Journeying Beyond the West

Can Psychoanalysis Find New Roots in Pakistan?

April 12th–14th, 2025

This conference aims to explore the opportunities and challenges of a psychoanalytic thinking space in Pakistan while promoting psychoanalytic thinking
already occurring within the country.

Psychoanalysis has often been criticized for being Western-centric, promoting the notion of a universal subject while ignoring local knowledge and
perspectives. This critique, including an awareness of power dynamics and their effects on the psychic lives of individuals, is present in Europe and
America, too. A general disinterest in faith and religion in some of the most prominent schools of psychoanalysis has also contributed to its postcolonial
critique. However, psychoanalysis has played a significant role in postcolonial critical theory. Despite one of the most notable post-war British
psychoanalysts originating from Jhelum, Masud Khan, Pakistan still lacks widespread clinical application of psychoanalytic practice.

The goal of this conference is to bring together individuals with a shared interest in psychoanalysis to discuss both clinical and theoretical ideas relevant
to Pakistan and its diaspora, and what establishing psychoanalytic trainings may entail, inviting people to be part of an envisioning for future
developments in the field.
Table of Contents
Day 1: Saturday, April 12th (2025)................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Day 2: Sunday, April 13th (2025) .................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Day 3: Monday, April 14th (2025) .................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Concurrent Sessions ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Clinical Supervision Groups .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Student Symposium & Training ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 9

Speaker Bios ...............................................................................................................................................................................................11

Campus Map ..............................................................................................................................................................................................17
Guest House, Aga Khan University, and Tipu Sultan Road ............................................................................................................................18
Karachi .......................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Popular Tourist Attractions .........................................................................................................................................................................20
Conference Fee Payments ...........................................................................................................................................................................21
Play – Khawboon Ki Nautanki .....................................................................................................................................................................22
Visas ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................23
Restaurants & Food/Water .........................................................................................................................................................................24
ATM / Banking & Transportation ................................................................................................................................................................25
Important Security Information...................................................................................................................................................................26
Certificates & Contact Information ..............................................................................................................................................................27
Day 1: Saturday, April 12th (2025)

Time Event Speakers Title Location

9:30–10:00am Opening Duane Rousselle and Karkhana: D-Lab, 10th floor
Marta Bolognani Psychoanalysis in University Centre
Pakistan Aga Khan University
10:00–10:30am Key-note address Shameel Khan Navigating Between
Inhibitions and
Liberations as a Group
Analyst in the Land of
Pure
10:30–11:00am Q&A
11:00–11:30am Tea & Coffee D-Lab Pantry
10th Floor
11:30–12:00pm Religion and Psychoanalysis Abid Ali and Karishma Sufism and
(Panel) Iqbal Psychological Healing
in Psychoanalysis
12:00–12:30pm Ashis Roy (online) Unravelling a Hindu
Woman’s Desire for a
Muslim Man:
Exploring Identity in
Inter-faith Intimacy
12:30–1:00pm Q&A
1:00–2:30pm Lunch AKU Cafeteria
(Ground Floor, University
Center)
2:30–3:00pm Pakistani Declinations of Humera Saeed Cultivating
Psychoanalytic thinking Psychoanalytic
(Panel) Thinking through
Balint Groups
3:00–3:30pm Hajrah Rahman Holding and
Navigating through the
Psychoanalytic Frame
Within the Socio-
Cultural Context of
Pakistan

3:30–3:50pm Q&A
3:50–4.30pm Tea & Coffee D-Lab Pantry
10th Floor
4:30–5:00pm Training and Practice I Richard Mizen What is Psychology,
(Panel) What is Theology?
5.00–5:30pm Frank Rollier Psychoanalysis Versus
Psychotherapy
5:30–5.50pm Q&A
6:30–7:45pm Dean’s Dinner with Dr. (For Presenting Panelists
Stephen Lyon (AKU-FAS from Day 1 and Day 2)
Inaugural Dean)
8:30–9:45pm Theatre Performance Uzma Sabeen, dir. Khawabon ki Nautank AKU Main University
. Auditorium
Day 2: Sunday, April 13th (2025)

Time Event Speakers Title Location

9:30–10:00am Migrant Psych (Panel) Linda B. Hopkins The Eastern Masud D-Lab, 10th floor
(online) Khan University Centre
Aga Khan University
10:00–10:30am Nichola Khan Moving Relations in
French Migrant
Psychiatry

