Islamabad, December 11; PILDAT hosted a Roundtable Discussion with a visiting Chinese delegation and Pakistani experts on the developments in the region and Pak-China relations.

The Chinese delegation from the Guangzhu Association for International Friendly Contact, GAIFC included: Mr. Qiang Shen Dong, Vice President, GAIFC; Mr. Liu Guangjun, Director of International Study Centre, GAIFC; Mr. Leon Fang, Research Fellow, GAIFC; Mr. Li Mingbao, Research Fellow, GAIFC and Mr. Chen Tao, Research Fellow, GAIFC.

The Pakistani experts who participated in the roundtable discussion included: Lt. General (Retd.) Asad Durrani, Former Director General ISI / MI; Mr. Akram Zaki, Former Senator and former Secretary General of the Foreign Office; Professor Dr. Tahir Amin, Department of International Relations, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad; Mr. Javed Hafeez, Former Ambassador; Dr. Syed Qandil Abbas, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, International Islamic University Islamabad, Brig. (Retd.) Shaukat Qadir, Former Vice President IPRI and Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, Executive Director PILDAT.

The delegation expressed its keenness to continue the dialogue and interactions and cooperation with PILDAT.