Conference

The Lahore School of Economics will host its 11th annual conference on Management of the Pakistan Economy on March 25 and 26, 2015 at its main Burki campus. The theme of the conference is "Pakistan as a regional manufacturing Hub - prospects and challenges".
Privatisation Commission of Pakistan Chairman Muhammad Zubair and former governor of State Bank of Pakistan Dr Ishrat Hussain will express their views in a two-day conference. The main objective is to promote timely debate on important policy issues of the country. The conference will arrange seven sessions to focus on a major theme for Pakistan as a regional manufacturing hub.
The conference will bring together distinguished economists, academicians and policymakers from both the national and the international spheres. Some of the notable speakers include Dr Ishrat Hussain, Dean and Director ,Institute of Business Administration, Dr Robert Wade, Professor of Political Economy, London School of Economics, Dr Musleh Uddin, Head of Governance and Public Policy Division, Dr Irfan UlHaque, Special Advisor, Financing for Development, South Centre, Geneva, Dr Matthew McCartney, Director South Asian Studies, University of Oxford, Dr Hafeez Pasha, Visiting Professor, Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Dr Safdar Sohail, Economic Minister, Pakistan Mission to EU, Brussels, Dr Hanns Pichler, Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Akbar Noman, Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, Dr Inayat Mangla, Professor, Western Michigan University, Dr Rajah Rasiah, Professor of Technology and Innovation, University of Malaya, Nazia Nazeer, University of Malaya, Imran Ahmad, State Bank of Pakistan, Sajid Minhas, Delta Garments Ltd, Tariq Saigol, Kohinoor-Maple Leaf Group, Sikander Mustafa Khan, Millat Group of Companies, Mujeeb Rashid, Mitchells Fruit Farms Ltd, Shahzad Khan, Getz Pharma, Dr Rashid Amjad, Director, Graduate Institute of Development Studies.