10:30–11:00am Q&A
11:00–11.30am Tea & Coffee D-Lab Pantry
10th Floor
11.30–12:00pm Training and Practice Frank Rollier Lacanian
II Psychoanalysis and
Non-Desire to Heal
12:00–12:30pm Women and Amina Liaquat Life Satisfaction and
Psychoanalysis (Panel) the Unspoken: A
Psychoanalytic Lens on
Muslim Women with
Functional
Neurological
Symptoms
12:30–1:00pm Fatemeh Ansarinejad The Impact of Cultural
Illusions in In-Person
and Tele-
Psychoanalysis
1:00–1:20pm Q&A
1:20–3:00pm Lunch AKU Cafeteria
(Ground Floor, University
Center)
3:00–3:30pm Training and Practice Kannan Navaratnem Clinical Theory and
III (Panel) Psychoanalytic
Attitude: Independent
Psychoanalytic
Perspectives on
Supervision

3:30–4:00pm Gary Winship Reflections on the

Global Development
of Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy
4:00–4:20pm Q&A
4:20–4:30pm Conference Stephen Lyon Concluding Remarks
Conclusions from the Dean of the
Faculty of Arts &
Sciences, Aga Khan
University
4:30-4:50pm Nicholas Sarra Concluding Remarks
Day 3: Monday, April 14th (2025)

Concurrent Sessions

Clinical Supervision Groups

9:30-11:00pm

Note: Those participating in the clinical supervision groups must indicate a supervisor of interest at the soonest. We will not
allow any more than ten participants per group.

Supervision Location
Marta Bolognani MPH 11-a
Duane Rousselle MPH 10-a
Richard Mizen MPH 10-b
Franck Rollier Floor 9 Boardroom
Gary Winship Floor 8 Boardroom
Shameel Khan MPH 11-b
 Student Symposium & Training

Time Event Speaker Title Location

11:00-11:20am Transgenerational Trauma in Sameen Salis Sociopolitical Trauma AKU-FAS
Pakistan and National Identity in D-Lab
Pakistan: A (Floor 10)
Psychoanalytical
Perspective on the
Nation’s Collective
Psyche
11:20-11:40am Mehar Khoja ‘Cutting Words, Hidden
Wounds’:
Transgenerational
Mocking, Teasing, and
Criticism or Taanebazi
11:40-12:00pm Discussion
12:00-12:20pm Freud & Lacan Esha Zaidi From Freud to Folklore:
Understanding the
Language and
Mythology of Dreams
Across Cultures
12:20-12:40pm Aisha Faheem Evolution in Hysteria
and Its Relevance in
Contemporary Pakistan
12:40-1:00pm Ayhan Murtaza Freud’s Archetypal
(online) Initiation
1:00-1:30pm Discussion
1:30-2:30pm Lunch AKU Cafeteria
(lunch is not provided
but can be purchased on
the ground floor)
2:40-3:00pm Experiences in Pakistan Aleezah Ali Loneliness, Identity, and
Transitional Phases
Among Urban Youth in
Pakistan
3:00-3:20pm Amna Adnan Beyond the Eurocentric
Lens: A Psychoanalytical
Exploration of
Ritualistic Mourning in
Pakistan
3:20-4:40pm Discussion
 Speaker Bios

Duane Rousselle, PhD, is a practicing Lacanian psychoanalyst in Karachi, Pakistan. He is Associate Dean of Research &
Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Aga Khan University. He is also a Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology
at the University College of Dublin, University College of Cork, and Nazarbayev University. He has published numerous books
and articles on psychoanalysis, is Associate Member of the European University Network of Psychoanalysis, Member of Istituto
Elvio Fachinelli (Institute of Advanced Studies in Psychoanalysis), on the editorial committee of the European Journal of Psychoanalysis
and The Lacanian Review. His latest two books are Negativity in Psychoanalysis: Theory & Practice (Routledge) and Psychoanalytic Sociology
(Bloosmbury). His current work focuses on psychoanalysis and institutions. He may be reached at [email protected]

Marta Bolognani is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice in Bristol (UK), Senior Lecturer on the psychoanalytic
doctorates at the University of Exeter and visiting faculty at the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Aga Khan University. Marta is a social
anthropologist by training and holds a doctorate in Sociology from the University of Leeds (UK). She was the coordinator of the
Pakistan Studies Group for many years and has published extensively on Pakistani Diaspora. She was Assistant Professor in
Anthropology at LUMS, Lahore, 2006-2008.

