As part of the Women in Business Conference Series (WIBCON) for professional women an International Women Leaders Summit is being organised on January 25, 2012 in Karachi. The conference speakers include Rokia Afzal Rehman, a former minister and leading business woman from Bangladesh who will deliver the keynote address on enterprising women-lessons from South and Far East Asia.
Social activist and voice of Afghan radio during the Afghan war Jamila Mujahed from Afghanistan will share her experiences on 'Tools of Education for Afghan Women during War,' while famous author Elif Shafak from Turkey will speak on 'Women, Modern Day Living and Spirituality' and the first Pakistani Emmy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy-
Representatives of leading business organisations including Asad Umar President Pakistan Business Council Naved A. Khan President OICCI and Mian Abrar President KCCI will discuss the role of businesses to promote gender diversity.
A panel moderated by Dr Huma Baqai, Associate Professor WA Karachi will include senior bureaucrat Begurn Nasreen Haque, Ayesha Aziz, Nadira Panjwani, and Yasmin Lan to discuss the success of women in public and private sectors. Ayesha Tammy Haq will lead the session on Local Entrepreneurs Success Stories with Sana Safinaz, Farzcen lrtizaz and local entrepreneurs.
Aamir Niazi and Mt Kunwar Saeed, Board members of Pakistan Society for Training & Development (PSTD), expressed PSTD's resolve to promote such forums for learning arid networking opportunities among women professionals in Pakistan. The conference would be attended by delegates from Pakistan, South Asia and the Middle East. The conference is being organised by PSTO, which is a non-profit and non-governmental organisation, committed to the promotion of professional Human Resource Development through organising training programmes and conferences and New World Concepts, a marketing and management consultancy.-PR.
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