Speakers Published August 6, 2026 Updated August 6, 2026 10:34am Email Your Name*Recipient Email*Cancel 0 Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Prime Minister of Pakistan Prof. Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Dr. Zeba Sathar Senior Associate and Pakistan Country Director, Population Council Dr. Ghulam Mohammad Arif Former Joint Director, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Dr. Hanid Mukhtar Fellow, Consortium for Development Policy Research Mr. Sam Waldock British High Commission Development Director Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb Minister of Finance of Pakistan Ms. Jane Marriot, CMG OBE British High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr. S. Akbar Zaidi Executive Director, IBA, Karachi Bolormaa Amgaabazar Country Director for Pakistan, World Bank Dr. Ali Cheema Vice Chancellor, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Syed Murad Ali Shah Chief Minister of Sindh Azam Nazeer Tarar Federal Minister of Law and Justice Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra Former Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Finance and Health Shaista Pervaiz Former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan Dr. Muhammad Farooq Sattar Member of the National Assembly & Senior Deputy Convenor of the Muttahida Quami Movement- Pakistan Dr. Nafisa Shah Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed Former Federal Minister for Information & Culture Dr. Rashid Amjad Director, Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Lahore School of Economics Dr. Luay Shabaneh Representative of the United Nations Population Fund in Pakistan H.E. Rahmat Hindiarta Kusuma Charge’D Affaires, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia Raza Rabbani Former Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Dr. Maleeha Lodhi Former Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Dr. Malik Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath Minister of State for National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination Shahnaz Wazir Ali Former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan Dr. Aneela Mahfooz Durrani Secretary, Population Welfare Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shakeel Qadir Khan Chief Secreatry Balochistan Javaid Ali Manwa Member of the Provincial Assembly of Gilgit-Baltistan Khawaja Imran Nazir Minister for Health & Population Welfare, Punjab Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho Minister for Health & Population Welfare, Sindh Raja Muhammad Razzaque Former Secretary, Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Nadia Saquib Secretary, Health & Population Department, Punjab Dr. Qibla Ayaz Member of the Shariat Apellate Bench, Supreme Court Maulana Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabeer Azad Chairman, Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Advocate Humaira Masihuddin Scholar & Legal Expert on Islamic Jurisprudence Dr. Ali Mohammad Mir Senior Director, Population Council Allama Dr. Raghib Hussain Naeemi Chairman, Counicl of Islamic Ideology Ataullah Tarar Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mufti Zubair Ashraf Usmani Vice President, Jamia Dar ul Uloom Senator Sherry Rehman Member of the Senate Arif Hasan Architect & Planner, Chairman of the Urban Resource Centre Barrister Murtaza Wahab Mayor Karachi & Chairman, Karachi Water & Sewerage Corporation Sahar Suleman Pathfinder Umm e Laila Azhar Chairperson, National Commission on the Status of Women Tahera Hasan Lawyer & CEO, Imkaan Welfare Shamama Tul Amber Arbab Chairperson, Pakistan Stone Development Company Madiha Latif Vice President Strategic Engagement and Innovation, Pathfinder Dr. Yasmeen Sabih Qazi CEO, QZ Catalyst Ayesha Leghari Country Director for Pakistan, Population Services International Tahira Abdullah Development Researcher-Practitioner, Rights Defender Sharjeel Memon Senior Minister for Transport, Mass Transit and Information, Governemnt of Sindh Azma Bukhari Minister for Information and Culture, Punjab Mosharraf Zaidi Prime Minister’s Spokesperson for Foreign Media Arifa Noor Senior Journalist Muhammad Sohail Afridi Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa comments Join our Whatsapp Channel Add Dawn as a trusted source
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