Mohammedmian Soomro, chairman of the Pakistan Senate, will talk about his country’s world role and relief efforts in the region following devastating earthquakes in a lecture next month at the Kansas University’s Dole Institute of Politics.

Soomro will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3. The event is free and open to the public.

Soomro will also be participating in a question and answer session at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, in the KU Edwards Campus’ Regnier Hall Auditorium, 12600 Quivira Road in Overland Park. For information, call the KU Edwards Campus at (913) 897-8400 or see http://edwardscampus.ku.edu.

As the leader of the upper house of Pakistan’s parliament, Soomro ranks as the second highest leader in the country. Soomro was a banker and financial management expert who previously was president of the National Bank of Pakistan before serving as governor of the Sindh province from 2000 to 2002.

For information about the Dole Institute, call (785) 864-4900 or visit www.doleinstitute.org.