A two-day International Conference on "The State of Pakistan's Economy: Issues and Challenges in the 21st Century" will be held at the Institute of Business Management (IoBM) from September 27 to 28th. Top brass of the corporate sector and multinational companies, high-ranking federal and provincial governments' officials, consul generals of Foreign Missions, specializing academicians, professionals, economists and a number of international participants were invited to attend the conference.
Sindh chief minister Syed Murad Ali Shah will be the Guest of Honour while Dr Shahida Wizarat, Dean, Director Research, Chief Editor PBR and head of Economics Department and an eminent economist of the country is the Convener of this Conference. Other prominent invitees include: Andrey V. Fedorov, Senior Russian Consul General; Oleg N. Avdee, Russian Consul General; MA Yaou, Consul General of China; Xu Zhijie, Chinese Cultural Consul General; Murat M. Onrat, Turkish Consul General; Riazuddin, Deputy Governor, State Bank of Pakistan; Major General Bilal Akbar, Director General Pakistan Rangers (Sindh); Najamuddin A. Shaikh, Former Foreign Secretary; Khalid Rehman, Managing Director, Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC); Akhtar Ali, CEO of Akhtar Ali and Associates; Dr Abdul Salam Lodhi, Associate Professor of Economics at Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS); Dr Natalia Zamaraeva, Senior Researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russia; Dr Samina Khalil, Senior Research Economist, Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC), University of Karachi; Ambassador (Retd.) Syed Hasan Javed, Director, Chinese Studies Centre, NUST, Islamabad, Engineer M.A. Jabbar, Former Vice President, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) and President Site Association of Industry.