PIDE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 2020

PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

PIDE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 2020

PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

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www.pide.org.pk [email protected]. 92-51-924 8051 92-51-942 8065 Working Papers 06 Policy View Points 08 Knowledge Briefs 10 PDR 12 - Vol-1 PDR 59(1) 2020 12 - Vol-2 PDR 59(2) 2020 13 - Vol-3 PDR 59(3) 2020 14 P&R Magazine 15 - Issue 1 PIDE Policy and Research (P&R) 15 - Issue 2 Pakistan is Tilting at the Windmill by Regulating 15 - Issue 3 Growth Diagnostic of Pakistan 15 - Issue 4 Cities and Urbanization 15 Special COVID-19 Initiatives 16

- PIDE Work in Covid-19 (Bulletin) 17

- Covid-19 War 18

- Crowd Sourcing Covid Response 19

- Covid News Letter Series 21

- PIDE Covid-19 Blogs Series 22

CONTENTS PIDE Blogs 24 Webinars / Seminars 28 Videos of the Events/ Interviews 35 Newspaper Articles 45 WORKING PAPERS

2020:6. The Tariff Tripod of Pakistan: Protection, Export Promotion, and Revenue Generation by Jamil Nasir. 2020:7. Pakistan: With holdingisation of the Economic System a Source of Revenue, Civil Strife or Dutch Disease+? by Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed. 2020:8. A case for Social Distancing in Developing Countries by Ammar Rashid. 2020:9. Construction without Real Estate Development by Nadeem Ul Haque and Nadeem khurshid. 2020:10. Measuring the Impact of Remittances on Housing Demand: Evidence from Large Cities in Pakistan by Ayaz Ahmed, Nasir Iqbal and Ghulam Mustafa. 2020:11. Total Factor Productivity and Economic Growth in Pakistan: A Five Decade Overview by Omer Siqqique. 2020:12. Unveiling the Effects of Indoor Air Pollution on Health of Rural Women in Pakistan by Abedullah Muhammad Tanvir. 2020:13. Aspirations and Behaviour : Future in the Mindset The Link between Aspiration Failure and the Poverty by Omer Siddique and Durr-e-Nayab.

6 Working Papers 2020 2020:14. On Deconstructing National Education Policy Framework 2018 of Pakistan by Fahd Zulfiqar Zulfiqar Ali. 2020:15. Conflict and Religious Preferences: Evidence from a Civil Conflict in Pakistan by Karim Khan Muhsin Ali. 2020:16. Macro Shocks and Child Grade Attainment in Rural Pakistan by M. Jehangir Khan Wei Yin Aqsa Anwar. 2020:17. Pursuit of Ideal Strategy to Manage Pandemic: A Comparative Study of COVID 19 for USA, Italy, Spain, China and Pakistan by Syed Akhtar Hussain Shah. 2020:18. Gender Socialisation among Pakistani Preadolescents and Adolescents by Zehra Aftab. 2020:19. Foreign Training of Government Officers and Public Sector Capacity in Pakistan by Faheem Jehangir Khan. 2020:20. Circular Debt— An Unfortunate Misnomer by Afia Malik. 2020:21. A Tale of Two Punjabs and CPEC by Sana Ajmal, Lubna Hasan and Iftikhar Ahmad. 2020:22. Oil Price Volatility and Stock Returns: Evidence from Three Oil-price Wars by Mushtaq Hussain Khan, Junaid Ahmed and Mazhar Mughal. 2020:23. An Empirical Analysis of Pakistan's Agriculture Trade with China: Complementarity or Competition? by Unbreen Qayyum and Neelum Nigar. 2020:24. Correction of Trade Deficit through Depreciation A Misdirected Policy: An Empirical Evidence from Pakistan by Hafsa Hina. 2020:25. Developing Research and a Research Culture: Results from a Pilot Project in Pakistan by Nadeem Ul Haque and David Orden. 2020:26. Estimating the Footprint of Government on the Economy by Nadeem Ul Haque and Raja Rafi Ullah. 2020:27. Size and Age as Determinants of Employment Growth among Manufacturing Firms in Pakistan by Farrukh Iqbal and Aadil Nakhoda. 2020:28. Cinema in Pakistan: Economics, Institutions and Way Forward by Zulfiqar Ali and Fahd Zulfiqar. 2020:29. The Fall of Urdu and the Triumph of English in Pakistan: A Political Economic Analysis by John Willough and Zehra Aftab. 2020:172. Macroeconomic Research and Policy Making: Processes and Agenda by Nadeem Ul Haque. 2020:173. Increasing Revenue for Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad by Nadeem Ul Haque. 2020:174. Entertaining Douglass North: Polotical Violence and Social Order by Karim Khan, and Sadia Sherbaz. 2020:175. Sending Money Home: Transaction Cost and Remittances to Developing Countries by Junaid Ahmed, Mazhar Mughal, Inmaculada and Martinez-Zarzoso. 2020:176. The C-Section Epidemic in Pakistan by Aman Nazir, and Cynthia Cready

