practitioner’s Perspective’
18
Nov 2021 A session held in collaboration with NPAS - NUST ‘The Role of Academia in Policy
Interactive Public Administration Society Processes’
Session A session held in collaboration at the University of Gwadar
May 2021
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Dr Abdul
Talk Razzaq Sabir, Vice Chancellor, University of Gwadar.
20Oct 2021
Blockchain: History and Future
Speaker(s): Dr Hatim Zaghloul, Egyptian-Canadian
Telecom Scientist, Dr Adeel Akram, Professor, Telecom
Web-Talk Engineering, UET – University of Engineering and
Technology, Taxila, Humayun Zafar, Chairman,
Series (Day 1) Open-Source Foundation, Pakistan.
Speaker(s): Syed Abu Ahmad Akif, Former Federal Secretary, Khalid
Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Dr Inayatullah, Assistant Professor, NUST School
of Social Sciences, Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman,
IPS, Naufil Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS.
26
Nov 2021
The Role of Academia in Policy
Processes
A session held in collaboration with the Department of Mass
Communication, KU – Karachi University
Seminar
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS.
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Frontiers of the World’s ICT Research and Innovation
21Oct 2021
Wireless Communication & the
Internet of Things (IOT)
Speaker(s): Dr Hatim Zaghloul Egyptian-Canadian
Web-Talk Telecom Scientist, Dr Adeel Akram, Professor, Telecom
22 Oct 2021
Artificial Intelligence Enabled Cyber
Security
Speaker(s): Dr Hatim Zaghloul, Egyptian-Canadian
Web-Talk Telecom Scientist, Dr Hussam Kinawai, Co-Founder and
Series (Day 2) Engineering, UET – University of Engineering and Series (Day 3) Chief Scientist, Wedge Networks Inc., Dr Adeel Akram,
Technology, Taxila, Humayun Zafar, Chairman, Open-Source Professor, Telecom Engineering, UET – University of Engineering and Technology,
Foundation, Pakistan. Taxila, Humayun Zafar, Chairman, Open-Source Foundation, Pakistan.
Motivational Sessions
26 AIESEC-NUST Society in
collaboration with IPS-LEAD
organized a two-day career
Sep 2021 development workshop for the
Workshop University’s students
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS.
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Exposure Visits
27
Sep 2021
Delegation from 8th International
Summer School (Bara Gali
campus), University of Peshawar
11
Mar 2022
Visiting
Delegation from a training
workshop at Idara-e-Ilm-o-Tehqeeq
Visiting
Delegation Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS Delegation
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Syed Nadeem Farhat,
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Delegation from the Department of
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Law, SBBUS - Shaheed Benazir
Nov 2021 Bhutto University, Sheringal, Upper Delegation from Department of
Visiting Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, History, QAU – Quid-i-Azam
Delegation May 2022 University
Visiting
Delegation
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS
09
June 2022
Visiting
Delegation from a youth-led think
tank LUMS Policy Research
Institute (LPRI)
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Dr Afzal Mehmood, Delegation

Chairman, Department of Law, SBBUS, Syed Nadeem Farhat, Senior
Research Officer, IPS, Sardar Ali Yousafzai, Team Member, IPS.
11
Mar 2022
Visiting
Delegation from the Department of
Law, NUST - National University of
Science and Technology
Delegation Presentation Topic: ‘Islamic Approach to Governance

Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Naufil Shahrukh, GM
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS Operations, IPS.
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Feb 2022
An orientation session CUST –
Capital University of Science and
Technology CUST’s Volunteers in
01Mar2022
A interactive session with the
volunteer students from CUST –
Capital University of Science and
Interactive Service (VIS) program. Interactive Technology
Session Session
Speaker(s): Syed Nadeem Farhat, Senior Research Officer, Presentation Topic: ‘Volunteerism’
Naufil Shahrukh, GM Operations, IPS. Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS
25
Feb2022
A briefing session for the volunteer
students from CUST – Capital
University of Science and
Interactive Technology
Session
Presentation Topic: ‘Forced Conversion or Faith Conversion:
Rhetoric and Reality’
Speaker(s): Sufi Ghulam Hussain, Research Fellow, IPS.
Lectures / Presentations
03
Aug 2021
A lecture at AHK-NCRD - Akhtar
Hameed Khan-National Centre for
Rural Development
13
Aug 2021
Hameed Khan-National Centre for
Rural Development
Lecture Topic: ‘Challenges to Incorporate Citizen Participation Lecture Presentation Topic: ‘'Socio political bottlenecks in the
in the Governance Process Operations, IPS. way of impactful local governance'
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS
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13Oct 2021
A lecture at AHK-NCRD – Akhtar
Hameed Khan – National Centre for
Rural Development
Topic: ‘The government’s role in inclusive development
07
Jan2022
An online workshop for the
students of Karachi University’s’
Department of Mass
Communication
Lecture Lecture
– Islamic perspective’
Topic: ‘Research Methodology: Theory and Practice in Activist
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS Policy Research’
18
Nov 2021
A lecture at Youth Impact’s
Himalaya Camp
Topic: ‘Peace and Conflict in Pakistan: Perceptions and

Lecture
Perspectives’
Speaker(s): Dr Ghulam Hussain, Associate Professor, Bahria
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University and Research Fellow, IPS.
A lecture at Karachi University
Nov2022
Lecture
Presentation Topic: ‘The Role of Academia in Policy
Processes’
19
Jan2022
A lecture at RIU - Riphah
International University
Topic: ‘Cradle to Grave, Never stop learning’

Lecture
03
Feb2022
A lecture at Islamic International
Medical College (IIMC), Riphah
International University, Islamabad.
Lecture
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS Topic: ‘Our Future’

04
Jan2022
Hameed Khan National Centre for
Rural Development
Topic: ‘Professional Ethics: Religious Perspective’
5-6 A lecture at Youth Empowerment
Society (YES)’s Youth Leadership
Camp
Lecture Feb2022
Lecture Topic: ‘Leadership’
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS
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Mar 2022
Hameed Khan National Centre for
Rural Development
Topic: : ‘Human Resource Strategy: Adapting to the
07 June 2022
A talk at Quaid-i-Azam University’s
National Institute of Pakistan
Studies
Lecture Lecture Topic: : ‘Faith Conversions and Shah Latif'
Age of Globalization’
Speaker(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS Speaker(s): Dr Ghulam Hussain, Associate Professor, Bahria
University and Research Fellow, IPS.
09Mar 2022
A lecture at Young Ulema
Leadership Program - YULP 2022
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Economics and Economic Policy: Islamic Perspective
Gwatar Bay to Sir Creek: The Golden Coast of Pakistan - History and
Memoirs
Family Law in Islam: Theory and Application x
Kamyab Zindagi 4: Apne Talluqat ko Nikhariye x
V/Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Rao presenting his IPS Press published book
Gwatar Bay to Sir Creek to the Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi
(April 11, 2022)
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(July 10, 2021) (October 28, 2021)
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Pakistan Bahawalpur (November 3, 2021)
(Novembed 16, 2021) (November 19, 2021)
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(December 27, 2021) (January 1, 2022) (May 17, 2022)
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MoU with University of Gwadar

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Publication Agreements
Riphah International University Rabia and Tahira

Vice Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Rao
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CPGS & IIIT

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Media Releases (July 2021 – June 2022)

