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PIDE 2020 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
PIDE
2020
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
PIDE 2020
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
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PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTECONOMICS
Working Papers 06
Policy View Points 08
Knowledge Briefs 10
PDR 12
- Vol-1 PDR 59(1) 2020 12
- Vol-2 PDR 59(2) 2020 13
- Vol-3 PDR 59(3) 2020 14
P&R Magazine 15
- Issue 1 PIDE Policy and Research (P&R) 15
- Issue 2 Pakistan is Tilting at the Windmill by Regulating 15
- Issue 3 Growth Diagnostic of Pakistan 15
- Issue 4 Cities and Urbanization 15
Special COVID-19 Initiatives 16
- PIDE Work in Covid-19 (Bulletin) 17
- Covid-19 War 18
- Crowd Sourcing Covid Response 19
- Covid News Letter Series 21
- PIDE Covid-19 Blogs Series 22
PIDE Blogs 24
Webinars / Seminars 28
Videos of the Events/ Interviews 35
Newspaper Articles 45
CONTENTS
2020:6. The Tariff Tripod of Pakistan: Protection, Export Promotion, and Revenue Generation by Jamil Nasir.
2020:7. Pakistan: With holdingisation of the Economic System a Source of Revenue, Civil Strife or Dutch Disease+? by Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed.
2020:8. A case for Social Distancing in Developing Countries by Ammar Rashid.
2020:9. Construction without Real Estate Development by Nadeem Ul Haque and Nadeem khurshid.
2020:10. Measuring the Impact of Remittances on Housing Demand: Evidence from Large Cities in Pakistan by Ayaz Ahmed, Nasir Iqbal and Ghulam Mustafa.
2020:11. Total Factor Productivity and Economic Growth in Pakistan: A Five Decade Overview by Omer Siqqique.
2020:12. Unveiling the Effects of Indoor Air Pollution on Health of Rural Women in Pakistan by Abedullah Muhammad Tanvir.
2020:13. Aspirations and Behaviour : Future in the Mindset The Link between Aspiration Failure and the Poverty by Omer Siddique and Durr-e-Nayab.
WORKING PAPERS
6 Working Papers 2020
2020:14. On Deconstructing National Education Policy Framework 2018 of Pakistan by Fahd Zulfiqar Zulfiqar Ali.
2020:15. Conflict and Religious Preferences: Evidence from a Civil Conflict in Pakistan by
Karim Khan Muhsin Ali.
2020:16. Macro Shocks and Child Grade Attainment in Rural Pakistan by M. Jehangir Khan
Wei Yin Aqsa Anwar.
2020:17. Pursuit of Ideal Strategy to Manage Pandemic: A Comparative Study of COVID
19 for USA, Italy, Spain, China and Pakistan by Syed Akhtar Hussain Shah.
2020:18. Gender Socialisation among Pakistani Preadolescents and Adolescents by Zehra
Aftab.
2020:19. Foreign Training of Government Officers and Public Sector Capacity in Pakistan
by Faheem Jehangir Khan.
2020:20. Circular Debt— An Unfortunate Misnomer by Afia Malik.
2020:21. A Tale of Two Punjabs and CPEC by Sana Ajmal, Lubna Hasan and Iftikhar
Ahmad.
2020:22. Oil Price Volatility and Stock Returns: Evidence from Three Oil-price Wars by
Mushtaq Hussain Khan, Junaid Ahmed and Mazhar Mughal.
2020:23. An Empirical Analysis of Pakistan's Agriculture Trade with China:
Complementarity or Competition? by Unbreen Qayyum and Neelum Nigar.
2020:24. Correction of Trade Deficit through Depreciation A Misdirected Policy: An
Empirical Evidence from Pakistan by Hafsa Hina.
2020:25. Developing Research and a Research Culture: Results from a Pilot Project in
Pakistan by Nadeem Ul Haque and David Orden.
2020:26. Estimating the Footprint of Government on the Economy by Nadeem Ul Haque
and Raja Rafi Ullah.
2020:27. Size and Age as Determinants of Employment Growth among Manufacturing
Firms in Pakistan by Farrukh Iqbal and Aadil Nakhoda.
2020:28. Cinema in Pakistan: Economics, Institutions and Way Forward by Zulfiqar Ali and
Fahd Zulfiqar.
2020:29. The Fall of Urdu and the Triumph of English in Pakistan: A Political Economic
Analysis by John Willough and Zehra Aftab.
2020:172. Macroeconomic Research and Policy Making: Processes and Agenda by Nadeem
Ul Haque.
2020:173. Increasing Revenue for Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad by Nadeem Ul
Haque.
2020:174. Entertaining Douglass North: Polotical Violence and Social Order by Karim Khan,
and Sadia Sherbaz.
2020:175. Sending Money Home: Transaction Cost and Remittances to Developing
Countries by Junaid Ahmed, Mazhar Mughal, Inmaculada and Martinez-Zarzoso.
2020:176. The C-Section Epidemic in Pakistan by Aman Nazir, and Cynthia Cready
7Working Papers 2020
POLICY VIEW POINT
8 Policy View Point
11: 2020 Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP Conference.
12: 2020 Lahore's Urban Dilemma Doing Cities Better by Nadeem Ul Haque, Hafeez Ur Rehman Hadi, Madeeha Qureshi and Fahd Zulfiqar.
13: 2020 Strategies to Improve Revenue Generation for Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation by Lubna Hasan.
14: 2020 National Tariff Policy 2019 – 24 by Usman Qadir.15: 2020 Getting More out of THE PSDP Through Results Based
Management by Raja Rafiullah.16: 2020 The Islamabad Master Plan by Lubna Hasan, Aqeel
Chaudhry, Ayaz Ahmed and Hanzla Jalil.17: 2020 Doing Taxes Better: Simply, Open and Grow Economy by
Muhammad Nasir, Naseem Faraz and Saba Anwar.18: 2020 Unconditional Cash Transfer and Poverty Alleviation in
Pakistan BISP's Impact on Households' Socioeconomic Wellbeing by Durr-e-Nayab and Shujaat Farooq.
19: 2020 Unravelling Water Use Efficiency in Sugarcane and Cotton Production in Pakistan by Abedullah Anjum and Uzma Zia.
20: 2020. Aug 10 The Poor State of Financial Markets in Pakistan, The Role and Structure of Financial Markets by Shahid Mehmood and Ahmad Fraz.
21: 2020. Sep 10 Creativity in Schools: A 21st Century Need by Saman Nazir.22: 2020. Nov 09 The Pension Bomb and Possible Solutions by Mahmood
Khalid, Naseem Faraz, and Brig. (Retd.) Muhammad Ashraf.
9Policy View Point
10 Knowledge Brief
KNOWLEDGE BRIEF
Apr, 2020 What Do We Know of Exchange Rate Pass Through? by Abdul Jalil.Apr, 2020 The Cost of Disinflation: The Sacrifice Ratio by Nadeem Ul Haque and
Abdul Jalil.May, 2020 National Poverty Estimates 2018-19 by Nasir Iqbal.5: 2020 What Do We Know of Exchange Rate Pass Through? by Abdul Jalil.6: 2020 The Economic Analysis of Law in Pakistan by Omer Siddique.Jun 29, 2020 Is Pakistan Talent Repellant? by Shahid Mahmood.Jul 14, 2020 The Sugar Industry of Pakistan—Understanding Structural and
Regulatory Underpinnings of the Current Sugar Crisis by Abedullah, Madeeha Gohar Querashi, Omer Siddique and Uzma Zia.
Jul 15, 2020 City Planning and Urban Design Guide by Zoya Ali.Aug 05, 2020 Higher Taxes Reduce Economic Growth: Overwhelming International
Evidence by Sarah Nizmani.Sep 01, 2020 Import and Export Policy Orders and Amendments Through Statutory
Regulatory Orders. by Uzma Zia and Farhat Mahmood.Sep 24, 2020 Bangladesh and Pakistan: The Great Divergence. by Mahmood Hasan
Khan.Oct 20, 2020 Exchange Rate Policy Must Seek Undervaluation! by Abdul Jalil.Oct 26, 2020 Wheat Support Price: A Note for Policy-makers.by Abdul Jalil, Fhd
Zulfiqar, Muhammad Aqeel Anwer, Nasir Iqbal and Saud Ahmed Khan.
Nov 10, 2020 Debt Sustainability: Economic Growth is the Panacea. by Abdul Jalil.
11Knowledge Brief
PDR 59(1)20201. Gulzar Khan and Ather Maqsood Ahmed, Understanding Business Cycle Fluctuations in
Pakistan2. Abida Yousaf and Tahir Mukhtar, External Debt and Capital Accumulation Nexus:
Evidence from Pakistan3. Muhsin Ali and Karim Khan, Volatility in Discretionary Public Spending and Economic
Growth: A Cross Country Analysis.
4. Bisharat Hussain Chang, Suresh Kumar Oad Rajput, Pervez Ahmed, and Zafar Hayat,
Does Gold act as a Hedge or a Safe Haven? Evidence from Pakistan.5. Zainab Jehan and Iffat Irshad, Exchange Rate Misalignment and Economic Growth in
Pakistan: The Role of Financial Development.6. Zafar Hayat and Muhammad Nadim Hanif, Assessing the Role of Money versus Interest
Rate in Pakistan.COMMENTARY
Mahmood Hasan Khan. Agriculture in Pakistan: A Revisit. Omer Siddique.The Economic Analysis of Law in Pakistan
POLICY Muhammad Nasir, Naseem Faraz, and Saba Anwar. Doing Taxes Better: Simplify, Open
and Grow Economy. Nadeem Ul Haque. Doing Development Better: Analysing the PSDP. Usman Qadir. Analysing the National Tariff Policy.
BOOKS Katy Gardner and David Lewis. Anthropology and Development: Challenges for the
Twenty-First Century. Reviewed by Maria Pilar Lorenzo.
12 The Pakistan Development Review
PDRThe Pakistan Development Review
PDR 59(2)20201. Zainab Jehan and Faiza Azhar Khan, Demographic Changes and Economic Growth in
Pakistan: The Role of Capital Stock2. Malik Muhammad and Muhammad Jamil, Intergenerational Mobility in Educational
Attainments.3. Saima Nawaz and Idrees Khawaja, The Impact of Political Regime and Institutions on
Government Size in Middle-Income Countries
4. Saima Nawaz, Institutions, Regional Integration and Bilateral Trade in South Asia:
PPML Based Evidence.5. Salahuddin, Javed Iqbal, and Misbah Nosheen, Economic and Cultural Distance and
Regional Integration: Evidence from Gravity Model Using Disaggregated Data for Pakistan.
6. Theresa Thompson Chaudhry, Maha Khan, and Azka Sarosh Mir, Gender Gaps in Child Nutritional Status in Punjab, Pakistan
COMMENTARY� Mahmood Hasan Khan. Bangladesh and Pakistan: The Great Divergence.�POLICY � Saman Nazir. Creativity in Schools: A 21st Century Need.� Abedullah Anjum and Uzma Zia. Unravelling Water Use Efficiency in Sugarcane and
Cotton Production in Pakistan.
