Compassion and Leadership | Walid Iqbal | TEDxNamalUniversity

Leadership is incomplete without compassion. The true leaders made their lives meaningful through their compassionate behavior. It’s compassion which gives life meanining. Walid Iqbal is a lawyer, law professor, politician and public policy advocate, who has served as a Member of the Senate of Pakistan from 2018 to 2024, representing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. He was Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Defence from 2019 to 2021, and Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights from 2021 to 2024.

He has also been a member of several other key Senate committees, including Foreign Affairs, Law and Justice, and Water Resources.

Before entering politics, he built an accomplished career as a corporate lawyer and co-founded Lexium Attorneys at Law in Lahore. He has also taught law and economics at institutions such as LUMS, Government College University Lahore, and Harvard University.

Walid Iqbal is the grandson of poet-philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal and has been an active voice for democracy, fundamental rights, transparency, and legislative reform in Pakistan. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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