Date Event Eng Urd Elec. Total
Jul 15, 2021 Afghan situa�on warrants proac�ve approach from Pakistan: Experts
4 4
(Developments in Afghanistan: Implications for Pakistan & the Region)
Aug 03, 2021 India using every tac�c to change demography of IOK’ – IPS-WGK 6 3 9
Decoloniza�on needs narra�ves that are not constructed by the West
Aug 12, 2021 (Decolonial Muslim Studies & Defending Muhammad [PBUH] in 10 4 14
Modernity)
Aug 20, 2021 MoU signed for developing indigenous, state-of-the-art ICT resources
8 3 11
(IPS, Inovatian Asia sign MoU)
Aug 24, 2021 Books dona�on to Mashaal Library, Mohmand 1 1
Sep 02, 2021 Ending fear, uncertainty, biggest governance challenge for IEA
2 2
(Afghanistan: Post-US Withdrawal – Present and Future Challenges)
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, iconic leader of Kashmiris’ struggle for self-
Sep 03, 2021 determina�on, remembered 4 2 6
(Syed Ali Shah Geelani: His Struggle & Legacy)
Speakers term Gwadar’s retrocession to Pakistan a foreign policy success
Sep 08, 2021 story, highlight geo-economic poten�al
2 2 4
(63 Years of Gwadar’s Retrocession to Pakistan: Achievements, Prospects
and Challenges)
Forced conversion, a baseless hoax fabricated to malign the state &
Sep 12, 2021 society 5 2 7
(A session with Mian Mitho of Bharchundi Sharif, Ghotki)
Pakistan can benefit from Portuguese experience in world affairs,
Sep 13, 2021 especially Africa: Portuguese ambassador
6 6
(A talk by talk by H.E. Paulo Neves Pocinho, Ambassador of the
Portuguese Republic to Pakistan)
Educated, skilled, enterprising Afghan refugees in Pakistan can fill the
Sep 14, 2021 void back home
5 5
(An interactive session with veteran Afghan leader Dr Ghulam Farouq
Azam)
Oct 14, 2021 Parliamentary Commi�ee rejects dra� bill on forced conversion
3 3 6
(Reference to IPS’ study on forced conversion mentioned)
Oct 17, 2021 Largest long-term study on faith conversions in Sindh finds no evidence of
10 4 14
‘forced conversion’
Oct 20-22, IPS hosts web-talk series of ICT guru Dr Ha�m Zaghloul
2021 13 13
(Frontiers of the World’s ICT Research & Innovation)
Oct 28, 2021 IPS, CUST sign MoU to promote policy-oriented academic volunteerism 3 3 6
Nov 16, 2021. CII, IPS join hands to promote applica�on of Islamic teachings in national
4 2 6
policymaking
Nov 19, 2021 IPS-IUB ink MoU to promote policy research 5 5
Nov 24-25, Human compassion and service to people is central to Islam: Two-day
2021 na�onal conference on humanitarian ac�on 8 6 14
(Islam and Humanitarian Action: prospect & challenges)
Pak-Afghan Rela�ons in Current Situa�on
Nov 26, 2021 (VC-IPS Amb (r) Abrar Hussain’s talk at FUUAST - Federal Urdu University 6 6
of Arts, Science and Technology)
Qatar’s potential role in facilita�ng Pak-India dialogue on Kashmir
Dec 02, 2021 discussed 4 4
(Seventeenth meeting of IPS Working Group on Kashmir)
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Pakistan advised to learn from China’s experience in Africa, leadership

