Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted a Roundtable discussion on March 14, 2019, with the Honourable Dr. Hadi Soleimanpour, Secretary General, Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). The agenda for the session was based on how successfully the ECO has achieved its objectives of regional connectivity and trade promotion.
Participants at the roundtable included: Ambassador Tariq Aziz ud Din, Ambassador Asif Durrani, Brigadier (Retd) Said Nazir, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS); Ambassador Tajammul Altaf, Ambassador Ali Sarwar Naqvi, Dr. Tughral Yamin, Centre for International Peace and Stability (CIPS), NUST; Ms. Anum Fatima, Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Studies (PIPS); Dr. Muhammad Munir, National Defence University (NDU); Ambassador Seema Ilahi, Ms. Saqlain Syedah, Director General ECO/CARs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA); Ms. Naila Israr, MOFA, and Dr. Shaheen Akhter, NDU.