BOOKS � Daniel H. Pink.Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates us. �Reviewed by Nadeem Ul Haque.� Sara Rizvi Jafree (Ed.).The Sociology of South Asian Women's Health. Reviewed by
Saman Nazir
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PDR 59(3)2020
1. Lubna Naz, Abdul Salam Lodhi and Daniel W. Tsegai, Parents' Perception of
Education and Choice of Childhood Activities: Evidence from Pakistan.�2. Zahra Batool, Hamid Hasan and Ghulam Mustafa Sajid,Does Job-Satisfaction
Cause Life-Satisfaction? New Evidence Using Lewbel Methodology
3. Amir Jahan Khan, Competitive Structure and Bank Loan Ratein Pakistan's
Banking Industry
4. Adnan Akram, Ejaz Ghani, and Musleh ud Din, Strengthening Pakistan's Trade
Linkages: A Case Study of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
(RCEP)
5. Anum Ellahi, Corruption, Tax Evasion, and Economic Developmentin
Economies with Decentralised Tax Administrative System
6. Kifayat Ullah and M. Tariq Majeed, Exploring Spatial Patterns and
Determinants of Poverty: New Evidence from Pakistan
TAX SYMPOSIUM
� Mahmood Khalid and Muhammad Nasir. Tax Structure in Pakistan:
Fragmented, Exploitative and Anti-growth.
� Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed. Pakistan: With holdingisation of the Economic
System—A Source of Revenue, Civil Strife or Dutch Disease ?
� Jamil Nasir.The Tariff Tripod of Pakistan: Protection, Export Promotion and
Revenue Generation
RASTA—Background Paper
� Nadeem Ul Haque and David Orden. Developing Research and a Research
Culture: Results from a Pilot Project in Pakistan.
14 The Pakistan Development Review
MAGAZINEP&R
PIDE Policy and Research (P&R) - Issue 1Pakistan is Tilting at the Windmill by Regulating - Issue 2Growth Diagnostic of Pakistan - Issue 3Cities and Urbanization - Issue 4
P&R
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PIDE Policy and Research (P&R)
COVID-19Special
Initiatives
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PIDE WORK ON COVID-19 (BULLETIN)
1. COVID-19 in Pakistan: Caring for the poor and Vulnerable by Nasir Iqbal, Nadeem
Ul Haque, and Durr-e-Nayab,
2. Slowdown or Shut down Pakistan's Dilemma by Durr-e-Nayab, Nadeem Ul Haque,
Madeeha Qureishi and Shahid Hafeez Kardar.
3. Pakistan Struggle with Covid-19 Quarantines by Ghulam Samad, Nadeem Ul
Haque, Durr-e-Nayab and Rabbia Mir.
4. Sectoral Analysis of the Vulnerably Employed COVID-19 and the Pakistan's Labour
Market by M. Nasir, Naseem Faraz and Mahmood Khalid.
5. Managing the COVID-19 Crisis. An Organizational Plan by Nadeem Ul Haque.
6. A Template to Monitor the impact of COVID-19 on Pakistans Economy by
Muhammad Nasir and Naseem Faraz
7. The Corona war: Funding the Affected and Mechanisms to reach them by Nadeem
Ul Haque, Nasir Iqbal and Durr-e-Nayab.
8. Time to Get the Pharmaceutical Industry Policies Right by Shahid Mehmood
9. Corona War: Heterodox Solution Based on Aggressive Testing by Madeeha Gohar
Qureshi, Durr-e-Nayab and Nadeem Ul Haque.
10. WHAT DO CONFIRMED NUMBERS TELL US? Using an Adapted SEIR
Model for Estimation of COVID-19 in Pakistan by Amin Hussain
11. Economic Impacts of COVID-19 Through Trade Disruptions in Pakistan by Naseem
Faraz and Muhammad Nasir.
12. Food Price Post-COVID-19 Out Break by Abedullah Anjum.
13. Labour Market and COVID-19 Naseem Faraz and Muhammad Nasir.
14. Higher Education Challenges for Pakistan under COVID-19: The Way Forward by
Zahid Asghar.
15. Consolidating the Efforts of Various Social Safety Nets for the COVID-19 Relife by
Hafeez Ur Rehman Hadi and Raja Rafi Ullah.
16. Protecting the Internal Migrant Workers by Nasir Iqbal.
17. Opting for a Smart Lockdown in Pakistan by Durr-e-Nayab and Nadeem Ul Haque.
18. Explaining the RO in the COVID-19 Projections by Amin Hussain and Shaper
Mirza
19. Working from Home in a Smart Lockdown by Naseem Faraz and Muhammad Nasir.
20. COVID-19 and Remittances by Nasir Iqbal and Muhammad Javid. 21. Pandemic-Induced School Closure and Inequalities in Home schooling by Faiz Ur Rehman, Noman Ahmed and Nasir Sarwar.
17PIDE Work on Covid-19 (Bulletin)
PIDE COVID-19 WARApr 01, 2020 Interview with Samia Altaf (Public Health Specialist)-part 1Apr 01, 2020 Interview with Samia Altaf (Public Health Specialist)-part 2Apr 02, 2020 Interview with Taimur Malik (Public Sector Innovation Specialist)Apr 02, 2020 Interview with. Ryan Brasher (Political Scientist, FCC University)Apr 04, 2020 Interview with John Walley, School of Medicine, University of LeedsApr 05, 2020 Interview with Umair Javed (LUMS)Apr 06, 2020 Interview with Pervez HoodbhoyApr 07, 2020 Interview with Tasneem Noorani (former Commerce and Interior Secretary)Apr 10, 2020 Interview with Nadeem Khursheed (Urban Planner and Development
Professional)Apr 13, 2020 Interview: Gayatri Spivak (Columbia University) and Surya Parekh
Binghamton University Apr 13, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 war: Interview with Lubna Chaudhry, Associate Professor
Binghamton University, USAApr 15, 2020 Interview of Nadeem Ul Haque on Dawn News with Fahd Husain (Part 3)Apr 15, 2020 Interview of Nadeem Ul Haque on Dawn News with Fahd Husain (Part 2)Apr 15, 2020 Interview of Nadeem Ul Haque on Dawn News with Fahd Husain (Part 1)Apr 16, 2020 Ilhan Niaz (Associate Professor, Department of History, QAU)Apr 17, 2020 Anita weiss (Prof. Department of International Studies, University of Oregon) Apr 18, 2020 PIDE Webinar “Smart Approaches to COVID-19”Apr 20, 2020 Interview with Shakil DurraniApr 22, 2020 Webinar on Financial Markets in 21st Century Apr 22, 2020 Consultative meeting with his Excellency Bernhard Schlagheck, German
Ambassador Apr 23, 2020 Nadeem ul Haque (VC PIDE) in conversation with Sabina Alkire
(Director,OPHI) Apr 24, 2020 Webinar in “Innovative HR and Business Strategy responses to the Covid-19”Apr 29, 2020 Consultative meeting on Covid-19 with H. E Ingrid Johansson, Ambassador of
SwedenApr 29, 2020 ‘Webinar 'Will Financial Markets in Pakistan Ever Develop?”May 07, 2020 Webinar on “Aid development and the lessons of history”
18 PIDE Covid-19 WAR
COVID RESPONSE 2020
CROWD SOURCING
Mar 21, 2020 A quick note on SBP announcement by Abdul Jalil in Daily Times
Mar 23, 2020 PSDP process overhaul need of the hour in Pakistan by Aqeel Chaudhry and
Fida Muhammad in Express Tribune
Mar 23, 2020 Corona virus and the changing dynamics of social spaces in Pakistan by
Zulfiqar Ali and Fahd Zulfiqar in Daily Times
Mar 23, 2020 Corona virus and HR managers obligations by Nadeem Ahmad Khan in
Dawn
Mar 29, 2020 Caring for the poor by Nasir Iqbal in The News
Mar 29, 2020 COVID-19 and the Question of Religious Sentiment by Fahd Zulfiqar in
Daily Times
Mar 30,2020 Trade, cooperation policies in time of Pandemic by Manzoor Ahmad in
Express Tribune
Mar 27, 2020 Pakistan COVID-19 response Working group by Amer Zafar Durraniin
Empower Pakistan
Mar 27, 2020 A Pakistan Needs a Single Situation and Reaction Room for COVID-19:
Why No” War footing”? by Amer Zafar Durrani in Empower Pakistan
Mar 27, 2020 'Pakistans COVID-19 Response and the International Financial Institutions:
Where is the Rapid Needs Assessment and a National Action Plan? by Amer
Zafar Durrani in Empower Pakistan
19Crowd Sourcing Covid Response 2020
Mar 27, 2020� ' Pakistan COVID-19 Response: Getting Rations to the needy by Amer Zafar
Durrani in Empower Pakistan
Mar 31, 2020� 'Pakistan COVID-19 Response: TO Test or not to test by Amer Zafar
Durrani in Empower Pakistan
Mar 30, 2020� Corona virus and the plight of labourer by Junaid Ahmed and Mazhar
Mughal in Express Tribune
Apr 01, 2020� Pakistan COVID-19 Response: What of the small and Medium Enterprises?
by Amer Zafar Durraniin Empower Pakistan
Apr 01,2020� Pakistans COVID-19 Response: Logistics and Essential Services by Amer
Zafar Durraniin Empower Pakistan
Apr 02, 2020� COVID-19 pandemic: State-community coordination in Policy response by
Muhammad Jehangir and Karim Khan in Daily Times
Apr 06, 2020� COVID-19 and structural inequalities by Junaid Ahmed and Mazhar Mughal
in Express Tribune
Apr 07, 2020� Disbursement efficiency by Karim Khan in The News
Apr 14, 2020� Cost of corona by Nasir Iqbal in The News
Apr 28, 2020� Assessing the COVID-19 Economic fallout in Pakistan by Henna Ahsan in
Express Tribune
Apr 29, 2020� Economic Packages are not enough for a weak Economy like Pakistan by
Nadeem Ul Haque in DW.com
May 03, 2020� Understanding smart lock downs by Nadeem Ul Haque and Durr e Nayab in
The News
May 7, 2020. Will Covid affect our remittance inflows? by Mazhar Mughal and Junaid
Ahmed in Express Tribune
20 Crowd Sourcing Covid Response 2020
1. Covid-19 Newsletter No.01-25 by Nadeem Ul Haque, Zulfiqar Ali, Saud A. Khan,
Hassan Rasool, Ahsan ul Haq, Amena Urooj and Fizzah Khalid Butt.
2. Covid-19 Newsletter E- Book by Nadeem Ul Haque, Zulfiqar Ali, Saud A. Khan,
Hassan Rasool, Ahsan ul Haq, Amena Urooj and Fizzah Khalid Butt.
3. Covid-19 Newsletter No.27-41 by Nadeem Ul Haque, Zulfiqar Ali, Saud A. Khan,
Hassan Rasool, Ahsan ul Haq, Amena Urooj and Fizzah Khalid Butt.
