Guests & Speakers
Meet the esteemed scholars, writers, dignitaries, showbiz superstars, and artists who will be leading the conversations at IPC.
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Guests of Honour
Distinguished leaders, journalists, and government officials gracing IPC.
Chaudhary Ilyas Meo
Dr. Asim Chaudhary
Director, Punjab Institute of Language, Art & Culture (PILAC)
Farhad Iqbal
Vice President, Punjabi Parchar
Dr. Gurpreet Singh Dhugga
Chief Minister of Punjab
Chief Minister, Punjab, Pakistan
Attaullah Tarar
Minister of Information and Broadcasting of Pakistan
Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Ahmed Raza Punjabi
Chief Organizer, 4th International Punjabi Conference
M. Aslam Shahid
Director General, Punjab Institute of Language, Art & Culture (PILAC)
Nasir Dhillon
CEO, 4th International Punjabi Conference
Ashok Bhaura
Director, 4th International Punjabi Conference
Diljeet Brar
Chief Guest — Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Burrows, Manitoba, Canada
Charanjit Singh Bath
Chief Guest — American agriculturalist & entrepreneur known worldwide as the 'Saugi King' (King of Raisins), a pillar of the global Punjabi diaspora
Dr. S. P. Singh Oberoi
Chief Guest — UAE business tycoon & philanthropist ('Savior Singh'); Managing Director, Sarbat Da Bhala Charitable Trust
Lord M K Pasha
Chairman, Pasha Foundation Sanjha Wehra (UK) — social, cultural & human rights activist and leader of the UK Green Party
Chaudhry Saeed Iqbal Goraya
Business tycoon based in Saudi Arabia — supporter of Punjabi language & culture
Chaudhry Naveed Iqbal Goraya
Business tycoon based in Saudi Arabia — supporter of Punjabi language & culture
Shazia Majeed
Social and political activist
Sarbjit Singh
Chairman, Australian Sangat Nankana Sahib (Australia) — renowned social worker
Fawad Chaudhry
Senior Pakistani politician & Punjabi intellectual
Jaswant Singh Gill
Punjabi intellectual & education expert — attending from Australia with his family
Mudassar Iqbal Butt
Leader of the Punjabi Tehreek & Punjabi Union — special guest who will welcome the international delegates
Gurjatinder Singh Randhawa
Founder, CEO & Chief Editor of Punjab Mail USA — Punjabi TV channel & e-newspaper
Dr. Gurreet Singh Brar
Professor of pomology, California State University Fresno — leading pistachio & climate-resilience researcher
Dr. Surinder Singh Gill
Chairman, International Forum USA — educator, humanitarian & interfaith peace advocate
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Cultural & Performing Artists
Singers, musicians, theatre groups, and performers bringing Punjabi culture to the stage.
Tamkenat Mansoor
Kashif Nisar
Imran Ashraf
Sohail Ahmad Azizi
Fazal Jutt
Star Shah
Asif Sipra
Sami Jutt
Happy Singh
Mujahid Mansoor Malangi
Tahir Abbas
Sohawa Group
Abdul Ghaffar Raagi Jatha, Faisalabad
Bilal Lashari
Sain Zahoor
Arif Lohar
Abrar-ul-Haq
Saleem Albela
Ajoka Group
PYA (Punjabi Youthful Art) Group
Punjab Group of Colleges
Muhammadi College Chiniot Group
Cholistani Folk Artists, Rahim Yar Khan
Kashif Nisar Group
Ramzan Jani
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Discussion Panel
Leading intellectuals, professionals, and activists from across the globe.
Dr. Shahid Saroya
Ajmal Jami
Tariq Bhatti
Ajmal Sikandari
Dr. Nabeela Rehman
Rana Sikandar Hayat
Mustansar Kamran Baloch
Khaqan Shahnawaz
Syed Fakhar
Dr. Maria Azam
Sasha Javed Malik
Amaima Iftikhar Khan
Prof. Saleem Zia
Raja Yasir Humayun
Qamar Zaman Kaira
Nadeem Raza
Hussain Naqi
Abid Gill
Navjeet Gill
Kiranjeet Kaur Kullar
Dr. Zaheer Wattoo
Muzammil Hussain
Ahmad Nawaz Ghani
Masood Khalid
Khola Cheema
Dr. Jaswant Singh Sodhi
Parvaiz Rashid
Najam Sethi
Shafqat Ullah Mushtaq
Rajinder Singh Tanda
Liaqat Ali
Farrukh Sohail Goindi
Diep Saeeda
Pargatjit Singh
Jugnu Mohsin
Dr. Harjinder Singh Dilgeer
Kalyan Singh Kalyan
Dr. Sughra Sadaf
Shazia Anwar Cheema
Dr. Aamir Raza
Manzoor Ch
Farukh Shahbaz Warraich
Khawaja Saad Rafique
Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan
Nadeem Afzal Chan
Dr. Shabnam Ishaq
Sohail Warraich
Senior journalist, TV host & political analyst; author of 'Ghaddar Kaun?'
Akmal Shahzad Ghumman
Prominent broadcaster, journalist & author — Dhahan Prize shortlisted novelist; moderating the 'Political Narrative of Punjab' panel
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Literary Sessions
Renowned writers, scholars, researchers, and educators.
Amjad Saleem Minhas
Zubair Ahmad
Gurindarjeet Singh Neeta
Mahinder Singh Randhawa
Iqbal Qaiser
Historian, writer & founder of Punjabi Khoj Garh — expert on the shared heritage of pre-Partition Punjab
Aamir Riaz Tutu
Academic, researcher & intellectual — author of 'Punjab Di Vel', deconstructing colonial historiography of Punjab
Nain Sukh
Punjabi novelist & short-story writer — Dhahan Prize winner, author of 'Madho Lal Hussain: Lahore Di Vel'
Dr. Jameel Ahmad Paul
Story-writer, journalist & professor — lifelong advocate for the rights of Punjab and Punjabi
Dr. Jaskiran Kaur Mathur
US-based sociologist & retired professor (St. Francis College, New York) — gender & development specialist
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Poetry Session — The Global Footprint
Prominent poets celebrating the richness of Punjabi verse.
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Academics & Researchers
Scholars presenting papers and research on Punjabi language, history, and society.
Photo credits (10)
- Abrar-ul-Haq — Robert Thivierge (Thivierge) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
- Arif Lohar — PILAC TV (via YouTube) · CC BY 3.0 · source
- Attaullah Tarar — Presidential Press and Information Office of Azerbaijan · CC BY 4.0 · source
- Dr. Sughra Sadaf — Harvinder Chandigarh · CC BY 4.0 · source
- Fawad Chaudhry — Voice of America · Public domain (Voice of America) · source
- Khawaja Saad Rafique — UC-115 (Wikimedia Commons) · CC0 1.0 · source
- Nadeem Afzal Chan — Rizwan Sagar · CC BY 2.0 · source
- Qamar Zaman Kaira — Voice of America — Wajid Hussain Shah · Public domain (Voice of America) · source
- Raja Yasir Humayun — Muhammad Ijaz Butt · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
- Rana Sikandar Hayat — Rooman Saadat · CC0 1.0 · source
Photographs are used under the licence shown. Copyright remains with the credited photographer or organisation.
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