Lahore University of Management Sciences

http://www.lums.edu.pk

Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan

http://www.secp.gov.pk

LUMS SEC CONFERENCE

Corporate Governance in Pakistan: Regulation,

Supervision and Performance
May 29 30, 2004

Venue:
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Opposite Sector U DHA, Lahore Cantt, Pakistan

PROGRAMME

Organizers:
Centre for Management and Economic Research, Lahore University of Management
Sciences, Opposite Sector U, Defense Housing Authority, Lahore Cantt. 54792, Pakistan
Tel: 92 42 5722670 79. Fax: 92 42 5722591
Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, NIC Building, Jinnah Avenue, Blue
Area, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: 92 51 9214005. Fax: 92-51-920 4915

Programme
Saturday 29 May, 2004
8:30 9:30

Registration

9:30 11:00

Inaugural Session:

Details to be announced later

11:00 11:30

Tea

11:30 1:00

Second Session:
Corporate Governance Structure and Performance

1. Business Groups and Corporate Governance in Pakistan

Junaid Ashraf, LUMS Business School and Waqar I. Ghani,
Saint Josephs University, USA

2. Corporate Governance Structure and Firm Performance in

Pakistan Shahid Raza Mir and Mohammed Nishat,
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
3. Family Ownership, Performance, and Efficiency: Evidence
from the Textile Sector in Pakistan Syed Ali Asjad Naqvi
and Atif Ikram, Lahore University of Management Sciences
1:00 2:00

Lunch

2:00 3:30

Third Session:
Corporate Governance Profile and Challenges to Rule
Making

1. Regulatory Impact Assessment of SECPs Code of

Corporate Governance in Pakistan Rasul Bukhsh Rais,
Lahore University of Management Sciences and Asif
Saeed, Government College University, Lahore
2. Corporate Governance in Pakistan: Can an Implanted CG
Model Succeed? M a h w e s h M u m t a z , University of
Cambridge, U.K
3. Mergers and the Rights of Minority Shareholders in Pakistan
Sikander Ahmed Shah, Lahore University of Management
Sciences

3:30 4:00

Afternoon Tea

4:00 5:30

Fourth Session: Panel Discussion on Corporate Social

Responsibility
1.
2.

International Speaker (to be announced later)

Ms. Ambreen Waheed, Executive Director, Responsible
Business Initiative
3. Mr. Zaffar A. Khan, President and Chief Executive, Engro
Chemical Pakistan Limited

Sunday 30 May, 2004

9:30 11:00

Fifth Session:
Panel Discussion on Transparency in Corporate Reporting

1. International Speaker (to be announced later)

2. Mr. Mujahid Eshai, President, Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Pakistan
3. Mr. Nasim Beg, Chief Executive, Arif Habib Investments

11:00 11:30

Tea

11:30 1:00

Sixth Session:
CG Profile and Performance of Commercial Banks

1. Corporate Governance of Banks in Pakistan: As

Assessment Ahmed M. Khalid, Bond University, Australia,
and Muhammad Nadeem Hanif, Pakistan Institute of
Development Economics, Islamabad.

2. Corporate Governance of Commercial Banks and Banking

Sector Performance in Pakistan Abid A. Burki, Lahore
University of Management Sciences and Shabbir Ahmad,
International Islamic University, Islamabad.
3. Accounting Disclosure Standards, Financial Reporting and
Corporate Governance in Pakistan Junaid Ashraf, LUMS
Business School and Waqar I. Ghani, Saint Josephs
University, USA
1:00 2:00

Lunch

2:00 3:30

Seventh Session:
Privatization and Corporate Governance

1. Privatization of Millat Tractors and Corporate Governance

Sadf Asr, LUMS and Naim Sipra, LUMS Business School.
2. Economic
Reforms,
Corporate
Governance
and
Privatization: Evidence From Pakistan Sadia Jahanzeb,
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi.

3:30 4:00
4:00 5:30

Tea

Eighth Session:
LUMS Citigroup Annual Lecture on Corporate Governance
Details to be announced later