COVID-19 (NEWS LETTER SERIES)
21Covid-19 (News Letter Series)
1. A quick note on SBP Announcement by Abdul Jalil
2. Corona virus and Google Searches in Pakistan What the Trends tell by Omer Siddique
3. Protecting the Saviours Healthcare workers and COVID-19 by Saman Nazir
4. will High Summer Temperatures Stem Corona virus Spread in Pakistan By Raja
Rafiullah,
5. We would not Die! by Nadeem Ahmed Khan
6. Jummah Prayers in Pakistan: An Islamic Approach to Community Welfare During the
Covid-19 Pandemic by Mariam Mohsin
7. Social spaces in the time of corona virus by Zulfiqar Ali and Fahd Zulfiqar
8. Young - the inadvertent agents for spreading COVID-19 by Saima Bashir
9. Technology to Our Help In Flattening The Curve Making Use Of A Lockdown More
Efficiently by Omer Siddique
COVID-19(BLOG SERIES)
22 PIDE Covid-19 (Blog Series)
10. Growth of Coronavirus Cases in Pakistan: Do we have enough hospital beds available? by Hafsa Hina11. Coronavirus Pandemic and Risks to Remittance Inflows by Mazhar Mughal, and Junaid Ahmed12. Why Pakistans Indigenous Testing is not Materialising? by Aqeel Anwar Chaudhry13. The Mobility Estimates and Social Outlook by Hafeez Ur Rehman Hadi14. COVID-19 and worlds Financial Markets by Ahmad Fraz15. Building a Different kind of bridge by Saman Nazir16. Assaying Urban Governance Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic by Nadeem Khurshid17. Income Loss Due to COVID-19 lock down and the challenge of Paying School fee by Henna Ahsan18. The fog of war by Nadeem Khan19. Assessing the Economics of Pakistan- the Politics of National response in times of Global chaos by Raja Kadri20. “ KHANDAQ” a COVID-19 Strategy and implementation plan by Malik Ahmad Jalal 21. How critical is Civil Society in the COVID-19 Control? by Fahd Zulfiqar22. Pakistan Stock Exchange and the COVID-19 outbreak by Ahmed Fraz23. Appreciating the Unsung Heroes by Muhammad Ali Kemal24. The Dash for Dollars by Shahid Mehmood25. COVID-19 and the immunity pardon by Syeda Anam Fatima Rizvi26. Lock down within a Lock down: COVID-19 in the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir by Fahd Zulfiqar27. Forecasting the Incidence of COVID-19 in Pkistan by Muhammad Jawad and Muhammad Saleh28. Coordination and integration of all Stakeholders to Counter COVID-19 29. Mobilise the Social Mobilisers by Mahmood Khalid30. Assessing the Fallout from the Corona virus Pandemic on the Banking Sector of Pakistan by Abdul Jalil31. Population Dynamics and COVID-19 in Pakistan by Saima Bashir32. July 10th Marks 119th Day since Educational institutions have been Shutdown in Pakistan by Savail M. Hussain
23PIDE Covid-19 (Blog Series)
Jan 06, 2020 Bikes, Density and Cars by Nadeem Ul HaqueJan 07, 2020 CPEC and Pakistan's Debt Burden by Talat AnwarJan10, 2020 Issues and Strategies to Revitalize the Agriculture
Sector of Pakistan by AbedullahJan 17, 2020 Doing Away with the 1861 Police Act by Fida
Muhammad KhanJan 21, 2020 Are Ulaema Agents of Social Change in Pakistan?
by Fahd ZulfiqarJan 23, 2020 War for Talent: The Skills Gap by Nadeem KhanJan 24, 2020 The C-Section Epidemic in Pakistan by Saman
NazirJan 28, 2020 Resilient Civil Society and Development by M Jehangir KhanJan 30, 2020 Tracing the Zombies: Unproductive Capital in
Pakistan by Naseem Faraz
BLOGS
JANUARY BLOGS
24 Blogs 2020
An Obstacle to Development: Pakistan's Feb 03, 2020Electric Power Sector by Muhammad Sarmad and Kamal Chaudhry
Educated Women are at Higher Risk of Feb 07, 2020Mistimed Birth by Saima Bashir and Karen Guzzo
Pakistan's New Tariff Policy – Long Overdue Feb14, 2020Strategy for the Future by Uzma Zia
Let's Have a New Discussion on Poverty Feb 18, 2020Estimates by Nasir Iqbal
SDGs and Donor Involvement by Madeeha Feb 20, 2020Gohar Qureshi
Farewell, Volcker by. Shahid MahmoodFeb 21, 2020 Reconciling the Teaching of Economics by Feb 24, 2020
Asthma Hyder
Mar 01,2020 Milk Production in Pakistan by, Abdus SattarMar 04,2020 What Our Textile Sector Can Learn from
Vietnam's Progress by Abdul JalilMar 05, 2020 PSL: In the eye of a Citizen by Fizzah Khalid
ButtMar 07, 2020 Tax Policies for Growth by Nasir Iqbal and
Mahmood Khalid
MARCH BLOGS
Mar10, 2020 Production or Real Estate Activities: What do we want from SEZs and IEs by Iftikhar Ahmad
Mar 11, 2020 Invisible Damage: The Hidden Cost of Breathing Polluted Air by Muhammad Nasir
Mar16, 2020 Reducing Poverty Through Micro-finance by Farhat MahmoodMar 21, 2020 A Quick Note on SBP Announcement by Abdul Jalil
Apr 01, 2020 Our Poor 'Ease of Living' Indicators by Nadeem KhurshidApr 03, 2020 Urban Management: Thinking Beyond Master Plans by Nadeem KhurshidApr 27, 2020 Enough “Bricks and Mortar”! by Nadeem Ul Haque
May 06, 2020 Macro Models for Policy by Asad Zaman May 10, 2020 High Rise, Lahore Urban Sprawl and PM Khan’s Directive by Aqeel
ChaudhryMay 12, 2020 CPEC: Phases and Challenges by Nasir IqbalMay 17, 2020 Take Policy Back From the ‘Economic Hit-men’ by Nadeem Ul Haque May 19, 2020 Pensions, Aging of Population, and Fiscal Situation in Pakistan by Omer
Siddique
MAY BLOGS
FEBRUARY BLOGS
APRIL BLOGS
25 Blogs 2020
May 28, 2020 Decentralization and Institutions: An Insight by Iftikhar Ahmad and Muhammad Jehangir Khan
May 29, 2020 Anti-Corruption Dynamics of Pakistan in Face of Succumbed Perceptions by Nadia Hassan and Hasan Rasool
Jun 04, 2020 Devolving Power by Daniyal AzizJun 05, 2020 Employees Engagement and Augmented Learning by Nadeem Ahmed
KhanJun 12, 2020 Mis-targeting or Under-performance: A case of Monetary Policy in
Pakistan by Ahsan ul Haq SattiJun 18, 2020 What is Holding Back Milk Production in Pakistan? by Abdus Sattar
Jul 01, 2020 A Local Economic Development Approach for Faisalabad by Zia Banday
Jul 02, 2020 Energy Productivity for Sustainable Development – Part I by Afia MalikJul 04, 2020 Understanding the Textile Value Chain (TVC) by Shahid SattarJul 06, 2020 Ideas Matter? by Ramsha Masood Ahmad and Madeeha Gohar Qureshi
Jul 06, 2020 Energy Productivity for Sustainable Development – Part II by Afia Malik
Jul 11, 2020 An Ad and a Postal Stamp! Celebrating World Population Day by Durre-Nayab
Jul 14, 2020 Primary Education in Pakistan by Amir Hussain
Jul 22, 2020 The Challenges of Pakistan's National Tariff Policy by Filza Ayaz and Madeeha Gohar Qureshi
Jul 24, 2020 Avoiding a Second Wave of COVID-19 Infections: Appeal to Other-regarding Preference by Zehra Aftab and Fareena N. Malhi
Aug 06, 2020 Who Protects Our 'Thought' Industry? by Nadeem Ul Haque
Aug 23, 2020 Islamabad: A City for the Rich by Mariam Mohsin
Aug 27, 2020 Need for Inclusive Education by Usman Ahmad and Adnan Akram
Aug 30, 2020 Do We Need Metro Bus System for Improving Female Mobility? by Faheem Jehangir Khan and Tayyeba Khalil
Sep 01, 2020 Flattening the Curve; Pensions This Time! by Mahmood Khalid and Naseem Faraz
Sep 04, 2020 Is Pakistan Prematurely Deindustrializing? by Shahid Sattar
Sep 09, 2020 Foreign Aid or Export-Led Growth? by Gohar Ejaz
Sep 14, 2020 Public Transportation System and Female Mobility in Pakistan by Fahd Zulfiqar
Sep 20, 2020 State of Education in Pakistan by Abdus Sattar
Sep 25, 2020. State of Graduate Unemployment in Pakistan by Aqeel Chaudhry and Fida Muhammad Khan
Sep 28, 2020 Pakistan's Power Sector Woes – Part I by Shahid attar and Saad Umar
JUNE BLOGS
BLOGS
BLOGS
BLOGS
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
26 Blogs 2020
Oct 10, 2020� Barriers to Trade in the ECO Region: A Case of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) by Adnan Akram and Usman Ahmad
Oct 13, 2020� Pakistan's Power Sector Woes – Part II by Shahid Sattar and Saad Umar
Oct 15, 2020 � Pakistan's Low Cost Housing Finance Policy by Ayaz Ahmed
Oct 19, 2020� Pakistan's Power Sector Woes: Part III by Shahid Sattarand Saad Umar
Oct 20, 2020� The Economic Cost of Political Protests by Nasir Iqbal
Oct 21, 2020� There is Something about Exports and Its Productivity by Stefania Lovo and Gonzalo Varela
Oct 24, 2020� Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Wheat and Inflation by Abdul Jalil, Saud Ahmad Khan and Nasir Iqbal
Oct 24, 2020� Lower Tax Rates and Simplified Procedures – The Tax Directory Analysis 2018 by Lubna Hasan and Aqeel Chaudhry.
Oct 27, 2020� Circular Economy: A Need for the 21st Century by Henna Ahsan
Nov 11, 2020� Pakistan Needs its Own Magna Carta by Nadeem Ul Haque and Malik Ahmad Jalal
Nov 13, 2020� Cities Pay Taxes by Idrees Khawaja and Ahmad Waqar Qasim
Nov17, 2020� Is It Time to Close Our Schools or Not – COVID 19 and Our Future Learning by Aimen Shakeel Abbasi and Aqeel Chaudhry
Nov 19, 2020� Irregular Migration During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Nasir Iqbal
Nov 20, 2020� Exchange Rate—Overshoot, Readjust and Overvalued by Muhammad Ali Kemal
Nov 26, 2020� Why SROs Seem Quite the Brainteaser for Pakistan's External Sector by Uzma Zia
Nov 27, 2020� Pakistan Steel Mills: A Cortege to Collapse by Ramla Zubair
Dec 01, 2020� Pakistan Railways – Why not on Rails? by Saba Anwar and Afrasiyab Gul
Dec 02, 2020 � Pakistan's Fatal Conceit of State Economic Interventions by Javed Hassan
Dec 03, 2020� Debt is a Problem for Us, Growth is the Solution by M. Ali Kemal
Dec 06, 2020 � Is the Street Economy A Panacea for post-COVID Recovery? by Zia Banday
Dec 14, 2020� Is Pakistan Doing Taxes the Right Way During Pandemic? by Amna Urooj and Saud A. Khan
Dec 18, 2020� What Paradigm Shifts Are Required Within Pakistan's Tax Policy? by Madeeha G. Qureshi
Dec 23, 2020� CTBCM: Delusion of a Market by Shahid Sattar
Dec 24, 2020� Pakistan Railways: Why not on Rails? A Revisit by Karim Khan and Abdul Khaliq
Dec 28, 2020� The Quaid's Economic Model by Nasir Iqbal
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
BLOGS
BLOGS
BLOGS
27 Blogs 2020
Jan 03, 2020� A talk on “Ideas Matter: A Reading List of Policy Wallahs” by Dr. Adil Najam
Jan 08, 2020 � Development, Politics and Donors- reflections from a practitioner by Mr Raza Rumi
Jan 09, 2020 � Economy of Debt: Alternatives to austerity and neoliberalism in Pakistanby Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Nawfal Saleemi and Ammar Rashid
Jan 16, 2020 � State of Institutional Reform by Ishrat HusainJan 20, 2020 � Charter City: Romer's Failed Attempt to Import Institutionsby Dr.