Dr. Shameel Khan is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He graduated from Dow Medical College in Karachi and completed his
postgraduate specialization in Psychiatry in England. His specialist training took place within the East of England Deanery,
covering the Cambridge, Suffolk, and Essex regions. He holds a Master’s degree in Foundations of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
from Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust/University of Essex, as well as a postgraduate diploma in group work from the Institute
of Group Analysis in the UK. Currently, he is training to become a group analyst and has also earned a postgraduate certificate in
Medical Leadership from Birkbeck College, University of London. Additionally, he serves as the President of the Balint Society of
Pakistan. Dr. Khan has extensive clinical experience in both outpatient and inpatient settings across diverse contexts in the UK
and Pakistan. His background in psychodynamic psychotherapy informs his special clinical and research interests in personality
disorders, trauma, and impulse control disorders. Academically, he explores the intersections of psychoanalytic, social, and cultural
schools of psychology. He has co-facilitated support groups for individuals with eating disorders in London and is currently
providing group psychotherapy services in Karachi. Furthermore, he serves as the deputy editor for the Journal of the Balint
Society in the UK.
Abid Ali is MPhil Scholar at Aga Khan University, Institute of educational development. He received a master’s degree in
mathematics with Philosophy and Psychology as subsidiary subjects. He is also a member of executive committee of Irtiqa institute
of social sciences, that works as a think tank and organizes seminars, conferences and other activities for developing a dynamic
and aware civil society.

Karisma Iqbal is a nursing graduate from Aga Khan University with extensive clinical experience and A qualified midwife, she
currently serves as a Clinical Preceptor in the mental health stream at Aga Khan University, where she mentors nursing students
in a psychiatry setting.

Humera Saeed is a Consultant Psychiatrist, Graduate of DOW from Karachi and trained as Psychiatrist from UK. I am a General
Adult and Geriatric Psychiatrist with Special interest in Perinatal and liaison Psychiatry. I have both in patient and community
expertise of over 20 years. I also had training in psychotherapy, so I am not just a medical model Psychiatrist. Balint is another
area of my expertise and I am an accredited Balint leader. I have been leading groups since last 4 years both in Pakistan and UK.
I am also part of Uk- based online leaders supervision groups. I also have experience of group work and have led and co -led
anxiety management groups. Currently, I have started a private practice, by name of Compassion Couch, psychiatry and therapy
Clinic, where I continue to offer both in person and online consultation. I also continue to lead Balint groups and have devised a
comprehensive internship program at my practice. Apart from Compassion Couch, I also do clinics at Synapse, Pakistan
neuroscience institute and Medicare, Cardiac and General Hospital.

Hajrah Rahman is MSc in Mental Health: Psychological Therapies from Queen Mary University of London. Presently, I am a
full-time undergraduate lecturer at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, and a Clinical Manager / Therapist at
Compassion Couch Psychiatry and Therapy Clinic. In addition to this, I have worked in organisations specialising in psychiatric
rehabilitation and illness management and recovery (IMR) in Pakistan and trained in Namaste Care for dementia from St. Joseph’s
Hospice in London.

Richard Mizen has worked as a psychotherapist for forty years and qualified as an analyst over thirty years ago. He trained
with the Society of Analytical Psychology where he is a training analyst. He has worked for the last eighteen years at the
University of Exeter and is an Associate Professor and Director of the Studies in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy portfolio of
programmes, part of the Psychology School, in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. He has designed and led several
programmes including the Doctor of Clinical Practice (Research), a training programme to enable clinicians to become
researchers and the Doctor of Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Clinical Practice programme that provides
British Psychoanalytic Council accredited clinical trainings to become either a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist or a
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. These programmes are designed and delivered in way that allows access to clinical and
research training from across the UK and Internationally. He has published widely and works as a consultant and clinical
supervisor to both trainee and qualified analysts and psychotherapists. He also consults to organisations. He supervises post -
graduate research at doctoral and master’s level and has acted as an External Examiner to both academic and clinical
programmes across the UK.

Frank Rollier is a psychoanalyst in private practice in France since 1985. He has a doctorate degree in psychiatry from the
University Paris VI, France. He is a member of the School of the Freudian Cause (ECF), member of the World Association of
Psychoanalysis (WAP) and Member of the New Lacanian School (NLS). Frank Rollier is also a professor at the Clinical Section
of Nice, and since 2007, President of the CPCT-Antibes, a French institution for mental health treatment of teenagers and clinical
support to their parents. Author of innumerous articles, Frank Rollier is constantly developing his knowledge according to the
challenges of contemporary clinic.

