The Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI) organised a Seminar on “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: Role of the Parliament” on February 2, 2016. The Chief Guest on the occasion was H.E. Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, Chairperson of the Standing Committee of National Assembly on Foreign Affairs. Other distinguished parliamentarians and speakers at the seminar included, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi, Member of the National Assembly and former Foreign Minister; Ms. Marvi Memon, Member of the National Assembly and Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme; Mr. Farhatullah Babar, Senator and former spokesperson of the Presidential Office; Ambassador Fauzia Nasreen, HOD Centre for Policy Studies, COMSATS; Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, President, Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT), Mr. Muhammad Rashid Mafzool Zaka, Acting Executive Director, Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS), and Professor Dr. Rifaat Hussain; HOD Government and Policy Department, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST).