Working Papers 2020 7 POLICY VIEW POINT

8 Policy View Point 11: 2020 Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP Conference. 12: 2020 Lahore's Urban Dilemma Doing Cities Better by Nadeem Ul Haque, Hafeez Ur Rehman Hadi, Madeeha Qureshi and Fahd Zulfiqar. 13: 2020 Strategies to Improve Revenue Generation for Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation by Lubna Hasan. 14: 2020 National Tariff Policy 2019 – 24 by Usman Qadir. 15: 2020 Getting More out of THE PSDP Through Results Based Management by Raja Rafiullah. 16: 2020 The Islamabad Master Plan by Lubna Hasan, Aqeel Chaudhry, Ayaz Ahmed and Hanzla Jalil. 17: 2020 Doing Taxes Better: Simply, Open and Grow Economy by Muhammad Nasir, Naseem Faraz and Saba Anwar. 18: 2020 Unconditional Cash Transfer and Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan BISP's Impact on Households' Socioeconomic Wellbeing by Durr-e-Nayab and Shujaat Farooq. 19: 2020 Unravelling Water Use Efficiency in Sugarcane and Cotton Production in Pakistan by Abedullah Anjum and Uzma Zia. 20: 2020. Aug 10 The Poor State of Financial Markets in Pakistan, The Role and Structure of Financial Markets by Shahid Mehmood and Ahmad Fraz. 21: 2020. Sep 10 Creativity in Schools: A 21st Century Need by Saman Nazir. 22: 2020. Nov 09 The Pension Bomb and Possible Solutions by Mahmood Khalid, Naseem Faraz, and Brig. (Retd.) Muhammad Ashraf.

Policy View Point 9 KNOWLEDGE BRIEF

10 Knowledge Brief Apr, 2020 What Do We Know of Exchange Rate Pass Through? by Abdul Jalil. Apr, 2020 The Cost of Disinflation: The Sacrifice Ratio by Nadeem Ul Haque and Abdul Jalil. May, 2020 National Poverty Estimates 2018-19 by Nasir Iqbal. 5: 2020 What Do We Know of Exchange Rate Pass Through? by Abdul Jalil. 6: 2020 The Economic Analysis of Law in Pakistan by Omer Siddique. Jun 29, 2020 Is Pakistan Talent Repellant? by Shahid Mahmood. Jul 14, 2020 The Sugar Industry of Pakistan—Understanding Structural and Regulatory Underpinnings of the Current Sugar Crisis by Abedullah, Madeeha Gohar Querashi, Omer Siddique and Uzma Zia. Jul 15, 2020 City Planning and Urban Design Guide by Zoya Ali. Aug 05, 2020 Higher Taxes Reduce Economic Growth: Overwhelming International Evidence by Sarah Nizmani. Sep 01, 2020 Import and Export Policy Orders and Amendments Through Statutory Regulatory Orders. by Uzma Zia and Farhat Mahmood. Sep 24, 2020 Bangladesh and Pakistan: The Great Divergence. by Mahmood Hasan Khan. Oct 20, 2020 Exchange Rate Policy Must Seek Undervaluation! by Abdul Jalil. Oct 26, 2020 Wheat Support Price: A Note for Policy-makers.by Abdul Jalil, Fhd Zulfiqar, Muhammad Aqeel Anwer, Nasir Iqbal and Saud Ahmed Khan. Nov 10, 2020 Debt Sustainability : Economic Growth is the Panacea. by Abdul Jalil. 2020: 20 Dec 13 Does Free Market Mechanism Offier a Win-Win Situation to Wheat Consumers and the Government ? by Abedullah