Uzma Sabeen obtained her master’s degree in English Literature, and also graduated from the National Academy of Performing
Arts (NAPA) with a focus on Theatre Direction. Her journey included valuable experience as an assistant director, collaborating
with renowned figures like Zia Mohyeddin. Her excellence in the field was acknowledged with the Pakistan Media Award in 2013
in the Best Theatre Category. Additionally, she holds certifications in Lighting Design and Pre-visualization from SILV, USA,
accompanied by a prestigious ‘Seal of Qualification’ from the same institute. She attended Master Classes in Theatre Direction in
New York. Uzma’s notable contributions extend to pioneering theatre productions for children in Karachi. Her plays have gained
widespread popularity among private and public schools, serving as a testament to her remarkable talent. Currently, she is actively
engaged in the field, making significant strides in both teaching and management capacities.
Linda B. Hopkins, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist and certified psychoanalyst who works in private practice in Washington, DC,
USA. She is on the teaching faculty at IPI (International Psychotherapy Institute) and IIPT (International Institute for
Psychoanalytic Training) in Bethesda, Maryland. For the past twenty-five years, she has been immersed in studying the Western
life of the Pakistani/Indian analyst Masud Khan, who lived throughout his analytic career in London. In addition to multiple
articles, she is the author of False Self: The Life of Masud Khan (New York: Other Press, 2006 and London: Karnac, 2008 and 2022) and
co-editor, along with Steven Kuchuck, PhD, of Diary of a Fallen Psychoanalyst: The Work Books of Masud Khan (London: Karnac, 2022).

Ashis Roy, PhD is a Psychoanalyst, IPS, IPA. He was Faculty and Psychoanalytic Therapist at Ambedkar University Delhi and is
presently faculty at CAPA - Chinese American Psychoanalytic Alliance where he teaches and trains Psychoanalytic Therapists. He
is interested in clinical and cultural psychoanalysis in South Asia. His book Intimate Hindu-Muslim Relationships: A Psychoanalytic
Exploration of the Self and the Other (Yoda Press) was published in 2024.

Amina Liaquat is an applied psychologist, clinical supervisor, and humanistic integrative therapist with over a decade of
experience in the mental health field. She specializes in inner child work, intergenerational trauma, attachment styles, and complex
relationship patterns, integrating modalities such as transactional analysis, gestalt therapy, play therapy, CBT for psychosis, and the
Gottman method for couples counseling. Amina is deeply passionate about helping women, particularly in her country, where
mental health remains a taboo and many issues are often repressed. Her personal philosophy is to "just be"—to show up
authentically, integrate realness with theoretical knowledge, and never lose a sense of humor. She believes therapists can only take
their clients as far as they have gone themselves, emphasizing the importance of personal growth and self-work as essential to
effective therapy.

Fatemeh Ansari Nejad, PhD is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Clinical
Practice (DPPClinPrac) at the University of Exeter, UK. She holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Tehran University of
Science and Culture and a Master’s degree in Family Therapy Psychology from Shahid Beheshti University, where she consistently
ranked among the top students. Over the past decade, Dr. Ansari Nejad has founded and managed the Antigone Clinic in Tehran,
Iran, where she provides psychoanalytic psychotherapy services under supervision. Her professional experience spans private
practice and organizational settings, complemented by ongoing professional development through psychoanalytic supervision and
personal analysis. She is an active member of the British Psychoanalytic Foundation and the Psychology and Counseling
Organization of Iran and holds multiple certifications in clinical psychology and counseling.

Kannan Navaratnem is a psychoanalyst in private practice in London and a member of the Institute of Psychoanalysis and the
British Psychoanalytical Society. He is a training analyst for child and adult psychotherapy training at the Tavistock Clinic and the
British Psychotherapy Foundation. He is an Honorary Associate Professor in the Psychoanalysis Unit at University College
London, and teaches at the London Institute of Psychoanalysis, British Psychoanalytic Association, British Psychotherapy
Foundation, and the Tavistock Clinic as well as in China. He is a theory seminar leader for the Kolkata Chapter of the Indian
Psychoanalytical Society, and a clinical seminar leader for the Adelaide branch of the Australian Psychoanalytical Society. He is
also psychotherapy supervisor to psychiatrists in training at the Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust. He is a member
of the Scientific Committee of the International Psychoanalytical Association. He is the current Visiting Professor in
Psychoanalysis in the Praxis and Research Center for Clinical Psychology and Education at Kyoto University. His research areas
are ‘Self and Identity,’ ‘Psychoanalysis and Cinema,’ ‘Applied Psychoanalytic Education,’ ‘Psychoanalytic History’ and ‘Culture,
Race and Diversity.’

