The largest platform for policy debate and dialogue about Pakistan and the Pakistani diaspora in North America, jointly convened by Georgetown University’s South Asia Society and the Pak Futures Foundation. | November 15, 2025 | Georgetown University, Washington DC
The Georgetown Pakistan Public Policy Conclave (GP3C) is more than just a conference. It’s a platform for collective engagement with the policies that influence our community’s future, both here in the US as well as in Pakistan. The inaugural GP3C is a first-of-its-kind forum designed to reimagine Washington’s diplomacy and public health agendas by centering informed, forward-looking discourse on Pakistan and the Pakistani-American diaspora. GP3C seeks to bridge the gap between policy makers, academics, experts, influencers and prominent diaspora voices to foster conversations that matter, not only for Pakistan’s development but for the evolving role of 1.4 million Pakistani-Americans in shaping that narrative.
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Pakistani Diplomat & Former Ambassador to the UN, U.S. & UK
Topic: Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Challenges in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape
Journalist, Author, Columnist & National Security Expert.
Topic: Why the World is Becoming Unsafe: Media Freedom and the Crisis of Governance
Journalist, Author, Geo-Strategist & Former Cabinet Minister
Topic: How Pakistan is Navigating Global Relations in the Age of Turbulence & Transformation
Former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development
Wajahat S. Khan
Emmy-nominated Journalist, Bestselling Author and CEO Pak Futures Foundation
Shahaan Shafi
Co-Founder & Student, Georgetown School of Health
Amb. Maleeha Lodhi
Pakistani Diplomat & Former Ambassador to the UN, U.S. & UK
Hamid Mir
Journalist, Author, Columnist & National Security Expert
Dr. Adil Najam (M)
Dean Emeritus at Pardee School, Boston University & WWF President
Ahmad Rafay Alam
Environmental Lawyer, Activist & Founding Partner at Saleem, Alam & Co.
Dr. Erum Sattar
Faculty in Sustainable Water Management at Tufts University
Dr. Junaid Abdul Razzak
Vice Chair of Research & Professor of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine
Uzair Younus (M)
Chief Product Officer, The Asia Group AI
Junaid Iqbal
Founder & CEO Salt Ventures
Kalsoom Lakhani
Co-founder & General Partner, i2i Ventures, Pakistan's first female VC founder
Miftah Ismail
Former Federal Minister of Finance, Pakistan
Taimur Saleem Jhagra
Former Provincial Minister for Health & Finance, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Dr. Sarah Kureshi (M)
Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Georgetown University School of Medicine
Ayaan Sohail
Medical Student, Former D1 NCAA Athlete & Social Media Influencer
Dr. Humeraa Qamar
President of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA)
Dr. Omar Atiq
Distinguished Oncologist, Former President of the American College of Physicians
Dr. Saud Anwar
Connecticut State Senator, Deputy President Pro Tempore
Mehlaqa Samdani (M)
Human Rights Advocate & Executive Director, Community Alliance for Peace and Justice
Dr. Adil Najam
Dean Emeritus at Pardee School, Boston University & WWF President
Sadaf Jaffer
Former Mayor Montgomery Township New Jersey & Representative NJ General Assembly
Sahar Habib Ghazi
Multimedia Journalist and Community Builder
Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, HuffPost
Sabrina Siddiqui
National Politics Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Wajahat Ali
Columnist, Public Speaker & Author
Wajahat S. Khan
Emmy-nominated Journalist, Bestselling Author & CEO Pak Futures Foundation
Dr. Rashid Chotani (M)
Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
Dr. Ali S. Khan
Dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar
CEO of Global Health Strategists & Implementers
Dr. Syra Madad
Epidemiologist, Chief Biopreparedness Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals
Michael Kugelman (M)
Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Asia Pacific Foundation Canada
Kamran Bokhari
Senior Director, New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy
Mustafa Hyder Sayed
Executive Director, Pakistan-China Institute & Advisor for the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI)
Sahar Khan
Independent Analyst & Former Research Fellow, Cato Institute
Tamanna Salikuddin
Senior Advisor on Indo-Pacific Defense, Cambridge Global Advisors & Adjunct Senior Fellow, CNAS
Mareyba Fawad (M)
Federal Health Policy Professional at Acumen LLC, Head Delegate at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
Dr. Amna Qayuum
Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia, Fellow at Georgetown's Faith & Global Health Initiative
Maheen Ghani
Psychotherapist, Writer & Mental Health Advocate
Dr. Sohail Agha
Founder of the Behavioral Insights Lab, Former Senior Program Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta
Founding Director of the Center of Excellence in Women & Child Health, Agha Khan University (AKU)
Roshaan Wasim (M)
Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP & Managing Editor of the Columbia Law Review
Asher A. Qazi
Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Capital Markets) & Former Clerk at the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Manar Waheed
Seasoned Civil Rights Attorney & Policy Expert
Judge Zia M. Faruqui
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for D.C.
Wajahat S. Khan (M)
Emmy-nominated Journalist, Bestselling Author & CEO Pak Futures Foundation
Aqil Shah
Professor at Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Hamid Mir
Journalist, Author, Columnist & National Security Expert
Raza Rumi
Author, Journalist & Lecturer City University Of New York
Taimur Saleem Jhagra
Former Provincial Minister for Health & Finance, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Yumna Rizvi
Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Victims of Torture in Washington, D.C
Zulfikar Bukhari
Former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development
Amna Khilji (M)
Deputy Chair & COO Pak Futures Foundation
Rai Hasen Masoud Kharal
Co-Founder & Student, Georgetown School of Foreign Services
Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed
Journalist, Author, Geo-Strategist & Former Cabinet Minister
Amna Khilji (M)
Deputy Chair & COO Pak Futures Foundation
Amb. Rizwan Saeed Sheikh
Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States
Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed
Journalist, Author, Geo-Strategist & Former Cabinet Minister