Knowledge Brief 11 PDR

The Pakistan Development Review

PDR 59(1)2020 1. Gulzar Khan and Ather Maqsood Ahmed, Understanding Business Cycle Fluctuations in Pakistan 2. Abida Yousaf and Tahir Mukhtar, External Debt and Capital Accumulation Nexus: Evidence from Pakistan 3. Muhsin Ali and Karim Khan, Volatility in Discretionary Public Spending and Economic Growth: A Cross Country Analysis. 4. Bisharat Hussain Chang, Suresh Kumar Oad Rajput, Pervez Ahmed, and Zafar Hayat, Does Gold act as a Hedge or a Safe Haven? Evidence from Pakistan. 5. Zainab Jehan and Iffat Irshad, Exchange Rate Misalignment and Economic Growth in Pakistan: The Role of Financial Development. 6. Zafar Hayat and Muhammad Nadim Hanif, Assessing the Role of Money versus Interest Rate in Pakistan. COMMENTARY Mahmood Hasan Khan. Agriculture in Pakistan: A Revisit. Omer Siddique.The Economic Analysis of Law in Pakistan POLICY Muhammad Nasir, Naseem Faraz, and Saba Anwar. Doing Taxes Better: Simplify, Open and Grow Economy. Nadeem Ul Haque. Doing Development Better: Analysing the PSDP. Usman Qadir. Analysing the National Tariff Policy. BOOKS Katy Gardner and David Lewis. Anthropology and Development: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century. Reviewed by Maria Pilar Lorenzo.

12 The Pakistan Development Review PDR 59(2)2020 1. Zainab Jehan and Faiza Azhar Khan, Demographic Changes and Economic Growth in Pakistan: The Role of Capital Stock 2. Malik Muhammad and Muhammad Jamil, Intergenerational Mobility in Educational Attainments. 3. Saima Nawaz and Idrees Khawaja, The Impact of Political Regime and Institutions on Government Size in Middle-Income Countries 4. Saima Nawaz, Institutions, Regional Integration and Bilateral Trade in South Asia: PPML Based Evidence. 5. Salahuddin, Javed Iqbal, and Misbah Nosheen, Economic and Cultural Distance and Regional Integration: Evidence from Gravity Model Using Disaggregated Data for Pakistan. 6. Theresa Thompson Chaudhry, Maha Khan, and Azka Sarosh Mir, Gender Gaps in Child Nutritional Status in Punjab, Pakistan

COMMENTARY
Mahmood Hasan Khan. Bangladesh and Pakistan: The Great Divergence.
POLICY
Saman Nazir. Creativity in Schools: A 21st Century Need.
Abedullah Anjum and Uzma Zia. Unravelling Water Use Efficiency in Sugarcane and Cotton Production in Pakistan. BOOKS
Daniel H. Pink.Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates us. Reviewed
by Nadeem Ul Haque.
Sara Rizvi Jafree (Ed.).The Sociology of South Asian Women's Health. Reviewed by Saman Nazir

The Pakistan Development Review 13 PDR 59(3)2020 1. Lubna Naz, Abdul Salam Lodhi and Daniel W. Tsegai, Parents' Perception of Education and Choice of Childhood Activities: Evidence from Pakistan.
2. Zahra Batool, Hamid Hasan and Ghulam Mustafa Sajid,Does Job-Satisfaction Cause Life-Satisfaction? New Evidence Using Lewbel Methodology 3. Amir Jahan Khan, Competitive Structure and Bank Loan Ratein Pakistan's Banking Industry 4. Adnan Akram, Ejaz Ghani, and Musleh ud Din, Strengthening Pakistan's Trade Linkages: A Case Study of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) 5. Anum Ellahi, Corruption, Tax Evasion, and Economic Developmentin Economies with Decentralised Tax Administrative System 6. Kifayat Ullah and M. Tariq Majeed, Exploring Spatial Patterns and Determinants of Poverty: New Evidence from Pakistan

TAX SYMPOSIUM
Mahmood Khalid and Muhammad Nasir. Tax Structure in Pakistan: Fragmented, Exploitative and Anti-growth.
Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed. Pakistan: With holdingisation of the Economic System—A Source of Revenue, Civil Strife or Dutch Disease ?
Jamil Nasir.The Tariff Tripod of Pakistan: Protection, Export Promotion and Revenue Generation

RASTA—Background Paper
Nadeem Ul Haque and David Orden. Developing Research and a Research Culture: Results from a Pilot Project in Pakistan.

