ribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 9

A two-day seminar on the topic “Emerging Security Scenario in Af-Pak (Afghanistan-Pakistan) Region: Implications for India” started today at Panjab University. The department of defence and national security studies organised the seminar.The GOC-in-C, Western Command, Chandimandir, Lt Gen KJ Singh, PVSM, AVSM, delivered the inaugural address and Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain delivered the keynote address. PU Vice-Chancellor Arun Kumar Grover, Registrar Col GS Chadha (retd), serving and retired Army officers, foreign diplomat, experts, research scholars and students of the university attended the seminar and deliberated on the issue.Referring to the intervention of the USSR, USA in the Af-Pak region, Lt Gen KJ Singh said anyone who wanted to play the great game in region came out with a bloody nose. The only exception was Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who was successful in ruling the region for more than 40 years, he added.Delivering the presidential address, Vice-Chancellor Kumar Grover talked about the impact of natural disasters due to environmental pollution on human population.