CGP 4.0

Theme/Relevant Ministry: DEAD CAPITAL Pakistan Railways; M/o Commerce; City Administration Project Brief: Pakistan Railways has a lot of dead capital, this study intends to highlight that by identifying the land holdings of Pakistan Railway in major cities. It will also look in-depth into the railway’s re-development evidence from the world. In a purely local context, […]

Theme/Relevant Ministry: DEAD CAPITAL FBR; M/o Finance Project Brief: This case study aims to analyze the economic potential of the under-utilized assets at the regional offices of the Allama Iqbal Open University. As the operational and academic activities of the AIOU are now being digitalized, the assets (land, buildings, staff, IT labs etc.) deployed in

Theme/Relevant Ministry: INDUSTY/ COMMERCE: M/o Industries and Production; M/o Commerce and Textile Industry; MOF Project Brief: This study explores a spatial phenomenon that routinely plays out in large Pakistani cities – unanticipated, spontaneously-formed bazaar-based industrial clusters. These specialized urban districts house economic activities of various kinds but are mainly centered upon manufacturing units of light industrial

Theme/Relevant Ministry: INDUSTRY M/o Commerce; M/o IT; HEC; M/o PD&SI   Project Brief: The incubations usually have an impact on the economic growth of a country by producing more job opportunities and showcasing solutions for socio-economic issues by means of innovations, and most importantly supporting economy in term trade deficit and local needs. However, it

Theme/Relevant Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT: M/o Commerce and Textile Industry; City/ District Administration Project Brief: Pakistan has experienced massive growth in urbanisation since its inception in 1947. Urbanisation in Pakistan is quite different from the one that occurred in the developed world as an outcome of industrialization, thus, making supplying side of housing very much dependent

Theme/Relevant Ministry: CAREER COUNCILING M/o Education; Education Departments; M/o HRD Project Brief: The current academic debate focuses on congruence between institutes (knowledge economy) and careers (economy) for developing a prosperous country. In this regard, Career Education – an integrated approach – is found to be a panacea to major educational and vocational problems across the

Theme/Relevant Ministry: EMPLOYMENT M/o HRD, M/o Education Project Brief: Our project explores and analyzes the nature, causes and consequences of unemployment in Balochistan. Youth unemployment is a key concern for Pakistan—given its budding young population, lack of coherent public policy measures, and neglect of successive provincial and federal governments in tackling the issues faced by

Theme/Relevant Ministry: EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT M/o Education; M/o Commerce; HEC; HED; M/o HRD; PMO Project Brief: Engineering is a very sought-after degree program with an overarching perception that the graduate will most likely be able to secure a suitable job while those from less vocational disciplines may have to struggle more. While youth unemployment is

Theme/Relevant Ministry: EMPLOYMENT M/o Education; M/o HRD; NAVTTC; TEVTA Project Brief: The purpose of this study is to analyse the role of TVET institute’s role in promoting women’s hands on skills. TVET programs have been emerging in recent years across the world. Such program have been considered effective in providing noble skills to women so

Theme/Relevant Ministry: EDUCATION M/o Education; Education Departments Project Brief: Pakistan like many other developing countries is facing a high rate of out-of-school children. Although a major part of it refers to children who never attended school, but it also includes considerable proportion of children who fails to complete a certain minimum credential and leave the