Chairman IPS at MARSEW-6
Chairman IPS Khalid Rahman was invited to attend the Maritime Security Workshop 2023 (MARSEW-6), which was hosted and arranged by Pakistan Navy War College (PNWC) with the theme of ‘Secure Seas – Prosperous Pakistan’, from December 6-14, 2023.
The sixth workshop of the series provided an opportunity to its participants to interact with academia, experts and decision makers relevant to maritime security and blue economy, besides witnessing events at sea as well as operational visits to creeks and coastal areas.
The 9-day workshop included three days academic session at PNWC, a day’s visit to Naval Headquarters, Islamabad, and four day field trip to Karachi, Gwadar, Ormara and Creeks Area.
The workshop also featured a launch of Maritime Security: Challenges and Responses in a Changing World, authored by Vice Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Rao (retd) and recently published by IPS Press, the publishing arm of Institute of Policy Studies.
The workshop finally concluded in Lahore with the Maritime Policy Formulation Exercise proffering recommendations for harnessing the blue economy potential of Pakistan.
