Research Advisory Committee

Nadia Rehman

Master of Public Administration, (Sustainable Development), Harvard University | M.Sc. (Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Systems, Duke University Nadia serves as the Member for Food Security & Climate Change at the Planning Commission of Pakistan, where she is responsible for the planning and coordination of the country’s Food Security & Climate portfolio. In a

Nadia Rehman Read More »

Adeel Malik

DPhil (Economics), University of Oxford, UK Adeel Malik is a development macroeconomist with a strong multi-disciplinary orientation. His research engages with questions of long-run development, political economy and economic history, with a special focus on Muslim societies. His work combines quantitative and qualitative research methods. Apart from engaging with cross-country empirics on development, he is

Adeel Malik Read More »

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

Zahid Asghar Read More »

Izzah Aftab

PhD (Economics), The New School, New York City, USA | MA (Economics), The New School New York City, USA | MS (Public Policy), Beaconhouse National University Izza Aftab is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Beaconhouse National University (BNU) Lahore. She was the founding Chairperson of the Economics Department at ITU Lahore. She was also

Izzah Aftab Read More »

Murtaza Haider

PhD (Civil Engineering), University of Toronto, Canada | MASc (Civil Engineering) University of Toronto, Canada Murtaza Haider is a professor of Data Science and Real Estate Management at Ryerson University. He also serves as the research director of the Urban Analytics Institute, external link. Professor Haider holds an adjunct professorship of Engineering at McGill University,

Murtaza Haider Read More »

Faheem Jehangir Khan

PhD (Public Policy), University of Bristol, UK | MSc (Development Policy), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany | BSc Hons (Ag. Economics), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan Faheem Jehangir is the Project Director RASTA at PIDE. He worked with the National School of Public Policy (NSPP), UNDP Pakistan, GIZ Pakistan, ILO Pakistan and some leading training

Faheem Jehangir Khan Read More »

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

Abdul Salam Lodhi Read More »

Mohsin Mushtaq Chandna

Masters of Public Policy, University of Chicago, USA | Masters in Business Administration, Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi Mohsin Mushtaq Chandna is an officer of Pakistan Administrator Service with blend of experience in Government service as well as Development Sector. He has worked for the Government of Pakistan for over 30 years while he

Mohsin Mushtaq Chandna Read More »

Ather Maqsood Ahmed

Ph.D. (Economics) The Johns Hopkins University, USA. | MA (Economics) University of Waterloo, Canada | M.Sc. (Economics) Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Ather Maqsood Ahmed is one of Pakistan’s eminent economists. He is the founder of renowned Department of Economics at NUST. Prior to joining NUST, Professor Ahmed testified before the Standing Committees of Senate of Pakistan

Ather Maqsood Ahmed Read More »