Post-Doctorate, Duke University | Ph.D. (Economics) PIDE, Islamabad | M.A. (Economics) University of the Punjab, Lahore

Dr. Nasir Iqbal is a distinguished economist and academic leader with over 17 years of experience in economic policy research, institutional governance, and social protection program design. He is the Associate Professor and Registrar at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), where he also heads the Macro Policy Lab. His areas of specialization encompass trade, poverty, governance, policy design, and social protection. Dr. Iqbal also led the research wing of the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), as the Additional Director General, where he was instrumental in the design and implementation of macroeconomic models, graduation models, socioeconomic surveys, and data quality assurance mechanisms.