PhD (Gender and Development Studies) Australian National University, Australia | Post Doctorate (Roads and Politics of Thought) SOAS, University of London | MSc (Crime, Deviance and Control) London School of Economics and Political Science | MA (English Literature) University of the Punjab Khalid Chauhan has an extensive and distinguished police and public service experience of […]
Ph.D. (Socio-cultural Anthropology) UT Austin | Masters (Public Administration) University of Victoria Hafeez Jamali is a scholar and civil servant whose research focuses on the effects of globalization and development on the livelihoods of marginalized communities. His research interests include anthropology of infrastructure, globalization and trade, politics of identity, Indian Ocean cultures, and the politics
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Mr. Zafar ul Hassan is a distinguished Pakistani economist and a former civil servant. He plays a pivotal role in shaping and implementing macroeconomic policies that drive the nation’s economic growth. Mr. Hassan has previously held key positions, including Chief of the Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Section from 2014 to 2018, where
Theme/Relevant Ministry: AGRICULTRE POLICY/ SUGAR:Federal Cabinet; Provincial Cabinet; M/o Finance; CCP Project Brief: This paper adopts a multidisciplinary approach to analyse the law governing the sugar industry in Pakistan and its implications. Focusing on the current market operation within Pakistan, the paper critically contrasts this with models implemented within different jurisdictions for the effective market operation
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Theme/Relevant Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT/ LAND USE/ REAL ESTATE:M/o Finance; Finance department Punjab; FBR; Punjab Excise & Taxation department Project Brief: This study undertook the urban immovable property valuation in Lahore and Faisalabad, using big data and advanced spatial analysis techniques to explore the significant impact of location-specific parameters on the urban immovable property prices. To compute the
Theme/Relevant Ministry: TAX POLICY/ ADMINISTRATION:M/o Finance; FBR Project Brief: Tax is an important tool of fiscal policy which generates revenue and enable governments to finance current and development expenditures. However, taxes leave individuals and firms with less income and therefore, they have to compromise their consumption. Thus, tax system of a country affects its economic growth
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Theme/Relevant Ministry: GOVERNANCE/ EDUCATION: P&D Board and Education department, Balochistan Project Brief: In the wake of devolution of education to provinces through the 18th Constitutional Amendment, there has been a noticeable increase in public allocation and spending on school education. Moreover, certain reforms have been introduced in education planning, management and monitoring. These measures have enhanced
Theme/Relevant Ministry: ECONOMIC GROWTH:M/o Finance; Finance departments (all provinces); M/o PDSI; P&D Boards (all provinces) Project Brief: This project uses multiple sources of publicly accessible remotely sensed satellite data as the primary source for estimating Pakistan’s Regional Domestic Product (RDP) at the city level. In the absence of a formal System of Regional Accounts (SRA)
Theme/Relevant Ministry: TAX POLICY/ ADMINISTRATION:M/o Finance; FBR Project Brief: Pakistan’s tax regime heavily relies on indirect taxes that constitute 60 percent of total tax receipts. This research assess who bears how much burden of these taxes. This research examines the extent of overall incidence and the distributional burden of General Sales Tax (GST), levied at domestic
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Theme/Relevant Ministry: URBAN TRANSPORT:M/o Communication; Transport Department (Punjab); Punjab Mass- Transit Authority; M/o PDSI Project Brief: Rapid urbanization and migration towards Lahore are causing inadequacy in the public service delivery; most notably the public transport The Lahore Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) is the first light rail mass transit project of Pakistan to cater the