Naveed Iftikhar and Maha AhmadJan 21, 2020 � Unpacking Punjab's Education Sector Reforms. By Amna Ansari
Abdal Mufti and Mariam AamirJan 22, 2020 � Law and Economics by Feisal NaqviJan 29, 2020 � Book Launch of “Making Sense of Joan Robinson on China”by Pervez
Tahir
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
SEMINARS/WEBINARS
SEMINARS/WEBINARS
Feb 10, 2020 � A Roundtable Discussion With ongoing developments in Afghanistan
and tension brewing between India and Pakistan, what are the prospects
of reconciliation and peace in the region by Michael Kugelman
Feb 12, 2020 � A Panel Session on “Culture of Research in Pakistan”Panelists:
Muhammad Ali, Zain UlAbdin and Nadeem UlHaq
SEMINARS/WEBINARS 2020
28 Seminars/Webinars
Feb 13, 2020 A Book Launch Event on “So much Aid, So little Development” by Samia Waheed Altaf
Feb 17, 2020 Urban Development in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities. by Murtaza Haider
Feb 19, 2020 Reaching Out to Markets for Pakistani Goods in Central Asia, South Caucuses and Beyond by Amer Zafar Durrani
Feb 20, 2020 Panel Discussion on “Agriculture in Pakistan: Opportunities and Challenges” Panelists: Mr. Arif Nadeem, Iqrar Ahmad Khan, Dr. M. Azeem Khan
Feb 26, 2020 Pakistani Diaspora Philanthropy in UK. by Umer Khalid, Naushin Mahmood,
Feb 27, 2020 Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP by Nadeem ulHaque, Ashraf Hayat, Shahid Niaz, Asif Bajwa, Shaukat Hameed Khan, Dr. Muhammad Afzal, Amer Zafar Durrani
Feb 28, 2020 Empowering Women in South Asia's Slums: The Challenges of Environmental Degradation. by Ammar A. Malik
Mar 04, 2020 The Future is Digital: How Online Platforms Are Driving Global Economic Growth by Sehar Tariq
Mar 09, 2020 Round Table on Prime Minister Directives for High Rise in Pakistan: LDA Response by Salman Shah
Mar10, 2020 Islam and the Politics of Development: How Pakistan's Historically-Embedded Elites Undermine Long-run Development by Adeel Malik
Mar 11, 2020 Doing Taxes Better: Shifting The Paradigm of Tax Policy and Administration by Nadeem Ul Haque, Ikramul Haq, Hafiz A. Pasha and Shahid Kardar, Manzoor Ahmad, Teresa Daban Sanchez, Jawwad Uwais Agha, by Jamil Nasir, IkramulHaq, Jawwad Uwais Agha, Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed, Clelia Ronto yanni.
Apr 09, 2020 Prime Minister's Construction Package. Apr 10, 2020 Sugar Industry in Pakistanby Muhammad Adil MansoorApr 16, 2020 Microfinance in Times of COVID-19 by Nadeem Ul Haque,
UmerGillani, Nasir Iqbal, Syed Mohsin Ahmad, MehvishMuneera Ismail Shahzad Ali Rana.
Apr 17, 2020 Smart Approaches to COVID-19 by Mr Rashid Langrial, Rana Jawad Asghar, SamiaAltaf
Apr 21, 2020 Financial Markets of 21th Century by Samir, Ahmed, Akif Saeed and Maheen Rehman
Apr 23, 2020 Innovative HR and Business Strategy Responses to the COVID-19 by Atyab Tahir, Ahmad Ali Zia, Malik Ahmad Jalal and Imran Azhar
Apr 28, 2020 Will Financial Markets in Pakistan Ever Develop? by Khalid Mirza and Aftab Ahmed Choudhry
APRIL SEMINARS/WEBINARS
MARCH SEMINARS/WEBINARS
29Seminars/Webinars
May 05, 2020 Human Resource Management in Pakistan by Paul Keijzer and Monis Rahman
May 07, 2020 Aid, Development and the Lessons of History: Urban Reconstruction under Ayub Khan by Markus Daechsel. Discussant: Naveed Iftkhar and Hafeez Jamali
May 09, 2020 Towards a stable economy and politics! by WasimSajjad, Irfan Qadir and HasanAskari Rizvi
May 12, 2020 Future of Higher Education in Pakistan by Nadeem Ul Haque, and S. Akbar Zaidi, Sheeren Mustafa
May 12, 2020 Human Resource and Leadership Challenges in Pakistan by Sheikh Imran Ul Haque, Tahir Jawaid, Khurram Tariq and Amjad Iqbal
May 13, 2020 Our Administrative Mess by Moazzam Janjua, Tariq Malik, Salman Shah, Shahid Kardar, Tariq Bajwa, and Ilhan Niaz
May 14, 2020 Why Businesses Don't Grow in Pakistan by AtifBajwa, Waleed Saigol, lman Aslam and Mohsin Iqbal.
May 16, 2020 Retail-The Neglected Sector by Yasin Paracha, Asfan Yar Farrukh, and Wasif Butt.
May 18, 2020 Managing Growth with Stabilization. by Masood Ahmad. Discussant: Shoukat Tarin
May 19, 2020 Unpacking Investment Crisis in Pakistan by Haroon Sharif, Almas Hyder, Wang Zhihua and Ishaq Burney
May 20, 2020 Managing Growth with Stabilization IIby Dr. Adnan Mazarei. Discussant: Miftah Ismail
May 21, 2020 Webinar with Prof. Gustav Papnek by Prof. Gustav PapanekMay 25, 2020 Managing Growth with Stabilization III.by Dr. Hafeez Pasha, Dr.
Salman ShahMay 28, 2020 COVID-19 and challenges for South Asian Economies by Dr. Nadeem
Ul HaqueMay 28, 2020 Deciding on Higher Education: Why PIDE? by Nadeem Ul Haque,
Fareena Iqbal, Huma Hameed and Imtiaz AhmadMay 30, 2020 Why is Pakistan's Capital Market, if we can call it that, stunted? by Syed
Ali Sultan, Naz Khan, Farrukh Khan, Muhammad Asim, Habib ur Rehman, Muhammad Ali Ahmad, Amjad Waheed and Zafar Masud
Jun 06, 2020 Banking, Finance and Economic Growth by Atif Bajwa, Zubyr Soomro, Syed Saleem Raza, Alman Aslam and Shahzad Dada
Jun 08, 2020 10th National Finance Commission Award Improving Lives of Citizen and Strengthening the Federation by Amer Z. Durrani, Noor-ul-Haq Baloch and Nasir Iqbal
Penalists: Amer Z.Durrani, Noor-ul-Haq Baloch Nasir Iqbal, Ali Khizr, Hasan Khawar, and Jawad Majid
Jun 16, 2020 COVID-19 and the Future of Cities by Monash UniversityJun 18, 2020 Competition and Markets” – I by Khalid Mirza, Joseph Wilson and
Waqas MirJun 20, 2020 Cities for Humanities and Development by Ken GreenbergJun 22, 2020 Cities for Humanities and Development-3 by Brent Toderian
JUNE SEMINARS/WEBINARS
MAY SEMINARS/WEBINARS
30 Seminars/Webinars
Jun 23, 2020 � Competition and Markets-II by Rahat Kaunain Hasan, Shaista Bano, IkramUl Haque and Maleeha Mimi Bangash
Jun 25, 2020 � Circular Debt an Unfortunate Misnomer by Shahid Sattar, Ermeena Malik, Tahir Basharat Cheema
� Penalist: Syed Akhter Ali, Younas Dhagha, Waqas Bin Najib, Afia Malik, Amer Durrani, Vaqar Zakaria and Rashid Aziz.
Jun 28, 2020 � Deciding on Higher Education Penalist: Nadeem Ul Haque, Saud Ahmed Khan, Zulfiqar Ali, Iftikhar Ahmad, Ahmad Faraz
Jun 29, 2020 � Doing Health Policy Better by Samia Altaf
Jul 01, 2020 � Pakistans Pharmaceutical Industry : Growth, Challenges and Issues-I by Ayesha T. Haq, Shaikh Qaiser, Samia Altaf Waheed, Raza Ullah and Shahid Mahmood.
Jul 03, 2020 Energy Investments and Planning by Afia Malik, Syed Akhtar Ali,Waqas Bin Najib.
� Penalists: Ermeena Malik, Tahir Basharat Cheema, Shahid Sattar, Rashid Aziz, Waqar Zakaria, and Amer Durrani.
Jul 05, 2020 � The Post Pandemic World by Haroon Shaif, Anatol Lieven, and Maliha Lodhi.
Jul 07, 2020 � Developing Electricit Market for Future by Amer Zafar Durrani, Shahid Sattar and Ayesha Ali
� Penalist: Ermeena Malik, Tahir Basharat Cheema, Rashid Aziz, Waqar Zakaria, Waqas Bin Najib and Syed Akhtar Ali.
Jul 09, 2020 � Accoutability of White-Collar Crime in Pakistan, Penalist: Shoaib Suddle, Haroon Sharif, Ahmer Bilal Soofi and Ehsan Sadiq
Jul 15, 2020 � Innobation and Entrepreneurship by Ernesto Sirolli, Imtiaz Rastgar, Zia Imran and Athar Osama
Jul 16, 2020 � Recovering from the Pandemic by Akmal Hussain, Khalid Malik and Muhammad Nasir.
Jul 18, 2020 � Voices of the Poor: How we exclude them from life in Cities by Umer Gillani and Tooba Syed
Jul 20, 2020 � Textile Value Chain (TVC) – 01 by Shahid Sattar, Khalid Abdullah and Anees Khawaja
� Penalist: Wajid Rana, Mian Mehmood Ahmed, Sheikh Moazzam Ahmed and Bashir Ali Mohamed
� Discussant: Amanullah kasim MacheriyaJul 25, 2020 � Reforming Electricity Distribution Companies by Tahir Basharat
Cheema and Sajid Akram� Penalist: Waseem Mukhtar, Muhammad Jabbar Khan, Shahid Sattar,
Waqas Bin Najib, Rashid Aziz and Syed Akhtar AliJul 27, 2020 � Urban Mobility is more than Cars and espensive Metros by Murtaza !
