SERIES OF SEMINARS HELD IN PRESTON UNIVERSITY

ISLAMABAD CAMPUS DURING THE PERIOD 2004-07.

S.No.
1

Date
04.08.04

Seminar Coordinator
Prof. Dr. B. A. Malik

Seminar Title
Peace Process in South Asia

Chief Guest
Mr. Gohar Ayub Khan, Ex-Speajer,
National Assembly, MNA.

20.08.04

Prof. Dr. M. Qasim Rind

Human Resource Management

Mr. Javed Hassan Aly, Secretary,

Environment Division.

25.08.04

Prof. Dr. M. Saleem Sheikh

Nanotechnology-Revolution of
21st Century.

Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad, Ex-Chairman, PAEC

8.09.04

Dr. A. W. Baloch
Associate Professor

Environment Management

Maj (Retd) Tahir Iqbal, Federal Minister

for Environment

5.1.05

Prof. Dr. M. Qasim Rind

Public-Private Partnership for

Development.

Mrs. Tahira Latif, Senator.

Senator ICT Islamabad.

12.1.05

Prof. Dr.B. A. Malik

Dialogue on Kashmir Options

2.2.05

Dr. Sabit Rahim

Assistant Professor

WTO and Its Impact on Pakistan

Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat

Federal Minister for Interior.
Mr. Asad Elahi, Secretary Statistic
Division.

9.2.05

Environment Impact Assessment

23.0.05

Dr. A. W. Baloch
Associate Professor
Prof. Dr. B. A. Malik

Leadership: Issues & Challenges

10

16.2.05

Prof.Dr. M. Saleem Sheikh

Satellite Communication

Malik Amin Aslam, Minster of State

for Environment.
Senator Raza Rabbani
Opposition Leader in the N. Assembly
Dr. Anwar-ul-Haq, Chairman PCSIR.

Speakers
Dr. Pervez Iqbal Cheema, President.
IPRI, Islamabad.
Mr. Kabir Ali Wasti, Sr. Vice
President Pak. Muslim League Q.
Kaleem A. Barlas, Ex. Dir ADBP.
Mr. Najeeb A. Khan, Assist Prof.
Dr. G. S. Larik, Asst. Prof. Preston
Dr. N. M. Butt, Sr. Scientists
Emeritus, PAEC.
Dr. M. Zafar Iqbal, Prof. QAU
Mr. Sohail Altaf, V.President, FCCI
Dr. M. Irfan Khan, AIOU.
Ms. Sofia Khalid, FJWU.
Prof. A. M. H. Kango, Chairman
Pak. Institute of Development.
Prof. Waris Khan, Professor.
Mr. Tayyeb Siddiqui, Former Amb.
Dr. Maqbool A Bhatty Form. Amb.
Dr. S. Wajid H. Pirzada, Director/
National Coord., WTO, Food & Agri.
Related Matters Cell PARC.
Dr. Aqdas Ali Kazmi
Chief Macro-Economic Sec. P&D.
Mr. Irfan Saeed Alrai, M/O Envt.
Ch. Laiq Ali, CEO, Metro Consul.
Prof. Khawaja Masood
Dr. Farrukh Saleem, Economist/Col.
Dr. Imran Maqsood, Manager, VAST
Prof. Farzad Arif., PTCL.
Engr. Imran Iqbal, Dir. SUPARCO.

S.No.
11

Date
31.3.05

Seminar Coordinator
Dr.Ch. Muhammad Nasib
Assistant Professor

Seminar Subject
Renewable Energy Resources

Chief Guest
Syed Ali Hassan Gillani, Parliamentary
Secretary for Science & Technology.

12

11.4.05

Prof. Dr. M. Qasim Rind

Role of Railways in Economic

Development.

Hon. Mian Shamim Haider

Federal Minister for Railways.

13

14.04.05

Waste Management

14

16.4.05

Dr. A. W. Baloch
Associate Professor
Prof. Dr. M. Qasim Rind

Mr. Tariq Mahboob Kiyani, District

Nazim, Rawalpindi.
Senator Kalsoom Parveen

15

19.05.05

Prof. Dr. B.A. Malik

National Reconciliation
and Tolerance.

