Only Kashmir News Desk
Srinagar, Business School, SSM College of Engineering Parihaspora, Pattan, Baramulla, Thursday organized a seminar titled “In pursuit of Peace and Harmony. The chief guest for the session was veteran Track II Diplomat and the founder and chairman of the “Centre for Peace and Progress” Mr. O.P. Shah, who on the occasion enlightened the audience on the necessity of peace and stability in any country’s economic success.
Chairman SSM College of Engineering, Dr. Qazi Shabir, Vice-Chairperson Qazi Dilafrose, Principal SSM College, Principal SSM Polytechnic, Registrar of the College, and other prominent dignitaries, and students attended the seminar.
The formal welcome address was given by Prof. (Dr.) N.A Shah, Registrar of the College, while the formal vote of thanks was presented by Dr. Sajad Hussain Din, Principal of the College.
On the occasion, a book edited by Mr. O.P Shah titled “In Pursuit of Peace: Improving Indo-Pak Relations” was also formally released. The book has views and opinions of prominent personalities of South Asia, including former vice president of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Abdul Basit, former high commissioner of Pakistan to India, Ashok Bhan, A. S. Dulat, Abdul Rehman Malik, prominent Pakistani politician, Farooq Abdullah, Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, A.M. Watali, Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, Mani Shankar Aiyar, M. M. Ansari, Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami, I. D. Khajuria, Syed Nazir Gilani, Hamid Mir, Salman Khurshid, Talat Masood, Yashwant Sinha, Bilal Bashir Bhat, Sudheendra Kulkarni, Javed Jabbar, and others.
Pertinently, O.P Shah has a vast experience in diplomacy; he had been a frequent visitor to Kashmir for the last three decades. His main works in Kashmir and New Delhi is conducting seminars, conferences, webinars, and meetings with the participation of different opinions of people. He is perhaps the only diplomat who engaged himself in diplomacy in Kashmir post-Abrogation of Article 370, at a time when most of the frequent diplomats/activists from outside Kashmir proffered to remain out of the picture.
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