Haider and Mohammad Rizwan. Jul 29, 2020 � Learning from Chinese innovation and Entrepreneurship Model by
Naubahar Sharif, Athar Mansoor, Peggy Liu and Athar Osama
JULY SEMINARS/WEBINARS
31Seminars/Webinars
Aug 05, 2020 � Economics of Tax Expenditures by FBR; A Debate for Reforms by Ikram Ul Haq, Ch Muhammad Tarique and Shahid Kardar
Aug 07, 2020 � Roundtable on Foreign Aid to Pakistan Part I by Faheem Jahangeer Khan, Waqar Masood and Nasruminallah Mian
Aug08, 2020 � Roundtable on Foreign Aid to Pakistan Part II by Robin Lynn Raphel,
Hussain Nadim and Sabtain Fazal HalimAug 14, 2020 � Workshop on Re-Imagine Pakistan by Peggy LiuAug 15, 2020 � 'Pakistan Pharmaceutical industry: Growth Challenges and Issues-II by
Asim Rauf, Ayesha T Haq, Osman Khalid Waheed, Salman Berney, Khalid Mehmood and Shahid Mehmood
Aug 17, 2020 � The Digital Leap-Financial Empowerment by Farid Ahmed Khan, Aezaz Hussain and Zouhair Khaliq
Aug 19, 2020 � PIDE Roundtable on “ Education” by Quratulain Bakhteari and Neelam Hussain
Aug 20, 2020 � PIDE Roundtable on “education” by Shanaz Wazir Ali and Faisal BariAug 21, 2020 � PIDE Roundtable on “education” by Riaz Ahmed Kamlani, Seema Aziz
and Kasim kasuriAug 22, 2020 � PIDE Roundtable on “education” by Zulfiqar Qazilbash and Mahboob
MahmoodAug 23, 2020 � PIDE Roundtable on “education” by Muhammad Rafiq Tahir and
Shafqat Mahmood Aug 24, 2020 � Financing the Social Protection by Sania Nishtar, Benjamin Olken,
Safdar Sohail, Noureen Adnan, Nasir Iqbal and Shujaat Farooq Aug 26, 2020 � Cities for Humanity and Development by Leslie WooAug 27, 2020 � Civil Service Reforms � Penalist: Shahid Hafiz Kardar, Humaira Zia Mufti, Mosharaf Zaidi,
Samina Zehra, Sameen Mohsin Ali and Nadeem Ul Haque
Sep 02, 2020 � Roundtable on Foreign Aid Pakistan Part-III by Masooda Bano and Javed Ahmed Malik
Sep 05, 2020 � Roundtable on Electric Pricing and Regulations by Salman Rehman, Ameena Sohail and Tahir Basharat Cheema
� Penalist: Waqas Bin Najeeb, Ermeena Malik, Shahid Sattar, Rashid Aziz, Syed Akhtar Ali and Manzar Naeem Querashi
Sep 08, 2020 � Talk in Riyat LUMS on “Urban Inequality as a pressing issue in Pakistan” by Nadeem Ul Haque
Sep 11, 2020 � Structure of Civil Service Reforms. Penalist: Shahid Hafiz Kardar, Saeed Shafqat, Nargis Sethi and Nadeem Ul Haque
Sep 13, 2020 � Case Management as an Approach to Improve Judicial Performance by Osama Sadiqque and Waqas Mir
Sep 18, 2020 � Roundtable on Facilitating Pakistan Trade: TFA and National Trade Facilitation Bodies The Pakistan NTTFC Penalists: Robina Athar, Mohammad Saeed, Jawad Agha, Tauqir Shah, Rasheed Jan Mohammad, Tasneem Noorani, Irtiqa Zaidi, Javaid Mansoor, Abdullah Yousaf, Ahmar Bilal Soofi, Manzoor Ahmed, Babar Badat and Tariq Huda
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
SEMINARS/
WEBINARS
SEMINARS/WEBINARS
32 Seminars/Webinars
Sep 20, 2020 � Judging the Judges: Dynamics of the Pakistani System of Justice Delivery by Osama Saddique, Sara Malkani and Asad Jamal
Sep 24, 2020 � Urban Jobs and Opportunities - Cities Conference-Panel Session by Farzana Noshab, Ahmad Iqbal, Hira Irshad, Osman Nasir Discussant: Nadeem Ul Haque
Sep 24, 2020 � Navigation People and Business Through COVID-19: Gearing Upfor the Future Way of Work by Irfan Wahab Khan, Moqeem Ul Haque, Muhammad Aminuddin, Taimoor Shah, Sadia Haroon and Khurram Tariq
Sep 25, 2020 � Foreign Aid to Pakistan Part-IV by Hina Rabbani KharSep 26, 2020 � Public Procurement Regimes in Pakistan by Waqar MasoodSep 27, 2020 � Size and Age as Determinants of Employment Growth Among
Manufacturing Firms in Pakistan by Farrukh Iqbal Discussant: Usman Qadir and Usman Ahmed
Sep 30, 2020 � Fixing Power Sector Issues Penalist: Ahsan Zafer Syed, Shakil Durrani, Syed Akhtar Ali, Rashid Aziz and Mahreen Aziz Khan
Oct 03, 2020 � Civil Service Reforms by Tariq Mehmood Awan, Fazail Mudasar, Muhammad Tariq Ramzan, Fahad Ikram Qazi and Zahid Shar
Oct 06, 2020 � Civil Service Reforms by Ishrat Hussain
Oct 09, 2020 � Civil Service Reforms by Mohsin Chandna, Sepali Sudasinge, Samina
Zehra and Fahim Jahangir KhanOct 11, 2020 � Engaging the Informal Sector - A Proposal for State and Non-State
Engagement by Faisal ShaheenOct 12, 2020 � Export Led Growth Channel of Development for Pakistan and
Competitiveness of the Economy by Shahid Yusuf Penalists: Najy Benhasine and Muhammad Ashraf
Oct 14, 2020 � What is Smart about Smart Cities? by Ayona Datta� Penalists: Mehroze Rafique, Amjad A. Awan, Sobia Baig, Shahid Sattar,
Ermeena Malik and Amir DurraniOct 17, 2020� Energy Innovations by Mehroze Rafique, Amjad A. Awan, Sobia Baig,
Shahid Sattar, Ermeena Malik and Amir DurraniOct 20, 2020 � Entrepreneurship and innovaton Pakistan by Yousaf Hussain, Salman
Wasay, Monis Rehman, Rizwan Buttar, Asif Khan and Salman ElahiOct 24, 2020 The Gas System in Pakistan by Arif Hameed, Muhammad Arif, Shahid
Sattar and Sheikh Imran Ul Haque Oct 26, 2020 � NTMs and Export Competitiveness by Samidh Shrestha� Penalists: Manzoor Ahmad and Adil NakhodaOct 29, 2020 � Tobacco Tax Policies: Formulation, Effectiveness and Challenges � Penalists: Frank Chaloupka, Roberto Iglesias, Ch. Muhammad Tarique,
Mahmood Khalid and Muhammad Sabir
Nov 02, 2020 � Introduction of Legislative Bill for the Protection of Street Vendors
Rights by Sania Nishtar, Syed Zeeshan Ali Naqvi, Zia Banday, Ahamed
Bashir, Umer Gilani and Naveed Abbasi
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
SEMINARS/WEBINARS
SEMINARS/WEBINARS
33Seminars/Webinars
Nov 07, 2020 Under-Developed Real Estate Industry in Pakistan by Muhammad Ejaz,
Adil Kamal and Rashid Bashir Nov 09, 2020 Settlement of Street Vendors in Public Spaces of Urban Pakistan by Arif
HasanNov 10, 2020 The Survival of Cinema and Television Industry in Pakistan by Sarmad
Sultan Khoosat, Kanwal Khoosat, Pir Saad Ahsan ud din, Kamran Lashari, Mehreen Jabbar and Faris Kermani
Nov 12, 2020 Exchange Rate Management and Economic Growth by Abdul Jalil Nov 17, 2020 Pakistan Railways or Pakistans railways-Part I by Richard Bullock,
Mohammad Ashfaque Khattak and Amer Zafar Durrani Nov 18, 2020 Idleness and Mental Health Problems-Cgallenge to Pakistan
Demographic Dividend by Arifa Saboohi Discussants: Rizwan Taj and Syed Javed Hassan Nov 20, 2020 Doing Ethnography in the Time of COVID-19 by Rao Nadeem Alam Penalists: Ikram Badshah, Rao Nadeem Alam, Shama Dossa, Laila
Rajani and Amen Jaffer
Nov 25, 2020 The C-Section Epidemic in Pakistan Penalists: Batool Mazhar, Saman Nazir, Ghazala Mahmud and Samia
Altaf
Dec 02, 2020 Energy Efficiency and Conservation in Pakistan by Nadeem Javed, Sania Awais, Marium Jalal and Afia Malik
Dec 07, 2020 Revisiting Demographic Dividend Penalists: Durr-e-Nayab, Zeba Sathar,G.M.Arif and Attiya Inayat UllahDec 08, 2020 Book Launch on “Uncivil City: Ecology, Equity and the Commons in
Delhi” by Amita BaviskarDec 10, 2020 Street Vendors in Islamabad Voice from the Ground Penalists: Sania Nishtar, Shahid Mahmood, Shafaq Hashmi, Zia Banday,
Fazal Hayat, Bedar Bakht and Muhammad SajidDec 12, 2020 Book Launch on “The Politics of the Misgoverned” by Azhar Hassan
NadeemDec 16, 2020 Decolonizing the Discourse in International Relations by Nadeem Ul
Haque Discussant: Erik Ringmarand Raymond O BaidooDec 17, 2020 Pakistan Tariff Bias: Anti - Export or Anti - Consumer by Gonzalo Varela Discussants: Ahmed Fasih, Ehsan Malik and Safdar SohailDec 19, 2020 Book Launch on “ Why Has China Grown So Fast For So Long” by
Khalid Malik Discussant: Saeed AfridiDec 21, 2020 Exchange Rate Management of Pakistan: Present and Future by Riaz
Riazuddin Discussant: Abdul Jalil and Hafsa HinaDec 25, 2020 Grand National (Intellectual) Dialogue (For Reform) Day – 01 by
Mosharraf Zaidi, Osama Siddique, Amber Darr and Usman Raza JolahaDec 26, 2020 Grand National (Intellectual) Dialogue (For Reform) Day – 02 by Najma
Pirzada, Fahd Hussain, Erum Haider and Huzaima BukhariDec 27, 2020 Grand National (Intellectual) Dialogue (For Reform) Day – 03 by Asad
Rahim, Raza Rumi and Arifa NoorDec 28, 2020 Grand National (Intellectual) Dialogue (For Reform) Day – 04 by Ahmed
Bilal Mehboob, Adnan Rasool and Jamila Aslam Dec 29, 2020 Grand National (Intellectual) Dialogue (For Reform) Day – 05 by Zarar
Khuhro, Amer Zafar Durrani, Zaigham Khan, Omar Quraishiand, Usman Raza Jolaha
DECEMBER SEMINARS/WEBINARS
34 Seminars/Webinars
35Videos of the Events/Interviews
VIDEOS OF THE EVENTS/INTERVIEWS
Jan 03, 2020 Full Video of the talk on “Ideas Matter: A Reading List of Policy Wallahs” by Adil Najam.