16

02.6.05

Dr. Sabit Rahim

Assistant Professor

WTO and Textile Sector.

17

11.08.05

Dr. S. Qandil Abbas

Assistant Professor

Challenges & Opportunities for Pak.

in the Emerging World Order.

HE Mr. Mark Lyall-Grant

High Commissioner of United Kingdom

18

09.6.05

Prof. Dr. B. A. Malik

Human Rights Approach to

Development.

Ms. Kashmala Tariq, MNA.

19

30.06.05

Dr. A. W. Baloch
Associate Profesor

Drinking Water

Prof. Dr. Syed Altaf Hussain

Vice Chancellor, AIOU.

Data Warehousing

H.E. Mr. Magen Govender,

Acting High Commissioner, High
Commission of South Africa.
Dr. A. R. Kamal, Director
Pakistan Institute of Development
Economics.

Speakers
Mr. Majeed ul-Hassan, Sr. Scient.
Pak. Council of Renewable Energ.
Dr. S. M. Bhutta, Tech. Advisor,
Alter. Energy Develop. Board.
Pir M. Qasim Quresahi, Director
Planning, M/O Railways.
Mr. Javed Iqbal., Dir Management,
Pak. Railways.
Mr. Javed Ali Khan, Dir, M/O Evnt.
Dr. Zahiruddin Khan, NUST, RWP.
Mr. S. Ammar Hussain Jaffery
Project Director, FIA.
Mr. Muhammad Altaf
Director NCR.
Prof. Khawaja Masood, Professor
Ms. Farzana Raja, Infor. Secy, PPP
Ms. Farzana Noshab, Sr. Res.
Felow, Inst. Of Strat. Studies.
Mr. Amanullah Khan, Former
President Raw. Chamber of Comm.
Mr. Muhammad Akram Zaki
Ambassador (Retd).
General Jamshed Ayaz Khan
D.G., Inst. Of Regional Studies
Dr. Inayatullah, President,
Social Sciences Council of Pak.
Mr. Farrukh Saleem, Economist/Col.
Dr. Rafique Ahmed Soomro
Dean, LUMHS, Jamshoro.
Dr. S. Shafiqur Rehman
Chairman, Envt. Dept, Pesh. Unv.

S.No.
20

Date
21.7.05

Seminar Coordinator
Prof. Dr. M. Saleem Sheikh

Seminar Subject
Electronics Embedded Systems.

21

23.11.05

Dr. Dildar Ahmed

Assistant Professor

Scientific and Religious Perspectives

of Natural Calamities

22

30.11.05

Prof. Dr. M. Qasim Rind

Disaster Management

23

7.12.05

Dr. A. W. Baloch.
Associate Professor

Environmental Issues arising out of

Earthquake.

Mr. Moazzam Hayat, DG, Federal.

Judicial Academy, Islamabad.
Malik Amin Aslam, Minister of
State for Environment.

24

13.12.05

Prof. Dr. B. A. Malik

Issues & Challenges of Earthquake

Rehabilitation.

Dr. Shehzad Waseem

Minister of State for Interior.

25

14.12.05

Dr. S. Qandil Abbas

Assistant Professor

External Response to the

Earthquake in Pakistan.

Mr. Jan. J. Vandemoortele,

UN Coordinator.

26

21.12.05

Prof. Dr. M. Saleem Sheikh

Scientific Analysis of Major

Earthquake Threat in the Region.

Dr. Khalil Ahmad Qureshi, Member,

Nuclear Fuel Cycle, PAEC.

27

4.1.06

Dr. Firoza Ahmed

Management of Psychological
Trouma of Earthquake Victims.

Mr. Riaz Ahmed Fatiyana,

Chairman, National Task Force.

Chief Guest
Senator Dr. Nighat Agha, Member
Standing Committee on Eduction,
Science & Technology.
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Masoud,
Chairman, Council of Islamic Idology.

