The University of North Texas has awarded a Pakistani origin American scholar and Assistant Dean at the University, Dr.
Qaisar Abbas with ‘Staff Contribution Award’ for his extraordinary peace building activities.
Texas University President Dr. V. Rawlins presented the prestigious award to Dr Qaisar Abbas in a ceremony.
It should be mentioned that the holder of the award has extraordinary contributions to peace building and research initiatives.
Dr. Qaisar Abbas developed and organized the First South Asia Peace Conference in November 2011, which brought activists, scholars, diplomats and South Asian community members to the university.
Former Ambassador Hussain Haqqani of Pakistan and Ambassador Ahmed Hakimi of Afghanistan were the keynote speakers at the conference, besides activists from India and Pakistan and a large number of scholars from all over the world who presented research work at the conference.
Dr. Qaisar is actively involved in peace building activities as a board member of the Dallas Peace Center. He is also working on a research project on media coverage of interstate conflicts in South Asia as Research Fellow of the Casselberry Peace Institute at his University.
Pakistani scholar gets Texas University award