Gary Winship worked in the NHS for 30 years. He is a United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) registered
psychotherapist, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Mental Health Nurse. He is Professor of Trauma, Educaiton,
and Mental Health at the University of Nottingham. He has published 150 + papers and chapters and 6 books and delivered 50+
keynote addresses in 8 different countries. He is currently course Leader MA Trauma Informed Practice. He is Editor-in-Chief of
the British Journal of Psychotherapy. He has also been a consultant psychotherapist in several therapeutic communities. Winship is a
world leading expert on treatment of addiction using a therapeutic community approach. GW has visited and consulted with
colleagues in 10 countries around the world and has advised and submitted evidence to the last UK 3 governments on substance
misuse treatments programmes. Visiting professor at the Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, and a Visiting Professor at Russian
State University of Humanities.

Nichola Khan trained in anthropology and psychology before making her way to the University of Edinburgh where she works
as a Professor of Human Geography and Ethnography. She has published several books which engage, in small or other part,
questions about psychoanalytic theory and interpretation in relation to violence (Mohajir Militancy in Pakistan), Afghan refugee
migration in England (Arc of the Journeyman), transgenerational family memoir (The Breath of Empire), and teaching (Mental Disorder:
Anthropological Insights). She is currently conducting fieldwork onto migrant psychiatry in Paris, where many patients attending
clinics are from Pakistan and Afghanistan; and she continues to be engaged in the work of understanding and writing about lives
formed on the move and out of place.”

Nicholas Sarra is a psychotherapist with a particular interest in group and organizational dynamics. Formerly a consultant
psychotherapist in the NHS and currently working privately as an organizational consultant, clinical supervisor, and mediator.
Nicholas is a Qualified Group Analyst (IGA London, and full member of the Group Analytic Society International), Visiting
Professor at the Business School of Hertfordshire University, and Visiting Lecturer on various programmes at Exeter University.
Nicholas has consulted and mediated for numerous organizational groups particularly within healthcare in the UK, Europe, Africa,
and USA. He has also been involved in several post-conflict situations such as South Sudan and the aftermath of the Beslan
hostage taking crisis in Ossetia. He has lived and worked in Devon, but also Sudan, People’s Republic of China, and Saudi Arabia.

Stephen Lyon is the inaugural dean for the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Aga Khan University. He is a cultural anthropologist with
an interest in social organization, cultural systems, conflict and development in rural and urban Pakistan. He was President of the
Society for Anthropological Sciences (2019-2021) and the Treasurer of the Pakistan Studies Group (2000-2020) that organized the
annual Pakistan Workshop in the Lake District. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Social Science Computer Review (SAGE).
Campus Map
Guest House, Aga Khan University, and Tipu Sultan Road
Karachi – the “city of lights” – is Pakistan’s
largest metropolis. As the country’s
economic and cultural hub, it boasts a rich
heritage that reflects its diverse
communities and historic significance as a
port city. Visitors are often captivated by its
energetic vibe and its maintained coastline.
Many of our visitors will be interested in
visiting some of its Islamic shrines and
museums, while tasing its culinary scenes.
For conference attendees, Karachi is also
home to several prestigious universities and
research institutes. Foremost among them is
the Aga Khan University, whose campus is
an oasis with award-winning architecture. You may also be interested in the Institute of Business
Administration (IBA), Habib University, and the University of Karachi.
 Popular Tourist Attractions
Quaid-e-Azam’s Mausoleum:
A white marble mausoleum dedicated to Pakistan’s founding father,
Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Clifton Beach:
You might hop on a camel ride (typically 500 rupees) and enjoy the
Arabian sea breeze at night-time.

Frere Hall
A beautiful British colonial-era building surrounded by lush gardens.
Take a look at the unfinished Sadequain fresco on the ceiling.

Mohatta Palace Museum:

An example of Indo-Saracenic architecture which houses a Jinnah
exhibit but also hosts outdoor night-time performances.
Conference Fee Payments

Conference fee payments (not for presenters) can be made on-sight in cash only for registered guests.