14 The Pakistan Development Review MAGAZINE P&R P&R

PIDE Policy and Research (P&R)

PIDE Policy and Research (P&R) - Issue 1 Pakistan is Tilting at the Windmill by Regulating - Issue 2 Growth Diagnostic of Pakistan - Issue 3 Cities and Urbanization - Issue 4

PIDE Policy and Research (P&R) 15 Special COVID-19 Initiatives

16 PIDE WORK ON COVID-19 (BULLETIN)

1. COVID-19 in Pakistan: Caring for the poor and Vulnerable by Nasir Iqbal, Nadeem Ul Haque, and Durr-e-Nayab, 2. Slowdown or Shut down Pakistan's Dilemma by Durr-e-Nayab, Nadeem Ul Haque, Madeeha Qureishi and Shahid Hafeez Kardar. 3. Pakistan Struggle with Covid-19 Quarantines by Ghulam Samad, Nadeem Ul Haque, Durr-e-Nayab and Rabbia Mir. 4. Sectoral Analysis of the Vulnerably Employed COVID-19 and the Pakistan's Labour Market by M. Nasir, Naseem Faraz and Mahmood Khalid. 5. Managing the COVID-19 Crisis. An Organizational Plan by Nadeem Ul Haque. 6. A Template to Monitor the impact of COVID-19 on Pakistans Economy by Muhammad Nasir and Naseem Faraz 7. The Corona war: Funding the Affected and Mechanisms to reach them by Nadeem Ul Haque, Nasir Iqbal and Durr-e-Nayab. 8. Time to Get the Pharmaceutical Industry Policies Right by Shahid Mehmood 9. Corona War: Heterodox Solution Based on Aggressive Testing by Madeeha Gohar Qureshi, Durr-e-Nayab and Nadeem Ul Haque. 10. WHAT DO CONFIRMED NUMBERS TELL US? Using an Adapted SEIR Model for Estimation of COVID-19 in Pakistan by Amin Hussain 11. Economic Impacts of COVID-19 Through Trade Disruptions in Pakistan by Naseem Faraz and Muhammad Nasir. 12. Food Price Post-COVID-19 Out Break by Abedullah Anjum. 13. Labour Market and COVID-19 Naseem Faraz and Muhammad Nasir. 14. Higher Education Challenges for Pakistan under COVID-19: The Way Forward by Zahid Asghar. 15. Consolidating the Efforts of Various Social Safety Nets for the COVID-19 Relife by Hafeez Ur Rehman Hadi and Raja Rafi Ullah. 16. Protecting the Internal Migrant Workers by Nasir Iqbal. 17. Opting for a Smart Lockdown in Pakistan by Durr-e-Nayab and Nadeem Ul Haque. 18. Explaining the RO in the COVID-19 Projections by Amin Hussain and Shaper Mirza 19. Working from Home in a Smart Lockdown by Naseem Faraz and Muhammad Nasir. 20. COVID-19 and Remittances by Nasir Iqbal and Muhammad Javid. 21. Pandemic-Induced School Closure and Inequalities in Home schooling by Faiz Ur Rehman, Noman Ahmed and Nasir Sarwar.

ThePIDE Pakistan Work on Development Covid-19 (Bulletin) Review 4417 PIDE COVID-19 WAR

Apr 01, 2020 Interview with Samia Altaf (Public Health Specialist)-part 1 Apr 01, 2020 Interview with Samia Altaf (Public Health Specialist)-part 2 Apr 02, 2020 Interview with Taimur Malik (Public Sector Innovation Specialist) Apr 02, 2020 Interview with. Ryan Brasher (Political Scientist, FCC University) Apr 04, 2020 Interview with John Walley, School of Medicine, University of Leeds Apr 05, 2020 Interview with Umair Javed (LUMS) Apr 06, 2020 Interview with Pervez Hoodbhoy Apr 07, 2020 Interview with Tasneem Noorani (former Commerce and Interior Secretary) Apr 10, 2020 Interview with Nadeem Khursheed (Urban Planner and Development Professional) Apr 13, 2020 Interview: Gayatri Spivak (Columbia University) and Surya Parekh Binghamton University Apr 13, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 war: Interview with Lubna Chaudhry, Associate Professor Binghamton University, USA Apr 15, 2020 Interview of Nadeem Ul Haque on Dawn News with Fahd Husain (Part 3) Apr 15, 2020 Interview of Nadeem Ul Haque on Dawn News with Fahd Husain (Part 2) Apr 15, 2020 Interview of Nadeem Ul Haque on Dawn News with Fahd Husain (Part 1) Apr 16, 2020 Ilhan Niaz (Associate Professor, Department of History, QAU) Apr 17, 2020 Anita weiss (Prof. Department of International Studies, University of Oregon) Apr 18, 2020 PIDE Webinar “Smart Approaches to COVID-19” Apr 20, 2020 Interview with Shakil Durrani Apr 22, 2020 Webinar on Financial Markets in 21st Century Apr 22, 2020 Consultative meeting with his Excellency Bernhard Schlagheck, German Ambassador Apr 23, 2020 Nadeem ul Haque (VC PIDE) in conversation with Sabina Alkire (Director,OPHI) Apr 24, 2020 Webinar in “Innovative HR and Business Strategy responses to the Covid-19” Apr 29, 2020 Consultative meeting on Covid-19 with H. E Ingrid Johansson, Ambassador of Sweden Apr 29, 2020 ‘Webinar 'Will Financial Markets in Pakistan Ever Develop?” May 07, 2020 Webinar on “Aid development and the lessons of history” May 9, 2020. Webinar on “Towards a Stable Economy and Politics”

