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Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Federal Minister for Privatisation & Investment
arrived today at London to attend two-day Wilton Park Conference on South
Asian Regional Economic Cooperation (SAREC) opening from October 11, 2004,
says a message received from London.
The conference aims to build on agenda for accelerating South Asian Regional
Economic Cooperation adopted at the landmark 12th SAARC Summit hosted by
Pakistan. The conference will discuss the implementation of the commitments
made at the Summit and the attendant challenges. The conference agenda is
devised in association with the leading think-tank, the South Asian Centre for
Policy Studies (SACEPS).
It will bring together more than 50 participants from government, corporate
sector, policy institutes, international organizations and financial media.
Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh will deliver his keynote address in the opening
session. Wilton Park is an academically independent agency of Foreign and
Commonwealth Office (FCO). The conference is being held at Wiston House, a
sixteenth century English country House near London. The conference will
conclude on October 12, 2004.