Speakers
Dr. Arshad Ali, Prof. NUST.
Mr. Ahmad Nadeem Siddiqui
Sr. Res.Officer, Nat. Inst. of Elect.
Dr. Tahseenullah Khan, Asst. Dir.
Geological Survey of Pakistan.
Dr. M. Jamil Qalander
Intern. Islamic University, Islamabad
Mr. Sanaullah, JS , Senate Sect.
Mr. Kaleem Barlas Ex. Dir , ADBP
Syed Sajjd Ali Shah, Dir. CDA, Isl.
Dr. Javed Iqbal, Dir,M/O Envt.
Mr. Asif Shuja, DG, EPA.
Senator Farhatullah Baber
Mr. Anees Gilani, National
Coordinator, SPARC.
Dr. Ross Masood Husain
CSP , Consult. Int. Law.
Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed. Professor,
of International Relation QAU.
Dr. Mona Lisa, Dept. of Earth
Sciences, QAU.
Engr. Syed Noman Khalid
Ex. Director, Archengg Consultant
Dr. Shaukat Hameed Khan
Ind. Policy Adv. P&D Division.
Dr. Shoaib Shahid, Chief Psychol.
National Task Force for Phy. Ser.
Ms. Zehra Kamal
Managing Director, Rozan.

S.No.
28

Date
24.1.06

Seminar Coordinator
Dr. Ch. Muhammad Nasib.
Assistant Professor

Seminar Subject
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
as Alternate Fuel.

Chief Guest
Mir Muhammad Naseer Mengal,
Minister of State for Petroleum
& Natural Resources.

29

25.1.06

Dr. Sabit Rahim

Assistant Professor

Impact of Earthquake on the

Economy of Pakistan.

Mr. Rashid Akbar Khan, MNA.

30

22.2.06

Prof. Dr. M. Qasim Rind

31

22.3.06

Dr. Sabit Rahim

Assistant Professor

Project Management:
Tools & Techniques.
Role of Stock Market in Economics
Development

Mr. Fazalullah Qureshi, Secretary

Planning Commission.
Mr. Ahmad Noman, Senior Manager
(Operation) Islamabad Stock Exchange

32

12.4.06

Dr. S. Qandil Abbas.

Assistant Professor

Impact of Globalization on
Developing Countries.

Mr. Agha Murtaza Poya, Ex-Chairman

Institute of Strategic Studies.

Speakers
M/O Petroleum & Nat. Resources.
Mr. Hilal A. Raza, Chief Execut.
Hydro. Develop. Instit. Of Pak.
Mr. M. Tariq Kandaan
Chairman, All Pakistan CNG Assoc
Dr. S.M. Younus Jafri,
Dy. Director-Genral, Statistic Div.
Mr. M. Osman Ghani
Dy. Economic Adviser, Fin. Div.
Dr. Aslam Khan, Director SAARC.
Mr. Saleem K. Khattak, DC, P&D.
Mr. S.M. Aly Osman, Joint Direct.
Securities & Exchang Commission.
Mr. M. Osman Ghani.
Dy. Economic Adviser, Fin. Div.
Dr. Aqdas Ali Kazmi, Consut, P&D.
Dr. Khalid Aftab Salehri, President,
IHRO.

S.No.
33

Date
04.8.06

Seminar Coordinator
Dr. Sohail Mehmood

Seminar Subject
Indo-US Strategic Relations

Chief Guest
Maj. Gen (Retd) Talat Masood.

34

11.8.06

Dr. A. W. Baloch

Role of Volunteers to address

Environmental Issues.

35

18.8.06

Dr. M. Saleem Sheikh.

Emerging Technologies in
Wireless Communication.

Mr. Khalid Masood Chaudhry,

|Director-General, National Volunteer
Movement, Prime Minister Secretariat,
Islamabad.
Mr. Ishaq Khan Khakwani, Minister of
State for Information Technology and
Telecommunication.

36

21.8.06

Dr. M. Qasim Rind

Total Quality Management

Mr. Shahzado Shaikh, Secretary,

Population Welfare Division, GoP.

Speakers
Mr.Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, International Relations Department, Quaid-eAzam University.
Ms. Farzana Altaf Shah, Program Manager Environment, ERRA,
Islamabad.
Mr. Abdul Samad, Director, Wireless Local Loop & Mobile, PTA,
Islamabad.
Mr. Zubair Iqbal Ghouri, Assistant Controller, News & Current Affairs,
PTV World, Islamabad
Mr. Asif Ali Zar, Senor Scientific Officer, GoP.
Mr. Ashiq Hussain Abbasi, Director-General, .S. M. Wing,
Establishment Division, GoP.

