Saturday 29 May, 2004

8:30 – 9:45

Registration: outside Sayeed Saigol Auditorium

9:45 – 11:00

Inaugural Session:

Intro: Mehvesh Mumtaz Ahmed, Department of Economics, LUMS

1. Syed Zahoor Hassan, Vice-Chancellor, LUMS

2. Tariq Hassan, Chairman, Securities and Exchange   Commission of Pakistan

3. Syed Babar Ali, Pro-Chancellor, LUMS

11:00 – 11:30

Tea – Executive Dining

11:30 – 1:00

Second Session:
Corporate Governance Structure and Performance

Chair:  Anjum Nasim, Professor of Economics, LUMS

3. Group Affiliation, Firm Performance and Corporate Governance in Pakistan: Evidence from the Textile Sector – Syed Ali Asjad Naqvi and Atif Ikram, Lahore University of Management Sciences

1:00 – 2:00

Lunch – Executive Dining

2:00 – 3:30

Third Session:
Corporate Governance Profile and Challenges to Rule Making

Chair:  Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Adjunct Faculty, LUMS & Corporate Lawyer

1. Regulatory Impact Assessment of SECP’s Corporate Governance Code in Pakistan – Rasul Bukhsh Rais, Lahore University of Management Sciences and Asif Saeed, Government College University, Lahore

2. Mergers and the Rights of Minority Shareholders in Pakistan – Sikander Ahmed Shah, Lahore University of Management Sciences

3:30 – 4:00

Afternoon Tea – Executive Dining

4:00 – 5:30

Fourth Session:
Panel Discussion on Corporate Social Responsibility

Chair:   Mian Altaf Saleem, Crescent Group & Former Federal Minister for Privatization

1. Onder Yucer, Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme

2. Ambreen Waheed, Executive Director, Responsible Business Initiative

3. Zaffar A. Khan, Chairman, Board of Directors, PTCL/ Director, Engro Chemical Pakistan Limited

8:00 – 9:30

Dinner – Executive Dining

9:30 – 11:00

Fifth Session:
Panel Discussion on Transparency in Corporate Reporting

Chair:   Khalid Jawaid Chaudhary, Chairman, Medipak Pharmaceutical Co.  & Former President of Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry

1. Catherine Martens Malik, Former Director, Schroder Investment Management, UK

2. Mujahid Eshai, President, Institute of Chartered   Accountants of Pakistan

3. Nasim Beg, Chief Executive, Arif Habib Investments

11:00 – 11:30

Tea – Executive Dining

11:30 – 1:00

Sixth Session:
CG Profile and Performance of Commercial Banks

Chair: Syed Mubashir Ali, Associate Dean, LUMS Business School

1. Corporate Governance of Banks in Pakistan: A Profile – Ahmed M. Khalid, Bond University, Australia, and Muhammad Nadeem Hanif, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad

2. Evolution of Financial Reporting and its Determinants in Pakistan – Junaid Ashraf, LUMS Business School and Waqar I. Ghani, Saint Joseph’s University, USA

1:00 – 2:00

Lunch – Pepsi Dining Centre

2:00 – 3:30

Seventh Session:
Privatization and Corporate Governance

Chair:  Ali Cheema, Department of Economics, LUMS

1. Privatization of Millat Tractors and Corporate Governance – Sadf Asir, LUMS and Naim Sipra, LUMS Business School

3:30 – 4:00

Tea – Executive Dining

4:00 – 5:15

Eighth Session:
SEC-UNDP Lecture on Corporate Governance

Chair: Abid A. Burki, Director, Centre for Management and Economic Research, LUMS

Speaker: Philip N. Pillai, Director Monetary Authority of Singapore and Senior Partner ShookLin & Bok, Singapore

5:15 – 5:30

Vote of Thanks:  Abid Burki, LUMS & Jaweria Ather, SECP

Conference Convener:

Dr. Abid A. Burki

Centre for Management and Economic Research & Department of Economics

Lahore University of Management Sciences, Opp. Sector ‘U’, DHA, Lahore Cantt., Lahore.

Phone: 042 5722670 – 79, Extn.2248; Fax: 042 5722591; E-mail: burki@lums.edu.pk

Secretarial Support:
Phone: 5722670 – 79, Extn.: 4222, 2242, 2249