Research Advisory Committee Chairperson RAC Dr. Nadeem Javaid Vice-Chancellor, PIDE PIDE Members from the Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Zafar ul Hassan Joint Chief Economist Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Government of Pakistan. Nadia Rehman Member (Climate Change & Food Security) Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Government of Pakistan TBC (Chief Economist) Representatives of Ministries/Departments Mohsin Mushtaq Chandna DG, Debt Management Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan Naeem uz Zafar Chief Statistician Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan Khalid Chauhan DG National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) Hafeez Ahmed Jamali Director General (DG) of Balochistan Civil Service Academy Quetta Government of Balochistan Muhammad Aman Ullah Economic Advisor, P&D Board Government of Punjab Dr. Nasir Javed Former CEO of the Urban Unit Punjab Government of Pakistan Public Policy Experts- Universities Ather Maqsood Ahmed Professor NUST, Islamabad Zahid Asghar Professor Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Abdul Salam Lodhi Professor BUITEMS University, Quetta Nooreen Mujahid Director Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC), University of Karachi, Karachi Sobia Khurram Professor University of the Punjab, Lahore Usman Ghani Director IM Sciences, Peshawar Asma Haider Professor of Economics/Dean Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi Hadia Majid Associate Professor/Chair Department of Economics, LUMS, Lahore Nadeem Ul Haque Former VC, PIDE/Former DCPC PIDE International Experts David Orden Professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA Ahmed Jamal Pirzada Senior Lecturer University of Bristol, UK Adeel Malik Globe Fellow in the Economies of Muslim Societies and Associate Professor University of Oxford, UK Murtaza Haider Professor Ryerson University, Canada Sultan Mehmood Assistant Professor The New Economic School, Moscow Izzah Aftab Senior Economist Manitoba Health, Canada Members from PIDE, Islamabad Faheem Jehangir Khan Project Director RASTA/ Chief (Policy) PIDE Nasir Iqbal Associate Professor & Dean PIDE Shujaat Farooq Chief of Research PIDE Iftikhar Ahmed Associate Professor PIDE