- Pakistan Institute of International Affairs
The Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA) (
Urdu : ادارہ بین الاقوامی اُمور پاکستان) is anon-profit ,non-governmental organization based inKarachi whose mission is to analyse and promote the understanding of major international issues and .History
PIIA was founded in 1947 in Karachi in affiliation with the
Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), London, and theInstitute of Pacific Relations ,New York . The formal inauguration by thePrime Minister of Pakistan ,Liaquat Ali Khan took place on 26 March 1948. The draft memorandum of the PIIA was considered and approved on 28 September 1948. Housed first in the Intelligence School on Queen's Road, the PIIA later moved to Frere Hall and thence, in 1955 (when the Institute's building was completed), to its present location on Aiwan-e-Sadar Road. [http://www.piia.org.pk]tanding
The PIIA stands high in ranking of research institutes specially in the context of Pakistan. Besides other famous personalities and renowned scholars from around the world, PIIA members have also been addressed by several heads of states and government from around the world including
Prof .Arnold J. Toynbee , Mr. JusticePotter Stewart of theUS Supreme Court and Mr. Justice Philip C. Jessup of theICJ ; statesmen such asPrime Minister S.W.R.D.Bandaranaike ofSri Lanka ,Clement Attlee ,Henry Kissinger andRalph Bunche ,Richard Nixon ,Sutan Sjahrir ofIndonesia ; and national leaders such as Prime MinisterLiaquat Ali Khan ,President Ayub Khan , Prime MinisterZulfikar Ali Bhutto , PresidentGeneral Zia-ul-Haq , Prime MinisterBenazir Bhutto ,Chief Justice of Pakistan JusticeSyed Sajjad Ali Shah ,Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri ,Admiral Afzal Tahir and President GeneralPervez Musharraf . [http://www.piia.org.pk]Objectives
The institute is a nonofficial, nonpartisan, nonprofit body. Its objectives are to encourage and facilitate an understanding of international affairs, and of the conditions and attitudes of foreign countries and their peoples; and to promote the scientific study of international politics, economics and jurisprudence.
Areas of research
Foreign relations and diplomacy, security and defense, development studies, economic issues, political issues. Conflict Resolution, Human Rights, Armament, Disarmament and Dynamics of Security in the World.
Funding sources
Self generated. Rental income (80%), membership fees (3%), sales of publications(3%). Does not accept contract research. Budget (2000): USD 47,430.
taff
Twenty three ( 21 male, 4 females ), including five in research, two professional librarians, and 18 among administrative staff members.
"Executive Officers"
* KHAN, Fatehyab Ali (Chairman)
* JAFRI, S. A. Minam (Secretary)Senior Research Officers
* NOOR, Sanam (South Asia, Comprehensive Security)
* SHAH, Syed Mohammad Ali (Terrorism; US Foreign Policy)Research Officers
* ALI, Fizzah
* KHAN, Shahnawaz M.Assistant Librarian:
* HAMEED,UzmaPeriodicals
"Pakistan Horizon", founded in 1948 is the oldest research journal of international affairs on the Indian sub-continent. (English, quarterly, exchange/subscription)
Library: 30,557 books, 225 periodicals.
Research findings
All accessible. Some recent titles of Pakistan Horizon include:Kashmir (April 2003); Pakistan-India Relations (July 2004); Afghanistan after 9/11 (January 2006), Pakistan's Foreign Policy Analysis (April 2007), Challenges to Global Security (July 2007, Women's Concerns in International Relations (October 2007)and Founding Members' Number (January-April 2008).
Former research officers
* Ambassador Karamatullah K. Ghori
*Zubeida Mustafa
* Prof. Dr. Naveed Ahmed Tahir
* Prof. Dr.Moonis Ahmar
* Prof. Dr. Sheikh Mutahir Ahmed
* Tehmina Memood
* Samina Ahmed
* Nausheen Wasi
* Nabiha GulHead of Research
* Dr.Masuma Hasan ee also
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Think tank
*Institute of Policy Studies (Pakistan) External links
* [http://www.piia.org.pk Pakistan Institute of International Affairs]
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