Honourable Resource Persons, from left to right: Mr. Mohammad Sadiq, Mr. Shahid Malik, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Mr. Shahid Hamid, Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob and Mr. Zafar Mahmood

March 28; PILDAT delivered a One-Day Course on Public Policy and Political Parties for the leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.

Experts included Mr. Shahid Hamid, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court 
 who presented a political perspective of Policy Formulation & Political Parties, Mr. Mohammad Sadiq, Former Ambassador, and Mr. Zafar Mahmood, Former Chairman WAPDA, who presented a civil servant’s perspective of Policy Formulation & Political Parties, Mr. Shahid Malik, Former British Minister and Member of Parliament (2005-2010), who delivered a presentation on British Case Studies on Policy Development in Political Parties and Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Senior Leader of PML, who presented an academician cum practitioner’s perspective on the subject. An Overview of the course was presented by Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, President, PILDAT.

Representatives (listed in alphabetical order by last name) from the PML-N joining the course included:

Senator Javid Abbasi, Mr. Mehar Ishtiaq Ahmad, MNA, Mr. Danial Aziz, MNA, Lt. Gen. (R) Abdul Qadir Baloch, Federal Minister for SAFRON, Mr. Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Planning, Devlop. And Reforms, Barrister Zafarullah Khan, SAPM on Law and Justice. Dr. Shezra Mansab Ali Khan Kharl, MNA, Dr. Asif Kirmani, SAPM on Political Affairs, Senator Lt. Gen. (R) Abdul Qayyum, Mr. Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha, MNA, Senator Pervaiz Rasheed and Mr. Baligh ur Rehman, MOS for Education, Training & Standards in Higher Edu.

The course has been conceptualized, designed and delivered by PILDAT under the project titled Capacity Building of Political Parties to deliberate, analyse and formulate Public Policies for which it received financial support from the Australian Government.