Dec 09, 2021 diplomacy stressed 5 2 7
(Understanding East African Region)
Modern educa�onal approaches being adopted by madaris a welcome
Dec 15, 2021 change 4 3 7
(Tradition and Modernity in Islamic Seminaries)
Study group at IPS to work on social protec�on policy based on Islamic
Dec 24, 2021 welfare model
5 5
(Inaugural meeting of IPS’ study ‘Islamic Social Finance for Social
Protection)
Academia, civil society has a greater role to play in improving Pak-Afghan
Dec 29, 2021 bilateral �es: IPS webinar 8 8
(Afghan Historiography: A hybrid threat to Pakistan)
Vice Admiral Rao’s memoirs underscore coastal communi�es as
Feb 03, 2022 stakeholders for seaward security policy: Speakers
8 6 14
(Book launch | Gwatar Bay to Sir Creek: The Golden Coast of Pakistan –
History and Memoirs)
Feb 05, 2022 Lambi hay Gham ki Shaam Magar Shaam hi to hay
1 1
(VC-IPS Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain’s Article on Kashmir Issue)
Feb 22, 2022. FO, IPS colleagues pay homage to late Amb. Tajammul Altaf 2 4 6
Kashmir conflict con�nues to affect millions of lives, interna�onal
Feb 26, 2022. media�on cri�cal: Schofield 8 2 10
(Kashmir The Way Forward)
Synergy for renewable energy uptake urged in launch of study on solar
Mar 01, 2022 system installa�ons
3 2 5
(Report Launch | ‘Assessment of Net-Metering Based Solar Systems
Installed at IESCO & LESCO)
Experts warn Russia-Ukraine war has risked credibility, future of the
Mar 30, 2022. World Order 9 9
(Russia-Ukraine War: Causes, Dynamics and Implications)
Mar 31, 2022. Decoloniza�on of knowledge needs a broader, crea�ve push
3 2 5
(Decolonizing Islamic Studies)
Apr 01, 2022 IPS, PBI to raise awareness and capacity for Blockchain 3 3 6
IPS’ Roundtable Lauds FSC Judgement on Riba-free Economy | Concerted
Apr 29, 2022 efforts by government, stakeholders for implementa�on stressed
14 13 27
(A hybrid roundtable on FSC judgment prohibiting and eliminating interest
in all its manifestations)
May 18-19, Two-day media conclave and roundtable in Gwadar reviews CSR projects,
2022. socioeconomic development under CPEC 60 25 3 88
(CSR Initiatives in Gwadar: The Gateway to CPEC)
Poli�cal instability root cause of all troubles, constitutional supremacy
May 31, 2022 cri�cal: IPS-FJWU Seminar
10 8 18
(75 years of Pakistan: Constitution, Public Representation and
Governance System)
World Oceans Day seminar advocates holistic approach, int’l laws for
Jun 7, 2022. conservation of oceans
12 4 16 16
(Blue Talks: Enhancing the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Oceans
and their Resources by Implementing International Laws)
Jun, 2022 US exit from Afghanistan: Emerging Scenario and Implica�on
1 1
(Chairman IPS Khalid Rahman’s Article in the Green Book 2021)
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Speaker(s): Dr Farhan Mujahid Chak, Kashmiri-Canadian Scholar

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Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS, Naufil Shahrukh, General Manager

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01 A meeting on Pre-Budget 2022-23

Speaker(s): Naseer Khan Kashani, Chairman, GPA - Gwadar Port

20-21 Soft launch of ‘Balochistan ki

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Aziz Ur Rahman, Director, School of Law, Quaid-i-Azam University, Dr

Speaker(s): Abbas Raza, Former Chairman, National Tariff Commission,

IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS

15 6th NCHE (National Conference on

IPS’ Representative(s): Hamza Naeem, Research Officer, IPS’

27-28 'Reimagining the World: Reflections

Organizer(s): AHK-NCRD - Akhtar Hameed

IPS’ Representative(s): Khalid Rahman, Chairman, IPS.

Visit Host: IPS - Institute of Policy Studies

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Organizer(s): NEPRA – National Electric Power

Organizer(s): Islamic International Medical College

5-6 A lecture on leadership

Talk Organizer(s): ISSI - Institute of Strategic Studies

Speaker(s): Maqsood Yusufi, Allauddin Khanzada, Sohail Afzal, Sajid

Mar 2022 Organizer(s): Young Ulama Leadership

IPS’ Representative(s): Hamza Naeem, Junior Research

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Organizer(s): Pak China Institute, Islamabad

Organizer(s): NIPS - National Institute of Pakistan

Speaker: Ambassador (r) Tasawar Speaker: Saleem Bismil, Former