38 young professionals from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Germany met in Islamabad to attend a Trilateral Summer School organised by German Konrad Adenauer Foundation. The participants, at the weeklong school, discussed regional challenges and especially focused on the three important topics of security, stability and trade in the region.
Patron of the Trilateral Summer School was German Ambassador, Dr Michael Koch who, during a speech, emphasised the need for enhanced collaboration in order to jointly resolve common problems. The participants belonged to various sectors like politics, media, science and economy. They attended a number of lectures delivered by highly renowned experts and policy practitioners, including former senators and ambassadors, top government officials, renowned academics and representatives from the civil society, said a press release issued here Monday.
Among the speakers were former First Deputy Speaker of the Senate Sayed Hamed Gailani from Afghanistan, former Ambassador Dr Gunter Mulack and Professor Dr Wilhelm Loewenstein from Germany as well as former Prime Minister of Azad Jammu Kashmir, Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhary from Pakistan. The sessions were moderated by the Dean of the summer school, Dr Ross Masood Husain, also the founder and first Director General of the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad.-PR