Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR) in collaboration with the Office of Forums and Events organized a panel discussion on the “US Presidential Elections 2024 and its implications for Pakistan” at Hakeem Saeed Seminar Hall in the University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore, on September 27, 2024.
Moderated by Chairman DPSIR Dr Muhammad Usman Askari, the panel discussion featured Pakistan’s Former Ambassador to the United States Sardar Masood Khan, Senior Journalist-cum-Political analyst Suhail Warraich, Senior Journalist Fahad Hussain, Professor of Practice at DPSIR Lt General Javed Hassan (Retd) and two Pakistani American Businessmen including Shahid Ahmed Khan and Tahir Javed as panelists. The event was attended by faculty of various departments and students at UMT.
On the occasion, panelists shared their insights over the chequered history of Pak-US relations, available prospects with Pakistan for redefining its relations with the US in the wake of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, growing Pak-China relationship in the backdrop of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), rising US-China rivalry in pursuit of global power and strategic partnership developing between India and the US to counter China’s rise in the region. In the panel discussion, many panelists were of the view that the results of the current presidential elections in the US will not bring a drastic change in the US policy towards Asia; however, Pakistan needs to be proactive in developing a multifaceted relationship with the US for the attainment of its interests amidst changing regional and global political landscape.
The panel discussion was followed by a Q&A session. Later, Chairman DPSIR Dr Muhammad Usman Askari thanked all the panelists for their participation in the panel discussion. All the panelists were awarded with souvenirs.