The National Centre for Physics (NCP) has organized the 12th Regional Conference in Mathematical Physics, in cooperation with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and ICTP. The Conference is taking place from 27 March to 1 April at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Regional conferences on mathematical physics have been held for the past 20 years on a rotating basis in Iran, Pakistan and Turkey. The fields covered in this year’s conference include superstring theory, particle physics, relativity, astrophysics, cosmology, plasma physics and the formal aspects of mathematical physics, including non-commutative geometry. About 40 foreigners and 20 Pakistanis will lecture at the event.