37

25.8.06

Dr. A. W. Baloch

Development of Technical
Education in Pakistan.

Senator Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli, Minister

of State for Education, Government of
Pakistan.

38

28.8.06

Dr. B., A Malik

39

01.9.06

Dr. Firoza Ahmed

International Response to
Israeli Aggression.
Women and Managmeent
Issues & Challenges

H.E. Khalil Muhammad, Acting

Ambassador of Lebanon
Ms. Suhela Asif, Director-General,
Ministry of Women's Development &
Youth Affairs, Government of
Pakistan.

40

04.9.06

Dr. Abdul Rauf Khan

41

09.8.06

Dr. Sabit Rahim

42

11.9.06

Dr. Muhammad Qasim

Rind

Advent of Four-Year Degree

Programs: Challenges &
Issues.
High Economic Growth and
Poverty

Learning Organizations.

Dr. S. M. Yousaf (Retd) Dean of

Sciences, Quaid-e-Azam University.
Hon. Rajab Ali Khan Baloch,
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of
Food & Agriculture, GoV.

Mr. Muhammad Aslam Sinjrani,

Secretary, Overseas Foundation
Division

Maj.Gen(Retd) Syed Shahid Mukhtar Shah, Director-General, National

Institute of Science & Technical Education, Ministry of Education,
GoP.
Dr. M. Ashraf Moten, Chief, Scinece, Technology & Higher Eduction,
Planning Commission, Governmetn of Pakistan.
Dr. Muhammad
Ilyas, Joint Educational Adviser (Retd), Ministry of Eduction, GoP.
Ambassador (Retd) M. Akram Zaki.
Ms. Faiza Effendi, Assistant Resident Representative, UNDP, Ms.
Sarah Hashwani, CEO, HOAP Foundation & Manager Orient
Petroleium, Pak.
Ms. Sofia Noreen, Sr. Management Analyst, National Commission on
the Status of Women and UNDP.
Dr. Khawaja Farooq Ahmad, Director, Academics, Education Planning
& Research, AJK University, Muzafarabad.
Dr. Shabbir Hussain, Chief Executive Officer Hasho Foundation for
Education, Islamabad.
Mr. Zafar-ul-Hasan, Assistant Economic Adviser, Finance Division,
Islamabad.
Ms. Saira Javed, Student Speaker.
Prof. Najeeb A. Khan, Department of Business Admin. AIOU,
Islamabad.
Mr. Tauqeer Alam, Business Manager, TCS, Islamabad.
Mr. Kaleem A. Barlas, Visiting Professor, Preston University, Isb.

S.No.
43

Date
16.01.07

Seminar Coordinator
Dr. B. A. Malik

Seminar Title
Reconstruction of Pak-Afghan
Relations.

Chief Guest
Mr. Tariq Azim, Minister of State for
Information & Broadcasting.
Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.

44

18.01.07

Dr. M. Qasim Rind

Knowledge Management.

Prof. Mushtaq Victor, Minister of State,

Mnistry of Minorities, GOP, Islamabad

45

23.01.07

Dr. A. W. Baloch

Environmental and Reconstruction

Issues Addressed after Earthquake
Disaster.

46

25.01.07

Prof. Dr. M. Saleem Sheikh

Wireless Local Loop Cellular Mobile

and 3-G Services.

47

01.02.07

Dr. Abdul Qayyum &

Dr. Abdul Rauf Khan.

Importance of Maths in Science

Curriculum.

Lt. Gen. Nadeem Ahmed,

Deputy Chairman, ERRA,
P.M. Secretariat, Islamabad.
Mr. Mohammad Abbas,
Addl. Secretary, Ministry of
Communication, GoP, Islamabad.
Engr. Noor ud Din Baqai, Chairman,
NTC, Member (Telecom)
Ministry of Informtion Tech. &
Telecommunication, Islamabad.

