PM to inaugurate Islamabad Security Dialogue on Wednesday.

ISLAMABAD: The National Security Division (NSD) is all set to host its first-ever security dialogue with an aim to define the country's new strategic direction in line with Prime Minister Imran Khan's vision of peace, regional connectivity and development partnerships with the world.

Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the two-day (March 17-18) conference called Islamabad Security Dialogue and the Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa will be the keynote speaker on the second day of the conference in which top scholars and diplomats would also participate. The summit being held in Islamabad will be live-streamed to reach a wider audience.

The unique venture aims to bring together global and local intelligentsia to debate Pakistan's critical national security issues, and generate ideas to work towards combined solutions to complex challenges. One of the key objectives of the forum is to include and engage the country's influential research institutes in policymaking on domestic and international issues. The idea of transforming the think tanks into policy hubs is to help make informed policy decisions. The dialogue also aims to help bridge the divide between university researchers and policymakers.

The National Security Division (NSD) is organising the Islamabad...