Sessions planned for dialogue on peace, media and development
May 22 to 24, 1999

Venue: Press Club,

May 22, 1999 (Saturday)

Session 1: Inaugural Session 

(10:00 am)

  • Welcome address and objectives (Mohammad Tanveer)
  • Key Note Address (Rashed Rahman)
  • Madhavi Malagoda Ariyabandu (Sri Lanka)
  • Ruman Ehsan (PUJ)
  • Saqlain Imam (LPC)
Tea 11:00 am

Session 2: Challenges of Development 

(11:30 am  Lunch 1:30 p.m.)

  • Poverty, Growth and Governance 
(Second part: 2:30 p.m. to 5:30)
  • NGOs and scope of social change in Pakistan
  • Dynamics of Alternative Culture
  • Alternative development - applying the concept of appropriate technology in underdeveloped areas
Panelists:
  • Dr. Akmal Hussain, 
  • Sunethra (Sri Lanka), 
  • Dr. Arshed Waheed, 
  • Madhavi Malagoda Ariyabandu (Sri Lanka)
May 23, 1999 (Sunday)

Session 3: State and Media in Pakistan

(11:00 am)

  • Media-State relationship 
Panelists:
  • I A Rehman, 
  • Saqlain Imam 
Tea: 11:15 Lunch: 1:30 pm

Session 4: Social Role of Media

(2:30 pm to 5:30 pm)

  • Media Education 
  • Media responses to the neglected issues 
Panelists:
  • Prof. Mehdi Hasan, 
  • Aziz Mazhar 
May 24, 1999 (Monday)

Session 5: Peace and Conflict in South Asia

(10:00 am)

  • Cultural Roots of Conflict
  • Conflict Resolution
Panelists:
  • Azad Kausary, 
  • Amjad Bhatti 
Tea: 11:15 Lunch: 1:30

Session 6: Combating Sectarian Intolerance:

Peace strategies (2:30 pm.)

  • People's Mobilization & peace initiatives
  • Forms of violence and peace activism
Panelists:
  • Omar Asghar Khan, 
  • Beena Sarwar
Concluding Session
Rashed Rahman

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