USM, PENANG, 5 November 2016 – The High Commissioner of Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Malaysia, HE Syed Hassan Raza will give a public talk entitled ‘Economic Development and CPEC Cooperation between Pakistan and China: Opportunities for other Countries’ on Tuesday, 8 November 2016, beginning at 2.30 p.m. in the Dewan Persidangan Universiti (DPU), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).

Syed Hassan will discuss the importance of the cooperation between China and Pakistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and how it would pave the way for economic development in both countries, and its impact on other countries in Asia.

Syed Hassan, who hails from Lahore, Pakistan, assumed his responsibilities as High Commissioner of Pakistan to Malaysia on 27 February 2014. Prior to that, he served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to Qatar from April 2013 to February 2014.

He graduated from University of the Punjab Pakistan with a Bachelor of Arts (1983), Bachelor of Laws (1986) and Master of Arts in Political Science (1988).

The public lecture, organised by USM Division of Academic and International Affairs, is open to the campus community and members of the public, and is expected to attract the academic staff and international students from Pakistan.

Translation: Tan Ewe Hoe