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Media Workshop on

Enhancing the role of Media in Security Issues

Arranged by: South Asian Strategic Stability Institute London (SASSI)

on 19th January 2007 at Hotel Holiday Inn Islamabad.

 

9:00-9:30 am              Registration:

 

9:30-11:00 am            Session I

Role of Media in Armed conflict and the Emerging concepts

 

                                    Nuclear Debate

Ms. Maria Sultan

Director SASSI (London)

 

Nuclear Debate :Definitions and their Applicability

Dr. Noman Sattar

 

Missile Regime and the Emerging Debates: Case study of Indo US Deal

Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Associate Professor

Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.

 

11:00-11:30 AM        Question Answer Session

 

11:30-11:45                Tea Break

 

11:45-1.00PM            Session II

 

The Nuclear Debate and the South Asian Politics

Dr. Tanvir Ahmed Khan

Former Foreign Secretary

Government of Pakistan

 

                                    Deterrence and the Deterrence Debate

Dr Zafar Iqbal Cheema

Dean of Social Sciences

Quaid-e- Azam University, Islamabad.

12:30-1:00 PM           Questions & Answers

 

1:00-2:00 PM             Lunch Break

 

2:00-3:15 PM             Session III

 

Nuclear Export Control Pakistan’s Experience

Nazir Hussain

Former DG Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

Issues of Sensitivities/Secrecy :Case study of the long road to Chagai Shaid-Ur-Rehman
 

2:45-3:15 PM             Questions & Answers

 

3:15-3:30PM              Session Break

 

3:30-4: 15 PM            Session -IV

 

Panel Discussion:

Experience of journalists working on Security issues and War reporting: Behind the Scenes

 

Mr. Imitiaz Gul

(VOG)

 

Hamid Mir

Bureau Chief, GEO Television, Islamabad.

 

Sarwar Munir Rao

Director News, Pakistan Television Corporation Ltd.

 

4:15-4:30PM              Questions & Answers

 

4:30-5:15                    Panel Discussion:

Experience of Foreign Journalists Working on Security Issues

 

Mr. Baker Atyani

Bureau Chief (MBC:Al- Arabia)

 

Mr. Gretchen Peters (ABC)

 

Ms. Barbara Plett

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

 

5:15-5:30                    Questions & Answers

 

5:30-6:00 PM             FINAL SESSION

 

Key Note Address

 

Mr. Muhammad Ali Durrani

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting

 

Concluding Remarks : Director SASSI

 

6:00 PM          Certificate Distribution by federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting

 

Tea

 

 

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Director: Ms. Maria Sultan
maria.sultan@sassu.org.uk

Programme Manager: Mr Nick Robson
nick.robson@sassu.org.uk

Tel no: 0845 003 0864