RASTA – PIDE & Planning Commission Competitive Research Grants

Competitive Grants Programme for Policy-oriented Research

Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives

Public Policy Experts- Universities

Sheraz Rajput

PhD, University of York, UK | MSc (Economics) University of York, UK | MSc (Economics) Quaid e Azam University Islamabad Dr. Sheraz Mustafa is an Associate Professor of Economics at KSBL. He has over ten years of experience in teaching and research. In his academia experience, he served as an integral part of the faculty […]

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Farah Said

PhD (Economics), Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, Pakistan | MSc (Financial Economics), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK | BSc (hons) Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan Dr. Farah Said is a leading expert in data and strategy, currently serving as the Executive Director of the Mahbub ul Haq Research Centre (MHRC) and an

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Madiha Riaz

PhD (Economics) Universiti Sains Malaysia Dr. Madiha Riaz is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. She has accomplished a master’s in applied Econometrics from Monash University Australia and a Ph.D. from University Sains Malaysia. She is a gold Medalist for a master’s in economics and

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Zainab Jehan

PhD (Economics), The University of Sheffield, UK Dr. Zainab Jehan is currently serving as the Head of the Department of Economics at Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU), Rawalpindi. She is an accomplished academic and researcher with expertise in development economics, gender studies, and public policy. At FJWU, she has led initiatives to strengthen the economics

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Atta Ullah Shah

PhD (Civil Engineering), University of Engineering and Technology Taxila, Pakistan Dr. Atta Ullah Shah currently serves as the 5th Vice Chancellor of Karakoram International University (KIU). Prior to this role, he held the position of Vice Chancellor at the City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar from 2014 to 2018. From 2000 to 2014,

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Usman Ghani

Post-Doctorate, Gatton College of Business & Economics, University of Kentucky,USA | PhD , SZABIST, Islamabad With a Post Doctorate from the Gatton College of Business & Economics, University of Kentucky, USA, Usman is currently serving as the Director/Rector of the Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar. He has  over two decades of management and research experience

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Sobia Khurram

PhD (Business Administration and Management) University of Stirling, UK Sobia Khurram is serving as a Professor of Management Sciences at the University of Punjab in Lahore. Her research interests include areas of tax administration reforms with special focus on autonomy and accountability and anti-corruption reforms. She teaches BS, Masters, MPhil and PhD students in Management,

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Nooreen Mujahid

PhD (Economics), University of Karachi, Karachi Nooreen Mujahid is currently serving as the Director of the Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC). Earlier, she served as Chairperson of the Department of Economics, University of Karachi and an Additional Directing Staff at the National Institute of Management (NIM) Karachi (deputation). Her interests are Labor Economics, Gender and

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Zahid Asghar

PhD (Economics), Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad | MSc (Statistics) Zahid Asghar is the Director of School of Economics at the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. He served as senior faculty at the National Institute of Banking and Finance, State Bank of Pakistan, Islamabad, and remained Chairman, Department of Statistics at QAU. His areas of research

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Abdul Salam Lodhi

PhD (Economics) Bonn Graduate School of Development Economics, University of Bonn, Germany Abdul Salam Lodhi is a professor of Economics at BUITEMS. Presently he is working as Director University College of Zhob, BUITEMS, earlier to that he also served as Dean Faculty of Management Sciences and Chairman Department of Economics, from September 2014 to May

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