Fundamentals of Research Ethics – International and Regional Perspectives: Welcome address

I would like to welcome Professor Pirzada Qasim, the Vice-Chancellor of Karachi University, and all the delegates and thank you all for participating in this conference Fundamentals of Research Ethics – Inter- national and Regional Perspectives. I am especially grateful to the foreign partici- pants, who came despite discouragement by their governments. I am confident that you will appreciate how peaceful Pakistan is and that you will not hesitate to come again.