18 PIDE Covid-19 WAR CROWD SOURCING COVID RESPONSE 2020

Mar 21, 2020 A quick note on SBP announcement by Abdul Jalil in Daily Times Mar 23, 2020 PSDP process overhaul need of the hour in Pakistan by Aqeel Chaudhry and Fida Muhammad in Express Tribune Mar 23, 2020 Corona virus and the changing dynamics of social spaces in Pakistan by Zulfiqar Ali and Fahd Zulfiqar in Daily Times Mar 23, 2020 Corona virus and HR managers obligations by Nadeem Ahmad Khan in Dawn Mar 29, 2020 Caring for the poor by Nasir Iqbal in The News Mar 29, 2020 COVID-19 and the Question of Religious Sentiment by Fahd Zulfiqar in Daily Times Mar 30,2020 Trade, cooperation policies in time of Pandemic by Manzoor Ahmad in Express Tribune Mar 27, 2020 Pakistan COVID-19 response Working group by Amer Zafar Durraniin Empower Pakistan Mar 27, 2020 A Pakistan Needs a Single Situation and Reaction Room for COVID-19: Why No” War footing”? by Amer Zafar Durrani in Empower Pakistan Mar 27, 2020 'Pakistans COVID-19 Response and the International Financial Institutions: Where is the Rapid Needs Assessment and a National Action Plan? by Amer Zafar Durrani in Empower Pakistan

Crowd Sourcing Covid Response 2020 19 Mar 27, 2020
' Pakistan COVID-19 Response: Getting Rations to the needy by Amer Zafar Durrani in Empower Pakistan Mar 31, 2020
'Pakistan COVID-19 Response: TO Test or not to test by Amer Zafar Durrani in Empower Pakistan Mar 30, 2020
Corona virus and the plight of labourer by Junaid Ahmed and Mazhar Mughal in Express Tribune Apr 01, 2020
Pakistan COVID-19 Response: What of the small and Medium Enterprises? by Amer Zafar Durraniin Empower Pakistan Apr 01,2020
Pakistans COVID-19 Response: Logistics and Essential Services by Amer Zafar Durraniin Empower Pakistan Apr 02, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic: State-community coordination in Policy response by Muhammad Jehangir and Karim Khan in Daily Times Apr 06, 2020
COVID-19 and structural inequalities by Junaid Ahmed and Mazhar Mughal in Express Tribune Apr 07, 2020
Disbursement efficiency by Karim Khan in The News Apr 14, 2020
Cost of corona by Nasir Iqbal in The News Apr 28, 2020
Assessing the COVID-19 Economic fallout in Pakistan by Henna Ahsan in Express Tribune Apr 29, 2020
Economic Packages are not enough for a weak Economy like Pakistan by Nadeem Ul Haque in DW.com May 03, 2020
Understanding smart lock downs by Nadeem Ul Haque and Durr e Nayab in The News May 7, 2020. Will Covid affect our remittance inflows? by Mazhar Mughal and Junaid Ahmed in Express Tribune

20 Crowd Sourcing Covid Response 2020 COVID-19 (NEWS LETTER SERIES)

1. Covid-19 Newsletter No.01-25 by Nadeem Ul Haque, Zulfiqar Ali, Saud A. Khan, Hassan Rasool, Ahsan ul Haq, Amena Urooj and Fizzah Khalid Butt. 2. Covid-19 Newsletter E- Book by Nadeem Ul Haque, Zulfiqar Ali, Saud A. Khan, Hassan Rasool, Ahsan ul Haq, Amena Urooj and Fizzah Khalid Butt. 3. Covid-19 Newsletter No.27-41 by Nadeem Ul Haque, Zulfiqar Ali, Saud A. Khan, Hassan Rasool, Ahsan ul Haq, Amena Urooj and Fizzah Khalid Butt.