The fees are as follows:

• Clinicians & Non-Clinicians (April 12-13th) – 2500 PKR

• Clinicians (April 12-14th) – 4000 PKR
• Students (April 12-14th) – 1200 PKR
• Clinical Supervision Only – 1000 PKR
Play – Khawboon Ki Nautanki

Khawboon Ki Nautanki, Written by Babar Jamal and Directed by Uzma Sabeen will be performed for free for conference guests.

Set in Karachi, the play follows Asad and Shiren, a couple with contrasting views on psychoanalysis. Shiren, an avid believer in the field, becomes
obsessed with interpreting the suppressed desires of those around her, particularly focusing on Asad and her sister Huma. As misunderstandings
escalate, Shiren’s psychoanalytic zeal creates comedic tension, driving Asad to frustration.

Language: Urdu with English subtitles

Duration: 60 minutes
Visas

Please apply for your Pakistan visitor visa early. It will be crucial that you have this sorted before making
flight reservations. We are prepared to help you with this process. Please contact our senior coordinator
whose information is listed below.

For visa assistance please contact our senior coordinator Mustafa([email protected]). The following
questionnaire should be completed before emailing:

1. Full Name:

2. Designation / Institution:

3. Which is the nearest Pakistan Embassy / Consulate of your place of residence from where you can apply:

4. Dates of intended travel:

5. Provide a two-liner the reason for visit to include in the letter: To assist in the delivery of teaching and to attend meetings.

6. Who will bear the expenses of the travel, boarding, and lodging, and where he/she will be staying: (Hotel Name)

7. Single entry visa/multi-entry:

8. Copy of passport to be provided:

Restaurants & Food/Water

When dining in Karachi, international guests should ensure that they eat at reputable restaurants to
avoid food-related illnesses. It’s also strongly advised that one drinks bottled water, avoiding ice,
from trusted brands. Please avoid tap water and most street food.

Some local favourites are: 1. Xanders

(found on “e-street” or Tipu Sultan
Road), 2. Coconut Grove (Tipu Sultan
Road), 3. Café Flo, 4. BBQ Tonight, and
5. Test Kitchen.

Some upbeat restaurants can be found

on “E-Street” in the Clifton area, or
Tipu Sultan Road (in map above).
ATM / Banking & Transportation

There are two HBL Bank ATMs at the entrance of the conference building (university centre). These
machines accept Visa plus and Mastercard. If you are traveling from abroad, please check with your
bank to notify them of your travel plans. The local currency is PKR (Pakistan Rupee). The currency
exchange rate at the Karachi airport is generally at acceptable limits.

Transportation

If you are traveling into Karachi from the Jinnah International Airport (KHI) then you will want to avoid the taxi
services that are offered at the airport. These rates are generally quite high and unacceptable. You can book using
the following two apps: “in-drive” or “Careem.” You might also want to check with your hotel to ensure that
there is a hotel shuttle. Alternatively, for some guests who are presenting and traveling internationally, we will
offer internal transportation to and from the airport. Please ensure that you make the appropriate arrangements
with our senior coordinator whose contact information is listed below.

A shuttle to and from the Guesthouse and some hotels will be provided for international presenters. Please ensure
that you make the appropriate arrangements with our senior coordinator whose contact information is listed
below.

Karachi is not a walkable city.

 Important Security Information

We ask all guests, especially international guests, to be mindful of the security situation of Karachi. While it is now
regarded as improved, one should nonetheless always take the appropriate precautions.

I advise international guests to:

o Travel in groups and hide your valuables from pickpockets.

o Do not walk the city, and certainly not at night.
o Avoid Rickshaw and only use official transportation options (these include Careem App and In-Drive
Apps).

The United Kingdom suggests that you should:

• plan any travel in the city carefully

• take advice from hosts or trusted contacts, follow instructions from law enforcement officers and be
prepared to cancel or cut back your plans
• be especially vigilant in Lyari, Malir, Quaidabad and Orangi Town.
 Certificates & Contact Information

All attendees of the conference will receive a certificate which will be emailed after the conference.

For any queries, please contact Mustafa Muhammad ([email protected]), Senior Coordinator at the
Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Aga Khan University: +92 21 3310 9841 Ext. 69841 or Mobile +92 34 2288 0422

For any queries relating to the conference itself please email [email protected] and
[email protected]