Dr. Qaisar Mushtaq, Ex-Chairman &

Professor of Mathematics, QAU,
Islamabad

Speakers
Mr. Zubair Iqbal Ghouri, Assistant
Controller, PTV, Islamabad.
Dr. Khalid Alvi, Dean of Arts &
Humanities, WISH, Islamabad.
Mr. Majnoon Gulab, Deputy Head
of Afghan, Misssion in Islamabad.
Prof.. Hashim Abro, Coord. Officer,
Federal Judicial Academy,
Islamabad
Mr. Tanweer Ahmad, Ahmad,
Director-General Monitoring
Scientiric & Technological Research
Division, Islamabad.
Mr. M. Irfan Tariq, Architect/Town
Planner, Ministry of Environment.
Mr. Arif Alauddin, Assistant Res.
Representative, UNDP, Islamabad.
Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Asssistant
Executive Director, Sustainable
Development olicy Institute, Ibd.
Engr. Mudasar Hussain, Director
(Telecommunication & Wireless),
M/O Information Tech. & Telecomm.
Dr. Tanveer-ul-Haq, Chief Technical
Officer, Central Region, PakTel..
Dr. Sarwar Kamran, Dean RIPHAH
International slamic University,
Islmaabad.
Dr. Mohammed Nasr, Professor
of Managmeent Sciences,
COMASTS, Islamabad.

SEMINARS ORGANIZED BY PRESTON UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD CAMPUS

ON EARTHQUAKE & DISASTER MANAGEMENT TOPICS
S.No.
1

Date
23.11.05

Seminar Coordinator
Dr. Dildar Ahmed
Assistant Professor

Seminar Subject
Scientific and Religious Perspectives
of Natural Calamities

Chief Guest
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Masoud,
Chairman, Council of Islamic Idology.

30.11.05

Prof. Dr. M. Qasim Rind

Disaster Management

7.12.05

Dr. A. W. Baloch.
Associate Professor

Environmental Issues arising out of

Earthquake.

Mr. Moazzam Hayat, DG, Federal.

Judicial Academy, Islamabad.
Malik Amin Aslam, Minister of
State for Environment.

13.12.05

Prof. Dr. B. A. Malik

Issues & Challenges of Earthquake

Rehabilitation.

Dr. Shehzad Waseem

Minister of State for Interior..

14.12.05

Dr. S. Qandil Abbas

Assistant Professor

External Response to the

Earthquake in Pakistan.

Mr. Jan. J. Vandemoortele,

UN Coordinator.

21.12.05

Prof. Dr. M. Saleem Sheikh

Scientific Analysis of Major

Earthquake Threat in the Region.

Dr. Khalil Ahmad Qureshi, Member

Nuclear Fuel Cycle, PAEC.

4.1.06

Dr. Firoza Ahmed

Management of Psychological
Trouma of Earthquake Victims.

Mr. Riaz Ahmed Fatiyana

Chairman, National Task Force.

25.1.06

Dr. Sabit Rahim

Assistant Professor

Impact of Earthquake on the

Economy of Pakistan.

Mr. Rashid Akbar Khan, MNA.

Chairman, National Assembly
Committee on Finance.

Speakers
Dr. Tahseenullah Khan, Asst. Dir.
Geological Survey of Pakistan.
Dr. M. Jamil Qalander
Intern. Islamic University, Islamabad
Mr. Sanaullah, JS , Senate Sect.
Mr. Kaleem Barlas Ex. Dir , ADBP
Syed Sajjd Ali Shah, Dir. CDA, Isl.
Dr. Javed Iqbal, Dir,M/O Envt.
Mr. Asif Shuja, DG, EPA.
Senator Farhatullah Baber
Mr. Anees Gilani, National
Coordinator, SPARC.
Dr. Ross Masood Husain
CSP , Consult. Int. Law.
Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed. Professor,
of International Relation QAU.
Dr. Mona Lisa, Dept. of Earth
Sciences, QAU.
Engr. Syed Noman Khalid
Ex. Director, Archengg Consultant
Dr. Shaukat Hameed Khan
Ind. Policy Adv. P&D Division.
Dr. Shoaib Shahid, Chief Psychol.
National Task Force for Phy. Ser.
Ms. Zehra Kamal
Managing Director, Rozan.
Dr. S.M. Younus Jafri,
Dy. Director-Genral, Statistic Div.
Mr. M. Osman Ghani
Dy. Economic Adviser, Fin. Div.
Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed. Professor,
of International Relation QAU.