Staff Reporter
CPEC would remain an important driver for economic policies environment for the future years. The project is set to make major contributions to Pakistan’s economy by connecting the distant production hubs to the country’s ports. Mr. Bruno Macaes, Senior Advisor at Flint Global and a former Europe Minister of Portugal, explored various dynamics of BRI relating to the economic, commerce and geo-political aspects of this grand project, during his lecture at COMSATS Secretariat Islamabad. The author of ‘The Dawn of Eurasia: On the Trail of the New World Order’, Mr. Macaesis the author of several books on international affairs.
The lecture was jointly organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) and Global Think Tank Network (GTTN) under a Distinguished Guest Lecture Series. The lecture was attended by a number of officials from academia, COMSATS Secretariat and GTTN, including Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi, Executive Director COMSATS; Mr. Owais Ahmad Ghani, Former Governor for Balochistan& KPK; Dr. Shoaib Suddle, Pakistan’s Former Federal Tax Ombudsman; and Dr. Akram Sheikh, Chairman of the Board – GTTN and former Federal Minister/Deputy Chairman Planning Commission of Pakistan.
