General Session 8: The Ideology of Population Balance
Time: 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
- Session Chair: Attaullah Tarar, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting
- Keynote Address: Allama Dr. Muhammad Raghib Hussain Naeemi, Chairman, Council of Islamic Ideology
- Panel Moderator: Dr. Ali Mohammad Mir, Senior Director, Population Council
- Panelist: Mufti Zubair Ashraf Usmani, Vice President, Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi
- Panelist: Dr. Qibla Ayaz, Member of the Shariat Appellate Bench, Supreme Court
- Panelist: Maulana Syed Muhammed Abdul Khabeer Azad, Chairman, Ruet-e-Hilal Committee
- Panelist: Adv. Humaira Masihuddin, Scholar & Legal Expert on Islamic Jurisprudence
General Session 9: Population Challenges for a Highly Urbanised Pakistan in 2050
Time: 10:35 AM – 11:05 AM
- Video Interview: Arif Hasan, Architect and Urban Planner, Chairman of the Urban Resource Centre, in conversation with Sahar Suleman (Pathfinder International)
- Ayesha Leghari Country Director in Pakistan, Population Services International in converstion with Barrister Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui, Mayor Karachi & Chairman, Karachi Water & Sewerage Corporation
Tea Break
Time: 11:05 AM – 11:15 AM
General Session 10: Empowering Women and Their Choices
Time: 11:20 AM – 11:50 AM
- Session Chair & Keynote Address: Umm e Laila Azhar, Chairperson, National Commission on the Status of Women
- Panel Moderator: Tahera Hasan, Lawyer & CEO of Imkaan Welfare
- Panelist: Shamama Tul Amber Arbab, Former President, Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry
- Panelist: Tahira Abdullah, Development Researcher-Practitioner, Rights Defender
- Panelist: Madiha Latif, Vice President Strategic Engagement and Innovation, Pathfinder
- Panelist: Ayesha Leghari, Country Director in Pakistan, Population Services International
- Panelist: Dr. Yasmeen Sabih Qazi, Chief Executive Officer, QZ Catalyst
General Session 11: Are Information Ministries Able to Influence Pakistan’s Optimum Population Narrative?
Time: 12:20 PM – 1:05 PM
- Session Chair & Panel Moderator: Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Former Minister for Information & Culture
- Video Message: Azma Zahid Bokhari, Minister of Punjab for Information and Culture
- Video Message: Sharjeel Inam Memon, Senior Minister of Sindh for Information, Transport & Mass Transit
- Panelist: Shafi Ullah Jan, Special Assistant to the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Information and Public Relations
- Panelist: Mosharraf Zaidi, Prime Minister’s Spokesperson for Foreign Media
- Panelist: Arifa Noor, Senior Journalist, Print and TV
General Session 12 A: The Intersection of Population and Climate Change
Time: 1:10 PM – 1:20 PM
Keynote Address: Mr. Musadik Masood Malik , Federal Minister, Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination
Closing General Session 12: Balancing Population and Economic Growth- Reports from the Provinces
Time: 1:25 PM – 1:45 PM
- Session Chair: Dr. Ishrat Husain, Senior Advisor at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
- Keynote Address: Hamed Yaqoob Sheikh, Federal Secretary, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination
- Video Message: Syed Murad Ali Shah, Chief Minister of Sindh
- Comments by: Dr. Ishrat Husain, Senior Advisor at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
- Video Message: Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti, Chief Minister of Balochistan
- Comments by: Dr. Ishrat Husain, Senior Advisor at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
- Video Message: Muhammad Sohail Khan Afridi, Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Comments by: Dr. Ishrat Husain, Senior Advisor at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
- Closing Remarks: Dr. Ishrat Husain, Senior Advisor at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)