Covid-19 (News Letter Series) 21 COVID-19 (BLOG SERIES)

1. A quick note on SBP Announcement by Abdul Jalil 2. Corona virus and Google Searches in Pakistan What the Trends tell by Omer Siddique 3. Protecting the Saviours Healthcare workers and COVID-19 by Saman Nazir 4. will High Summer Temperatures Stem Corona virus Spread in Pakistan By Raja Rafiullah, 5. We would not Die! by Nadeem Ahmed Khan 6. Jummah Prayers in Pakistan: An Islamic Approach to Community Welfare During the Covid-19 Pandemic by Mariam Mohsin 7. Social spaces in the time of corona virus by Zulfiqar Ali and Fahd Zulfiqar 8. Young - the inadvertent agents for spreading COVID-19 by Saima Bashir 9. Technology to Our Help In Flattening The Curve Making Use Of A Lockdown More Efficiently by Omer Siddique

22 PIDE Covid-19 (Blog Series) 10. Growth of Coronavirus Cases in Pakistan: Do we have enough hospital beds available? by Hafsa Hina 11. Coronavirus Pandemic and Risks to Remittance Inflows by Mazhar Mughal, and Junaid Ahmed 12. Why Pakistans Indigenous Testing is not Materialising? by Aqeel Anwar Chaudhry 13. The Mobility Estimates and Social Outlook by Hafeez Ur Rehman Hadi 14. COVID-19 and worlds Financial Markets by Ahmad Fraz 15. Building a Different kind of bridge by Saman Nazir 16. Assaying Urban Governance Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic by Nadeem Khurshid 17. Income Loss Due to COVID-19 lock down and the challenge of Paying School fee by Henna Ahsan 18. The fog of war by Nadeem Khan 19. Assessing the Economics of Pakistan- the Politics of National response in times of Global chaos by Raja Kadri 20. “ KHANDAQ” a COVID-19 Strategy and implementation plan by Malik Ahmad Jalal 21. How critical is Civil Society in the COVID-19 Control? by Fahd Zulfiqar 22. Pakistan Stock Exchange and the COVID-19 outbreak by Ahmed Fraz 23. Appreciating the Unsung Heroes by Muhammad Ali Kemal 24. The Dash for Dollars by Shahid Mehmood 25. COVID-19 and the immunity pardon by Syeda Anam Fatima Rizvi 26. Lock down within a Lock down: COVID-19 in the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir by Fahd Zulfiqar 27. Forecasting the Incidence of COVID-19 in Pkistan by Muhammad Jawad and Muhammad Saleh 28. Coordination and integration of all Stakeholders to Counter COVID-19 29. Mobilise the Social Mobilisers by Mahmood Khalid 30. Assessing the Fallout from the Corona virus Pandemic on the Banking Sector of Pakistan by Abdul Jalil 31. Population Dynamics and COVID-19 in Pakistan by Saima Bashir 32. July 10th Marks 119th Day since Educational institutions have been Shutdown in Pakistan by Savail M. Hussain

PIDE Covid-19 (Blog Series) 23 BLOGS

JANUARY BLOGS

Jan 06, 2020 Bikes, Density and Cars by Nadeem Ul Haque Jan 07, 2020 CPEC and Pakistan's Debt Burden by Talat Anwar Jan10, 2020 Issues and Strategies to Revitalize the Agriculture Sector of Pakistan by Abedullah Jan 17, 2020 Doing Away with the 1861 Police Act by Fida Muhammad Khan Jan 21, 2020 Are Ulaema Agents of Social Change in Pakistan? by Fahd Zulfiqar Jan 23, 2020 War for Talent: The Skills Gap by Nadeem Khan Jan 24, 2020 The C-Section Epidemic in Pakistan by Saman Nazir Jan 28, 2020 Resilient Civil Society and Development by M Jehangir Khan Jan 30, 2020 Tracing the Zombies: Unproductive Capital in Pakistan by Naseem Faraz

