July 09; PILDAT organized Discussion Forum on The U.S. Rebalance to Asia: Whither Pakistan in Islamabad. Mr. Ziad Haider, a Washington based Senior Attorney on National Security matters, was the keynote speaker at the Forum.

Mr. Ashraf Jahangir Qazi, Former Ambassador, and Dr. Moeed Pirzada, Senior Journalist/ Anchor, were the lead discussants in the Forum while experts on Foreign policy issues, academia, former ambassadors and members of PILDAT Dialogue Group on Civil Military Relations were present at the Forum.

Few prominent personalities who participated in the Forum included Mr. Riaz Khokhar, Former Secretary Foreign Affairs, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Talat Masood, Former Secretary Defence, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Arif Bangash, Former Governor KP, Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Athar Abbas, Former DG ISPR, Mr. Tasneem Noorani, Former Federal Secretary, Ambassador (Retd.) Gul Haneef, Chairman, Institute of Strategic Studies, Ambassador (Retd.) Ali Sarwar Naqvi, Executive Director, CISS, Mr. Ayaz Wazir, Former Ambassador, Mr. Asif Ezdi, Former Ambassador, Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, Director School of Politics and IR, Quaid-e-Azam University, Dr. Mumtaz Ahmed, Vice President Academics, International Islamic University, Dr. Muhammad Islam, Dean, Iqra University, Dr. Noor ul Haq, Acting President, Islamabad Policy Institute, Col. Dr. Muhammad Khan, Head of IR Department, NDU, Dr. Rashid Aftab, Director, Riphah Institute of Public Policy and Dr. Amna Mahmood, Professor, Department of Politics and IR. Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, President PILDAT, moderated the Forum.