CIMRAD organises book launch at Lahore School of Economics

LAHORE: Center on International Migration, Remittances, and Diaspora (CIMRAD) organized a Book launch ‘The Pakistani Diaspora: Corridors of Opportunity and Uncertainty’ at the Lahore School of Economics.The key guest speakers were Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry (Rector, Lahore School of Economics), Dr. Rashid Amjad (Professor of Economics, and Director of Center on International Migration, Remittances, and Diaspora, [CIMRAD]), Professor Dr. Nasra Shah from University of the Kuwait, and Professor Dr. Fareeha Zafar from Lahore School of Economics, Dr. Abdul Waheed (Representator of the World Bank), and the chief guest Dr. Ishrat Husain former governor of the State bank.

Dr. Ishrat Husain, the chief guest of the event, said that the book is being published at a time of mounting debate over the future of international migration and ensuing anxiety among migrants.He concluded by encouraging academics to focus on panel and primary data surveys to get more deeper instights into the scope of the migration and diaspora studies.

Dr. Shahid Amjad, Rector of the Lahore School of Economics, in his concluding remarks, suggested that Pakistan must develop safe and secure mechanisms to foster foreign investments and trade in Pakistan. ***