PROGRAM

SEMINAR ON

THE CHALLENGE OF PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN POST-9/11 SCENARIO

MARCH 26, 2006

     

Session One   11.00 A.M till 1.00 P.M

Chair: Brig (Retd) A. R. Siddiqi, eminent security analyst

11.00    Welcome remarks by the Program Director

11.05    Welcome remarks by Prof. Dr. M. Shamsuddin, Dean Faculty of Arts

11. 10    Peace and Stability in the Middle East : an alternate paradigm by

000000Prof. Dr . Moonis Ahmar     

11. 40    The dynamics of Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the issue of regional peace and

              stability by Amb (Retd) Abul Fazal

12. 20    Discussion

 

Lunch: 1.00-2.00 p.m.

 

Session Two: 2.00-4.00 p.m.

Chair: Prof. Dr. Talat A. Wizarat

2.00   Iraq as a major flashpoint of instability  by Amb (Retd) Mansoor Alam

2.30   Iran and the nuclear crisis: threats to regional peace and stability by

0000Amb (Retd)Mehdi Masud

3.0     Discussion

3.45   Summary of discussion by Mr. Ishtiaq Ali Mehkri, senior journalist and bureau

          chief, Daily Post