Jan 03, 2020 “Ideas Matter: A Reading List for Policy Wallahs” by Adil Najam.Jan 03, 2020 Full Video of the talk on “Ideas Matter: A Reading List of Policy Wallahs” by
Adil Najam. Jan 09, 2020 Development, Politics and Donors-reflections from a practitionerJan 09, 2020 Seminar on “Development Politics and Donors-reflections from a
Practitioner” by Raza Rumi.Jan 10, 2020 Economy of debt: Alternatives to Austerity and Neoliberalism in PakistanJan 10, 2020 “Economy of debt: Alternatives to Austerity and Neoliberalism in Pakistan”by
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar.Jan 17, 2020 State of institutional reform.Jan 17, 2020 State of institutional reform by Ishrat HusainJan 21, 2020 ''Paper Presentation of charter City: Romers Failed Attempt to import
Institution.Jan 21, 2020 Working paper presentation on “Charter City: Romers Failed Attempt to
Import Institution” by Naveed Iftikhar and Maha AhmadJan 22, 2020 Unpacking Punjabs Education Sector Reforms by Amna Ansari, Abdal Mufti
and Mariam AamirJan 23, 2020 Law and Economics by Feisal NaqviJan 30, 2020 Book Launch of “ Making Sense of Joan Robinson on China” Jan 30, 2020 Book Launch of “ Making Sense of Joan Robinson on China” by Pervez TahirJan 31, 2020 Pakistan can grow at 8% sustainably by Nadeem Ul Haque at 92 News HD
Feb 11, 2020 Round - table Discussion with Michael Kugelman.Feb 12, 2020 A Round Table Discussion “ With ongoing developments in Afghanistan..” by
Michael KugelmanFeb 13, 2020 Culture of Research in Pakistan by Sarah Parvez Feb 13, 2020 Culture of Research in Pakistan at PIDE by Zahid Asghar.Feb 13, 2020 Live Video A Roundatlbe Discussion “ With ongoing Developments in
Afghanistan” by Michael Kugelman Feb 13, 2020 Audio: Panel Session on “ Culture of Research in Pakistan” by Muhammad
Ali, Zain Ul Abdin and Nadeem Ul Haq. Feb 13, 2020 Live Stream: Panel Session on “Culture of Research in Pakistan”Feb 13, 2020 Culture of Research in Pakistan at PIDE by Idrees KhawajaFeb 14, 2020 Book Launch “So Much Aid, So Little Development” Samia AltafFeb 14, 2020 Book Launch Event “So Much Aid, So Little Development” Feb 14, 2020 Live Recording: Book Launch Event “So Much Aid, So Little Development” Feb 17, 2020 A Seminar on “Urban Development in Pakistan: Challenges and
Opportunities” by Murtaza HaiderFeb 17, 2020 LIVE: Urban Development in Pakistan: Challenges and OpportunitiesFeb 19, 2020 LIVE German Experience of Exports and Value ChainsFeb 19, 2020 Reaching Out to Markets for Pakistani Goods in Central Asia by Amer Zafar
JANUARY Videos of the
Events/Interviews
36 Videos of the Events/Interviews
FEBRUARY Videos of the
Events/Interviews
Feb 19, 2020 Live 1- Reaching out to Markets for Pakistani Goods in Central Asia, South Caucuses and Beyond
Feb 20, 2020 Amer Zafar Durrani, President, Reenergia - Pakistani Goods in Central Asia
Feb 21, 2020 M Azeem Khan Chairman, Pakistan Agriculture Research Council PARC
Feb 21, 2020 Iqrar Ahmad Khan SI Former VC, University of Agriculture Faisalabad UAF.
Feb 24, 2020 Panel Discussion on “Agriculture in Pakistan: Opportunities and Challenges”
Feb 24, 2020 LIVE Panel Discussion on “Agriculture in Pakistan: Opportunities and
Challenges” by Arif Nadeem, Iqrar Ahmad Khan and M. Azeem Khan.Feb 26, 2020 Umer Khalid PCP on Pakistani Diaspora Philanthropy in UKFeb 26, 2020 Seminar on “Pakistani Diaspora Philanthropy in UK” by Umer Khalid and
Naushin Mahmood.
Feb 27, 2020 Sessions 1: Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP
Feb 27, 2020 Sessions 2: Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP
Feb 27, 2020 Sessions 3: Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDPFeb 27, 2020 PIDE Conference Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP by
Nadeem Ul Haque, Ashraf Hayat, Shahid Niaz, Asif Bajwa, Shaukat Hameed Khan, Muhammad Afzal and Amer Zafar Durrani
Mar 02, 2020 Empowering Women in South Asias Slums: The Challenges of Environmental
Degradation by Ammar A. Malik.
Mar 02, 2020 Live: Empowering Woman in South Asias Slums: The Challenges of
Environmental Degradation.
Mar 02, 2020 Sessions 4: Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP
Mar 02, 2020 Sessions 5: Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP
Mar 02, 2020 Concluding Session by Nadeem Ul Haque: Doing Development Better
Analyzing PSDP.
Mar 05, 2020 The Future is Digital: How Online Platforms are Driving Global Economic
Growth by Sehar Tariq.
Mar 06, 2020 Importance of Education, Employment and Engagement for the Youth of
Pakistan by Ahmad Sultan Butt.
Mar 10, 2020 A Talk on Islam and the Politics of Development by Adeel Malik.
Mar 11, 2020 LIVE Session: Islam and the Politics of Development: How Pakistan's
Historically-Embedded Elites….
Mar 11, 2020 A Talk on Islam and the Politics of Development by Adeel Malik.
Mar 11, 2020 Live Session 1: DOING TAXES BETTER: Shifting The Paradigm of Policy
and Administration by Nadeem Ul Haque, Ikramul Haq, Hafiz A. Pasha,
Shahid Kardar, Manzoor Ahmad, Teresa Daban Sanchez, Jawwad Uwais
Agha, Jamil Nasir, IkramulHaq, Jawwad Uwais Agha, Muhammad Ashfaq
Ahmed and Clelia Rontoyanni
Mar 11, 2020 Live Session 2: DOING TAXES BATTER : Shifting The Paradigm of Tax
Policy and Administration
Mar 12, 2020 Live Session 3&4: DOING TAXES BATTER: Shifting The Paradigm of Tax
Policy and Administration
MARCH Videos of the
Events/Interviews
37Videos of the Events/Interviews
Mar 12, 2020 PIDE Conference - DOING TAXES BETTER: Shifting The Paradigm of Tax
Policy and Administration
Mar 13, 2020 Session 1: DOING TAXES BETTER: Shifting The Paradigm of Tax Policy and
Administration
Mar 13, 2020 Session 2: DOING TAXES BETTER: Shifting The Paradigm of Tax Policy and
Administration
Mar 13, 2020 Session 3: DOING TAXES BETTER: Shifting The Paradigm of Tax Policy and
Administration
Apr 01, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Samia Altaf (public health specialist)-
part1
Apr 01, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Samia Altaf (public health specialist)-
part 2
Apr 02, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Taimur Malik (public health specialist)
Apr 03, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Ryan Brasher (Political Scientist, FCC
University)
Apr 04, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with John Walley, School of Medicine,
University of Leeds
Apr 05, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Umair Javed (LUMS)
Apr 06, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Pervez Hoodbhoy
Apr 07, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Tasneem Noorani (Former Commerce
and Interior Secretary)
Apr 09, 2020 Webinar on Prime Minister's Construction Package
Apr 10, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR Interview with Nadeem Khursheed (Urban Planner and
Development Professional)Apr 10, 2020 Webinar on Sugar Industry in Pakistan by Muhammad Adil Mansoor
Apr 11, 2020 Effect of Corona virus on Employment -Dunya News- Kamran khan Show Part
1.
Apr 11, 2020 Effect of Corona virus on Employment -Dunya News - Kamran khan Show Part
2
Apr 13, 2020 INTERVIEW: Professor Gayatri Spivak (Columbia University) and Surya
Parekh Binghamton University
Apr 13, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 War: Interview with Lubna Chaudhry, Associate Professor
Binghamton University, USA.
Apr 14, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 War Online MEETING with H.E. Yao Jing, Ambassador,
People's Republic of China
Apr 15, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: An Interview of Nadeem Ul Haque on Dawn News
with Fahd Husain (Part 1)
Apr 15, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: An Interview of Nadeem Ul Haque on Dawn News
with Fahd Husain (Part 2)
Apr 15, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: An Interview of Nadeem Ul Haque on Dawn News
with Fahd Husain (Part 3)
Apr 16, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Ilhan Niaz (Associate Professor, Department of
History, QAU)
APRIL Videos of the
Events/Interviews
38 Videos of the Events/Interviews
Apr 17, 2020� PIDE COVID-19 WAR- Anita Weiss (Prof. Department of International
Studies, University of Oregon)Apr 18, 2020� “Smart Approaches to # COVID-19“ by Rashid Langrial, Rana Jawad Asghar
and Samia Altaf
Apr 20, 2020 � PIDE COVID-19 WAR I - Interview with Shakil DurraniApr 22, 2020� PIDE Webinar: “Financial Markets in 21st Century” by Samir, Ahmed, Akif
Saeed and Maheen Rehman
Apr 22, 2020� CONSULTATIVE meeting with His Excellency Bernhard Schlagheck,
German Ambassador
Apr 23, 2020� Nadeem Ul Haque (VC PIDE) in conversation with Sabina Alkire (Director,
OPHI)Apr 24, 2020� “Innovative HR and Business Strategy Responses to the COVID-19“ by Atyab
Tahir, Ahmad Ali Zia, Malik Ahmad Jalal and Imran Azhar
Apr 24, 2020� PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Rana Jawad Asghar (Chief Executive
Officer, GHSI)
Apr 29, 2020� CONSULTATIVE meeting on # COVID-19 with H. E Ingrid Johansson,
Ambassador of SwedenApr 29, 2020� Will Financial Markets in Pakistan Ever Develop? by Khalid Mirza and Aftab
Ahmed Choudhry
May 05, 2020� “Human Resource Management in Pakistan” by Paul Keijzer and Monis Rahman
May 07, 2020� “Aid development and the lessons of history” by Markus DaechselMay 09, 2020� “Towards a Stable Economy and Politics” by Wasim Sajjad, Irfan Qadir and
HasanAskari RizviMay 12, 2020� “Human Resource and Leadership Challenges in Pakistan” by Sheikh Imran
Ul Haque, Tahir Jawaid, Khurram Tariq and Amjad Iqbal.May 12, 2020� “Future of Higher Education in Pakistan” by Nadeem Ul Haque, S. Akbar
Zaidi, Sheeren MustafaMay 13, 2020� “Our Administrative Mess” by Moazzam Janjua, Tariq Malik, Salman Shah,
Shahid Kardar, Tariq Bajwa, and Ilhan Niaz
May 13, 2020� Economics of Globalisation - Lecture by Nadeem Ul Haque with ITU Host
Bilal QureshiMay 14, 2020� PIDE Webinar on “Why Businesses Don't Grow in Pakistan” by Atif Bajwa,
Waleed Saigol, Alman Aslam and Mohsin Iqbal.