24 Blogs 2020 FEBRUARY BLOGS Feb 03, 2020 An Obstacle to Development: Pakistan's Electric Power Sector by Muhammad Sarmad and Kamal Chaudhry Feb 07, 2020 Educated Women are at Higher Risk of Mistimed Birth by Saima Bashir and Karen Guzzo Feb14, 2020 Pakistan's New Tariff Policy – Long Overdue Strategy for the Future by Uzma Zia Feb 18, 2020 Let's Have a New Discussion on Poverty Estimates by Nasir Iqbal Feb 20, 2020 SDGs and Donor Involvement by Madeeha Gohar Qureshi Feb 21, 2020 Farewell, Volcker by. Shahid Mahmood Feb 24, 2020 Reconciling the Teaching of Economics by Asthma Hyder

MARCH BLOGS Mar 01,2020 Milk Production in Pakistan by, Abdus Sattar Mar 04,2020 What Our Textile Sector Can Learn from Vietnam's Progress by Abdul Jalil Mar 05, 2020 PSL: In the eye of a Citizen by Fizzah Khalid Butt Mar 07, 2020 Tax Policies for Growth by Nasir Iqbal and Mahmood Khalid

Mar10, 2020 Production or Real Estate Activities: What do we want from SEZs and IEs by Iftikhar Ahmad Mar 11, 2020 Invisible Damage: The Hidden Cost of Breathing Polluted Air by Muhammad Nasir Mar16, 2020 Reducing Poverty Through Micro-finance by Farhat Mahmood Mar 21, 2020 A Quick Note on SBP Announcement by Abdul Jalil

APRIL BLOGS Apr 01, 2020 Our Poor 'Ease of Living' Indicators by Nadeem Khurshid Apr 03, 2020 Urban Management: Thinking Beyond Master Plans by Nadeem Khurshid Apr 27, 2020 Enough “Bricks and Mortar”! by Nadeem Ul Haque

MAY BLOGS May 06, 2020 Macro Models for Policy by Asad Zaman May 10, 2020 High Rise, Lahore Urban Sprawl and PM Khan’s Directive by Aqeel Chaudhry May 12, 2020 CPEC: Phases and Challenges by Nasir Iqbal May 17, 2020 Take Policy Back From the ‘Economic Hit-men’ by Nadeem Ul Haque May 19, 2020 Pensions, Aging of Population, and Fiscal Situation in Pakistan by Omer Siddique

Blogs 2020 25 May 28, 2020 Decentralization and Institutions: An Insight by Iftikhar Ahmad and Muhammad Jehangir Khan May 29, 2020 Anti-Corruption Dynamics of Pakistan in Face of Succumbed Perceptions by Nadia Hassan and Hasan Rasool

JUNE BLOGS Jun 04, 2020 Devolving Power by Daniyal Aziz Jun 05, 2020 Employees Engagement and Augmented Learning by Nadeem Ahmed Khan Jun 12, 2020 Mis-targeting or Under-performance: A case of Monetary Policy in Pakistan by Ahsan ul Haq Satti Jun 18, 2020 What is Holding Back Milk Production in Pakistan? by Abdus Sattar

JULY BLOGS Jul 01, 2020 A Local Economic Development Approach for Faisalabad by Zia Banday Jul 02, 2020 Energy Productivity for Sustainable Development – Part I by Afia Malik Jul 04, 2020 Understanding the Textile Value Chain (TVC) by Shahid Sattar Jul 06, 2020 Ideas Matter? by Ramsha Masood Ahmad and Madeeha Gohar Qureshi Jul 06, 2020 Energy Productivity for Sustainable Development – Part II by Afia Malik Jul 11, 2020 An Ad and a Postal Stamp! Celebrating World Population Day by Durre-Nayab Jul 14, 2020 Primary Education in Pakistan by Amir Hussain Jul 22, 2020 The Challenges of Pakistan's National Tariff Policy by Filza Ayaz and Madeeha Gohar Qureshi Jul 24, 2020 Avoiding a Second Wave of COVID-19 Infections: Appeal to Other- regarding Preference by Zehra Aftab and Fareena N. Malhi AUGUST BLOGS Aug 06, 2020 Who Protects Our 'Thought' Industry? by Nadeem Ul Haque Aug 23, 2020 Islamabad: A City for the Rich by Mariam Mohsin Aug 27, 2020 Need for Inclusive Education by Usman Ahmad and Adnan Akram Aug 30, 2020 Do We Need Metro Bus System for Improving Female Mobility? by Faheem Jehangir Khan and Tayyeba Khalil

