'Regional connectivity a must for peace'.

LAHORE -- Chairman of the Senate Defence Committee Mushahid Hussain Syed has said that the regional connectivity is the need of the hour for peace and prosperity in south and central Asia.

He was online addressing the concluding ceremony of three-day international conference on 'Central and South Asia Re-connected' organised by Punjab University Department of History and Pakistan Studies in collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

PU VC Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood, Regional Director Southeast Asia Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Dr Ellino Zeino, Chairman Department of History Prof Dr Mahboob Hussain, researchers and a large number of students were present.

Mr Syed said Pakistan could play a positive role to bring connectivity due to its strategic location. He said the people could be able to understand the problems of regional connectivity through this conference.

The scholars unanimously recommended in the conference that the region of South Asia has lagged behind in human and social development due to...