May 16, 2020� PIDE Webinar ”RETAIL- The Neglected Sector Guests Yasin Paracha,
Asfandyar Farrukh and Asif Butt
May 17, 2020� Network Model for Infection - by Amin Hussain
May 18, 2020� PIDE Webinar”Managing Growth with Stabilization” - by Masood AhmedMay 20, 2020� PIDE Webinar: Unpacking Investment Crisis In Pakistan by Haroon Sharif,
Almas Hyder, Wang Zhihua and Ishaq BurneyMay 21, 2020� PIDE Webinar on “Managing Growth with Stabilization-II” by Hafeez Pasha
and Salman Shah
May 22, 2020� PIDE Webinar with Gustav Papanek about his experiences in Pakistan
May 28, 2020� PIDE Webinar Series Managing Growth with Stabilization- III by Hafeez
Pasha and Salman Shah
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May 29, 2020 PIDE Webinar on “Deciding on Higher Education: Why PIDE?” by Nadeem Ul Haque, Fareena Iqbal, Huma Hameed and Imtiaz Ahmad
May 30, 2020 PIDE webinar Why is Pakistan’s Capital Market, if we can Call it that, Stunted? by Syed Ali Sultan, Naz Khan, Farrikh khan, Muhammad Asim, Habib ur Rehman, Muhammad Ali Ahmad, Amjad Waheed and Zafar Masud
Jun 02, 2020 All Students Meeting with Vice Chancellor PIDE (31 May, 2020)Jun 06, 2020 PIDE Webinar Banking, Finance and Economic Growth by Atif Bajwa, Zubyr
Soomro, Syed Saleem Raza, Alman Aslam and Shahzad DadaJun 09, 2020 10th National Finance Commission Award - Improving lives of Citizens and
Strengthening the Federation by Amer Z. Durrani, Noor-ul-Haq Baloch and Nasir Iqbal
Jun 15, 2020 PIDE webinar on “Deciding on Higher Education - II”Jun 18, 2020 COVID-19 and the Future of Cities by Monash UniversityJun 18, 2020 COVID-19 and Challenges for South Asian EconomiesJun 19, 2020 PIDE webinar Competition and Markets”-I by Khalid Mirza, Joseph Wilson
and Waqas MirJun 21, 2020 PIDE webinar Cities for Humanity and Development” by Ken GreenbergJun 22, 2020 Competition and Markets – 3 by Brent ToderianJun 23, 2020 Webinar on “Cities for Humanity and Development - 3” by Brent ToderianJun 24, 2020 Webinar “Competition and Markets-II” by RahatKaunain Hasan, Shaista
Bano, Ikram Ul Haque and Maleeha Mimi BangashJun 26, 2020 Round table on “Circular Debt - An Unfortunate Misnomer” by ShahidSattar,
Ermeena Malik and Tahir Basharat CheemaJun 28, 2020 Webinar “Deciding on Higher Education” (what to ask, where to go) Penalist:
Nadeem Ul Haque, Saud Ahmed Khan, Zulfiqar Ali, Iftikhar Ahmad and Ahmad Faraz
Jun 29, 2020 Webinar“Doing Health Policy Better” by Samia Altaf
Jul 01, 2020 Webinar “Pakistan's Pharmaceutical Industry: Growth, Challenges and Issues-I” by Ayesha T. Haq, Shaikh Qaiser,Samia Altaf Waheed, Raza Ullah and Shahid Mahmood
Jul 04, 2020 Webinar on” Energy Investments and Planning “ by Afia Malik, Syed Akhtar Ali and Waqas Bin Najib
Penalists: Ermeena Malik, Tahir Basharat Cheema, Shahid Sattar, Rashid Aziz, Waqar Zakaria and Amer Durrani
Jul 06, 2020 Webinar on “The Post Pandemic World - A Political Economy Perspective” by Haroon Shaif, Anatol Lieven, Haroon Sharif and Maliha Lodhi
Jul 08, 2020 Round table Developing Electricity Market for Future by Amer Zafar Durrani, Shahid Sattar and Ayesha Ali
Penalist: Ermeena Malik, Tahir Basharat Cheema, Rashid Aziz, Waqar Zakaria, Waqas Bin Najib and Syed Akhtar Ali
Jul 09, 2020 Panel discussion on “The Bigger Evil? _White Collar Crime or Inefficiency” Penalist: Shoaib Suddle, Haroon Sharif, Ahmer Bilal Soofi and Ehsan Sadiq
Jul 16, 2020 Webinar on “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” by Ernesto Sirolli, Imtiaz Rastgar, Zia Imran and Athar Osama.
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Jul 17, 2020 Panel Discussion on “Recovering from the Pandemic” by Akmal Hussain, Khalid Malik and Muhammad Nasir.
Jul 18, 2020 “Voices of the Poor: How we exclude them from life in Cities” by Umer Gillani and Tooba Syed
Jul 21, 2020 Webinar on “Textile Value Chain (TVC)- I” by Shahid Sattar Khalid, Abdullah and Anees Khawaja Penalist: Wajid Rana, Mian Mehmood Ahmed, Sheikh Moazzam Ahmed and Bashir Ali Mohamed Discussant: Amanullah Kaasim Macheriya
Jul 26, 2020 “Reforming Electricity Distribution Companies” by Tahir Basharat Cheema and Sajid Akram Penalist: Waseem Mukhtar, Muhammad Jabbar Khan, Shahid Sattar, Waqas Bin Najib, Rashid Aziz and Syed Akhtar Ali
Jul 26, 2020 Interview of Nadeem Ul Haque with Imran Sultan - Aaj News on Economy of
PakistanJul 28, 2020. Webinar on “Urban Mobility is more than Cars and expensive Metros! by
Murtaza Haider and Mohammad RizwanJul 30, 2020. Webinar on “Learning from Chinese Innovation and Entrepreneurship Model”
by Naubahar Sharif, Athar Mansoor, Peggy Liu and Athar Osama
Aug 06, 2020 Webinar “Economics of Tax Expenditures by FBR; A Debate for Reforms” by Ikramul Haq, Ch Muhammad Tarique and Shahid Kardar
Aug 08, 2020 PIDE Roundtable on “Foreign Aid to Pakistan” Part I by Faheem Jahangeer
Khan, Waqar Masood and Nasruminallah Mian
Aug 09, 2020 Roundtable on “Foreign Aid to Pakistan“ Part II; Politics of Foreign Aid to
Pakistan by Robin Lynn Raphel, Hussain Nadim and Sabtain Fazal HalimAug 16, 2020 “Pak Pharmaceutical Industry: Growth Challenges and Issues II” by Asim Rauf,
Ayesha T Haq, Osman Khalid Waheed, Salman Berney, Khalid Mehmood and Shahid Mehmood
Aug 18, 2020 “The Digital Leap - Financial Empowerment” by Farid Ahmed Khan, Aezaz Hussain and Zouhair Khaliq
Aug 20, 2020 PIDE Round tableSeries on Education 1- The Education Paradigm in
Pakistanby Quratulain Bakhteari and Neelam HussainAug 21, 2020 2nd of PIDE Round Table on Education - Topic: Role of government in
Education by Shanaz Wazir Ali and Faisal Bari
Aug 22, 2020 PIDE Round table Series on Education 19-23 Aug III- Public-Private
Partnership in Education by Riaz Ahmed Kamlani, Seema Aziz and Kasim
Kasuri
Aug 23, 2020 Day-IV PIDE Round table on Education “Is technology the panacea and are we
using it?” by Zulfiqar Qazilbash and Mahboob Mahmood
Aug 24, 2020 Day-V PIDE Round table Series on Education 19-23 Aug Day 5 - Education
Going Forward by Muhammad Rafiq Tahir and Shafqat MahmoodAug 25, 2020 PIDE Webinar - Financing The Social Protectionby Sania Nishtar, Benjamin
Olken, Safdar Sohail, Noureen Adnan, Nasir Iqbal and Shujaat Farooq
Aug 27, 2020 Cities for Humanity and Development by Leslie WooAug 28, 2020 PIDE Webinar on Civil Service Refoms Penalist: Shahid Hafiz Kardar,
Mumaira Zia Mufti, Mosharaf Zaodi, Samina Zehra, Sameen Mohsin Ali and Nadeem Ul Haque
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Sep 02, 2020 3rd - PIDE Round table - Foreign Aid to Pakistan by Masooda Bano and Javed Ahmed Malik
Sep 06, 2020 PIDE Round table on “Electricity Pricing and Regulation” by Salman Rehman, Ameena Sohail and Tahir Basharat Cheema
Penalist: Waqas Bin Najeeb, Ermeena Malik, Shahid Sattar, Rashid Aziz, Syed Akhtar Ali and Manzar Naeem Querashi
Sep 12, 2020 “Structure of the Civil Service” Penalist: Shahid Hafiz Kardar, Saeed Shafqat, Nargis Sethi and Nadeem Ul Haque
Sep 12, 2020 Webinar on Urban Inequality with Riayat LUMS by Nadeem Ul HaqueSep 14, 2020 PIDE Webinar “Case Mgt. as an Approach to Improve Judicial Performance by
Osama Sadique and Waqas MirSep 19, 2020 PIDE Round table Series“Facilitating Pakistan's Trade: TFA and National
Trade Facilitation Bodies- The Pakistan NTTFC” Penalists: Robina Athar, Mohammad Saeed, Jawad Agha, Tauqir Shah, Rasheed Jan Mohammad, Tasneem Noorani, Irtiqa Zaidi, Javaid Mansoor, Abdullah Yousaf, Ahmar Bilal Soofi, Manzoor Ahmed, Babar Badat and Tariq Huda
Sep 21, 2020 Webinar - Judging The Judges: Dynamics Of The Pakistani System Of Justice Delivery by Osama Saddique, Sara Malkani and Asad Jamal
Sep 24, 2020 Navigating People and Business Through Covid-19 by Irfan Wahab Khan, MoqeemUl Haque, Muhammad Aminuddin, Taimoor Shah, Sadia Haroon and Khurram Tariq
Sep 25, 2020 Foreign Aid and Policy - Webinar IV with Hina Rabbani Khar
Sep 26, 2020 Public Procurement Regimes in Pakistan by Waqar MasoodSep 27, 2020 PIDE Webinar - Size and Age as Determinants of Employment Growth among
Manufacturing Firms in Pakistan by Farrukh Iqbal Discussant: Usman Qadir and Usman Ahmed
Sep 30, 2020 Fixing Power Sector Issues – PIDE Webinar Penalist: Ahsan Zafer Syed, Shakil Durrani, Syed Akhtar Ali, Rashid Aziz and Mahreen Aziz Khan
Sep 30, 2020. The Insanity of Our Economic Policies - by Nadeem Ul Haque
Oct 03, 2020 Civil Service Reforms – PIDE Webinar by Tariq Mehmood Awan, Fazail Mudasar, Muhammad Tariq Ramzan, Fahad Ikram Qazi and Zahid Shar
Oct 6, 2020 Civil Service Reforms – PIDE Webinar by Ishrat Husain
Oct 9, 2020 Civil Service Training – PIDE Webinar by Mohsin Chandna, Sepali Sudasinge,
Samina Zehra and Fahim Jahangir KhanOct 11, 2020 PIDE Webinar - Engaging the Informal Sector - A Proposal for the State and
non - State engagement by Faisal ShaheenOct 13, 2020 Export Led Growth Channel of Development for Pakistan and
Competitiveness of the Economy – PIDE Webinar by Shahid Yusuf Penalists: Najy Benhasine and Muhammad Ashraf
Oct 15, 2020 What is Smart about Smart Cities – PIDE Webinar by Ayona DattaOct 18, 2020 Energy Innovations by Mehroze Rafique, Amjad A. Awan, Sobia Baig, Shahid
Sattar,Ermeena Malik and Amir Durrani.Oct 20, 2020 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Pakistan by Yousaf Hussain, Salman
Wasay, Monis Rehman, Rizwan Buttar, Asif Khan and Salman Elahi
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Oct 25, 2020 PIDE Webinar - The Gas System in Pakistan by Arif Hameed, Muhammad Arif, Shahid Sattar and Sheikh Imran Ul Haque
