Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) in collaboration with Higher Education Commission (HEC) will arrange an international conference on `The Emerging Issues of Social Sciences in Pakistan’ from April 27 (Friday).
The three-day conference will be an effort to elucidate the issues like terrorism, Pak-US deadlock, political crisis, institutional decay, culture, religious diversity and human rights, economic, ethno national issues, youth and society and role of media. Vice-Chancellor QAU, Professor Dr Masoom Yasinzai, Federal Minister for Law and Justice, Farooq H Naik and Chairman HEC Dr Javed R Laghari will formally inaugurate the conference.
Social sciences are important in providing guidelines to the policy making sector and the event aims at providing an opportunity to the national and foreign scholars to present their research leading to resolution of issues effecting Pakistan. Scholars across the country and abroad will participate and the conference will provide a platform to build intellectual linkages among them. The ultimate agenda of projecting Pakistan as a peace loving country is at the heart of the conference.
Conference Secretary, Dr Razia Sultana informed that the conference will discuss the themes of sustainable development, internal and external challenges, cultural diversity and human rights and civil society and the role of media.
The conference will help promote social sciences in the country especially highlighting the research conducted by the local and foreign scholars on various issues of economy, state and society, she said.
It will also provide an opportunity to local and foreign scholars to build intellectual linkages and project Pakistan as a moderate and peace loving country wherein efforts are underway to live in peace between them and with the world.
Dr Razia said the conference will also provide guidelines and suggestions to the policy making sector so to help them to take country out of the current crisis.
The idea to hold this conference is in continuation of the last Social Sciences conference that was held in collaboration of HEC and University of Gujrat in April, 2011.