Oct 27, 2020 NTMs and Export Competitiveness by Samidh Shrestha Penalists: Manzoor Ahmad and Adil NakhodaOct 29, 2020 RASTA Competitive Grants for Policy-oriented Research – PIDE WebinarOct 30, 2020 Tobacco Tax Policies: Formulation Effectiveness and Challenges – PIDE
Webinar Penalists: Frank Chaloupka, Roberto Iglesias, Ch. Muhammad Tarique, Mahmood Khalid and Muhammad Sabir
Nov 03, 2020 Introduction of Legislative Bill for the Protection of Street Vendor's Rights by Sania Nishtar, Syed Zeeshan Ali Naqvi, Zia Banday, Ahmed Bashir, Umer Gilani and Naveed Abbasi
Nov 06, 2020 RASTA PIDE WorkshopNov 09, 2020 Under-Developed Real Estate Industry in Pakistan – PIDE Webinar by
Muhammad Ejaz, Adil Kamal and Rashid BashirNov 09, 2020 Settlement of Street Vendors in Public Space of Urban Pakistan by Arif HasanNov 11, 2020 The Survival of Cinema and Television Industry in Pakistan by Sarmad Sultan
Khoosat, Kanwal Khoosat, Pir Saad Ahsanuddin, Kamran Lashari, Mehreen Jabbar and Faris Kermani
Nov 12, 2020 Exchange Rate Management and Economic Growth by Abdul Jalil Nov 17, 2020 Pakistan Railways or Pakistan's Railways –PIDE Webinarby Richard Bullock,
Mohammad Ashfaque Khattak and Amer Zafar Durrani Nov 19, 2020 Idleness and Mental Health Problems - Challenge to Pakistan's Demographic
Dividend – PIDE Webinar by Arifa Saboohi Discussants: Rizwan Taj and Syed Javed Hassan
Nov 21, 2020 Doing Ethnography in the Times of Covid-19 – PIDE Webinar by Rao Nadeem Alam Penalists: Ikram Badshah, Rao Nadeem Alam, Shama Dossa, Laila Rajani and Amen Jaffer
Nov 26, 2020 The C-Section Epidemic in Pakistan Penalists: Batool Mazhar, Saman Nazir, Ghazala Mahmud and Samia Altaf
Dec 02, 2020 Energy efficiency and conservation in Pakistanby Nadeem Javed, Sania Awais, Marium Jalal and Afia Malik
Dec 08, 2020 PIDE Webinar on Revisiting Demographic Dividend Penalists: Durr-e-Nayab, Zeba Sathar, G.M.Arif and Attiya Inayat Ullah
Dec 08, 2020 PIDE Book Launch Webinar on Uncivil City Ecology, Equity and the Commons in Delhi by Amita Baviskar
Dec 10, 2020 Webinar on Street Vendors in Islamabad Voice from the Ground Penalists: Sania Nishtar, Shahid Mahmood, Shafaq Hashmi, Zia Banday, Fazal Hayat, Bedar Bakht and Muhammad Sajid
Dec 12, 2020 Book Launch Webinar on the title “The Politics of the Misgoverned” by Azhar Hassan Nadeem
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Dec 19, 2020 “Pakistan's Tariff Bias: Anti-Export or Anti-Consumer” by Gonzalo Varela Discussants: Ahmed Fasih, Ehsan Malik and Safdar SohailDec 21, 2020 Why Has China Grown So Fast For So Long, Book Launch Webinar by Khalid
Malik Discussant: Saeed AfridiDec 22, 2020 Exchange Rate Management of Pakistan: Past, Present and Future by Riaz
Riazuddin Discussant: Abdul Jalil and HafsaHinaDec 26, 2020 Grand National Dialog, the Kind of Reforms Pakistan Needs by Mosharraf
Zaidi, Osama Siddique, Amber Darr and Usman Raza JolahaDec 27, 2020 PIDE Grand National Dialogue GND, 2nd Day by Najma Pirzada, Fahd
Hussain, Erum Haider and Huzaima BukhariDec 28, 2020 Grand National Dialogue Webinar, Day 3 by Asad Rahim, Raza Rumi and Arifa
NoorDec 29, 2020 Grand National Dialogue GND, Reforms Pakistan Needs, Day4 by Ahmed
Bilal Mehbook, Adnan Rasool and Jamila Aslam Dec 30, 2020 Grand National Dialogue at PIDE, Day-5 by by Zarar Khuhro, Amer Zafar
Durrani, Zaigham Khan, Omar Quraishi and Usman Raza Jolaha
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NEWS PAPERARTICLES
Jan 03, 2020 The road to violence in Pakistan: Inefficient conflict
resolution mechanism and less accountability by Karim Khan in Daily
Times.
Jan 03, 2020 CPEC: Phases and Challenges by Nasir Iqbal in The News
Jan 11, 2020 Withered Books by Abdul Jalil in Daily Times
January 22, 2020.Building industry - academia linkages: a latent
solution by Iftikhar Ahmad in Daily Times.
Feb 24, 2020 Interview: The Economy is not a Political Enterprise by Nadeem Ul
Haque in The News.
Feb 24, 2020 Energy Subsidies and Circular Debt by Ghulam Samad and Naseem
Faraz in Business Recorder.
Mar 02, 2020 We Build Universities, not Education by Ghulam Samad in Business
Recorder.
March 07, 2020. What are we missing? A tale of PSDP by Aqeel
Chaudhry and Fida M. Khan in The News.
Mar 10, 2020 A Suitable Response? by Fahd Zulfiqar in Morning Mail.
Mar 10, 2020 Public Transportation System and Female Mobility in Pakistan by
Fahd Zulfiqar in Daily Times.
Mar 10, 2020 Production or real estate? by Iftikhar Ahmad in The News.
Mar 13, 2020 18th Amendment and deprivation by Karim Khan in The
Express Tribune.
Mar 16, 2020 Planning without analysis by Madeeha Gohar Qureshi in The News.
Mar 18, 2020 Sustainable housing by Nasir Iqbal in The News.
Mar 18, 2020 Doing taxes better by Nasir Iqbal in The News.
Mar 21, 2020 A quick note on SBP announcement by Abdul Jalil in Daily Times.
Mar 23, 2020 Corona Virus and the Changing dynamics of Social spaces in Pakistan
by Zulfiqar Ali and Fahd Zulfiqar in Daily Times.
Mar 23, 2020 PSDP process overhaul need of the hour in Pakistan by Aqeel
Chaudhry and Fida Muhammad in Express Tribune.
Mar 23, 2020 Corona virus and HR managers obligations by Nadeem A. Khan in
DAWN.
Mar 29, 2020 COVID-19 and the Question of Religions Sentiment by Fahd Zulfiqar
in Daily Times.
Mar 29, 2020 Caring for the poor by Nasir Iqbal in The News. Mar 30, 2020 Trade, cooperation policies in time of pandemic by Manzoor Ahmad in Express Tribune.Mar 30,2020 Corona virus and the plight of labourer by Junaid Ahmed and Mr. Mazhar Mughal in Express Tribune.Apr 02, 2020 Covid- 19 and structural inequalities by Junaid Ahmed and Mazhar Mughal in Express Tribune.Apr 06, 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic: State-community coordination in policy response by Muhammad Jehangir and Karim Khan in Daily Times.Apr 06, 2020 Covid-19 and structural inequalities by Junaid Ahmed and Mazhar Mughal in Express Tribune. Apr 07, 2020 Disbursement efficiency by Karim Khan and Muhammad Jehangir in The News .
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Apr 14, 2020 Cost of Corona by Nasir Iqbal in The News.Apr 28, 2020 Assessing the Covid-19 Economic fall out in Pakistan by Henna Ahsan in Express Tribune. Apr 29, 2020 Economic packages are not enough for a weak Economy like Pakistan by Nadeem-Ul-Haque in DW.comMay 03, 2020 Understanding smart lock downs by Nadeem Ul Haque and Durr-e-Nayab in The News. May 07, 2020 Will Covid affect our remittance inflows? by Mazhar Mughal and Junaid Ahmed in Express Tribune.May 10, 2020 The failure of Pakistans power policies by Shahid Mehmood in Business Recorder. May 23, 2020 'Pakistans human capital conundrum by Shahid Mehmood in Business Recorder. Jun 08, 2020 'Take Policy back from the Economic Hit-men by Nadeem Ul Haque in Balochistan Times.Jun 08, 2020 Anti- corruption dynamics of Pakistan by Nadia Hassan and Hasan Rasool in Balochistan Times. Jun 08, 2020 Revitalizing the agriculture sector by Abedullah in Balochistan Times. Jun 08, 2020 Annual Budget: A useless exercise by Shahid Mehmood in Dawn News.Jun 09, 2020 Time to think beyond bricks and mortars by Nadeem Ul Haque in Balochistan Times.Jun 09, 2020 Only the paranoid survive by Nadeem Ul Haque in The News. Jun 22, 2020 Excluded from elite space by Nadeem Ul Haque in Balochistan Times.Jun 22, 2020 Are we ready to reap CPEC benefits? By Nasir Iqbal in Balochistan Times. Jun 22, 2020 Budget 2020-21: Cutting expenses in pandemic by Manzoor Ahmad in Express Tribune.Jul 14, 2020 Is Economic planning viable? by Shahid Mehmood in Business Recorder Jul 27, 2020 The Economy under the PTI by Shahid Mehmood in The News.Aug 23, 2020 Pakistan options for Climate finance by Zahid Majeed and Abedullah Anjum in The News.
Aug 30, 2020 Meaningless numbers by Nadeem Ul Haque in The News.
Sep 17, 2020 Economics beyond the ordinary by Shahid Mehmood in Dawn.
Oct 20 , 2020 Covid-19 and Child Education by Jehangir Khan and Junaid Ahmed in
Express Tribune.
Oct 21, 2020 Cost of protest by Nasir Iqbal in The News.
Oct 27, 2020 The puzzling increase in remittances by Junaid Ahmed and Mazhar
Mughal in Express Tribune.
Oct 28, 2020 Corona virus and Macroeconomic Interventions Part III by M. Ali Kemal
in The Nation.
Nov 08, 2020 New Directory Shows Cities in Pakistan are Paying Taxes by Idrees
Khawaja in Naya Daur.
Nov 08, 2020 Migration and Covid-19 by Nasir Iqbal in The News.
Nov 11, 2020 The recovery debate by Shahid Mehmood in The News.
Nov 17, 2020 Magna Carta for Pakistan by Nadeem Ul Haque and Malik Ahmad Jalal in
The News.
Dec 05, 2020 Exchange Rate Dynamic overvalued or Undervalued by M. Ali Kemal in
The Nation.
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Dec 06, 2020 Pakistan Needs A Market-Based Solution to the Recurring Wheat
Crises by Nasir Iqbal in Naya Daur.
Dec 18, 2020 Is Pakistan dealing with taxes the right way during pandemic? by
Amena Urooj and Saud A. Khan in DAWN.
Dec 18, 2020 Will capitalism eat itself ? by Shahid Mehmood in Dawn.
Dec 18, 2020 Scenes of the Hunt in sindh by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro in Friday Times.
Dec 20, 2020 Wheat price game by Nasir Iqbal in The News.
Enough brick and mortar by Nadeem Ul Haque in The News.
Dec 27, 2020 How to make pensions less Burdensome for the Government? by
Omer Siddique in Naya Daur.
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