SEPTEMBER BLOGS Sep 01, 2020 Flattening the Curve; Pensions This Time! by Mahmood Khalid and Naseem Faraz Sep 04, 2020 Is Pakistan Prematurely Deindustrializing? by Shahid Sattar Sep 09, 2020 Foreign Aid or Export-Led Growth? by Gohar Ejaz Sep 14, 2020 Public Transportation System and Female Mobility in Pakistan by Fahd Zulfiqar Sep 20, 2020 State of Education in Pakistan by Abdus Sattar Sep 25, 2020. State of Graduate Unemployment in Pakistan by Aqeel Chaudhry and Fida Muhammad Khan Sep 28, 2020 Pakistan's Power Sector Woes – Part I by Shahid attar and Saad Umar

26 Blogs 2020 OCTOBER BLOGS Oct 10, 2020
Barriers to Trade in the ECO Region: A Case of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) by Adnan Akram and Usman Ahmad Oct 13, 2020
Pakistan's Power Sector Woes – Part II by Shahid Sattar and Saad Umar Oct 15, 2020
Pakistan's Low Cost Housing Finance Policy by Ayaz Ahmed Oct 19, 2020
Pakistan's Power Sector Woes: Part III by Shahid Sattarand Saad Umar Oct 20, 2020
The Economic Cost of Political Protests by Nasir Iqbal Oct 21, 2020
There is Something about Exports and Its Productivity by Stefania Lovo and Gonzalo Varela Oct 24, 2020
Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Wheat and Inflation by Abdul Jalil, Saud Ahmad Khan and Nasir Iqbal Oct 24, 2020
Lower Tax Rates and Simplified Procedures – The Tax Directory Analysis 2018 by Lubna Hasan and Aqeel Chaudhry. Oct 27, 2020
Circular Economy: A Need for the 21st Century by Henna Ahsan NOVEMBER BLOGS Nov 11, 2020
Pakistan Needs its Own Magna Carta by Nadeem Ul Haque and Malik Ahmad Jalal Nov 13, 2020
Cities Pay Taxes by Idrees Khawaja and Ahmad Waqar Qasim Nov17, 2020
Is It Time to Close Our Schools or Not – COVID 19 and Our Future Learning by Aimen Shakeel Abbasi and Aqeel Chaudhry Nov 19, 2020
Irregular Migration During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Nasir Iqbal Nov 20, 2020
Exchange Rate—Overshoot, Readjust and Overvalued by Muhammad Ali Kemal Nov 26, 2020
Why SROs Seem Quite the Brainteaser for Pakistan's External Sector by Uzma Zia Nov 27, 2020
Pakistan Steel Mills: A Cortege to Collapse by Ramla Zubair DECEMBER BLOGS Dec 01, 2020
Pakistan Railways – Why not on Rails? by Saba Anwar and Afrasiyab Gul Dec 02, 2020
Pakistan's Fatal Conceit of State Economic Interventions by Javed Hassan Dec 03, 2020
Debt is a Problem for Us, Growth is the Solution by M. Ali Kemal Dec 06, 2020
Is the Street Economy A Panacea for post-COVID Recovery? by Zia Banday Dec 14, 2020
Is Pakistan Doing Taxes the Right Way During Pandemic? by Amna Urooj and Saud A. Khan Dec 18, 2020
What Paradigm Shifts Are Required Within Pakistan's Tax Policy? by Madeeha G. Qureshi Dec 23, 2020
CTBCM: Delusion of a Market by Shahid Sattar Dec 24, 2020
Pakistan Railways: Why not on Rails? A Revisit by Karim Khan and Abdul Khaliq Dec 28, 2020
The Quaid's Economic Model by Nasir Iqbal

Blogs 2020 27 SEMINARS/ WEBINARS 2020

JANUARY SEMINARS/WEBINARS

Jan 03, 2020
A talk on “Ideas Matter: A Reading List of Policy Wallahs” by Dr. Adil Najam Jan 08, 2020
Development, Politics and Donors- reflections from a practitioner by Mr Raza Rumi Jan 09, 2020
Economy of Debt: Alternatives to austerity and neoliberalism in Pakistanby Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Nawfal Saleemi and Ammar Rashid Jan 16, 2020
State of Institutional Reform by Ishrat Husain Jan 20, 2020
Charter City: Romer's Failed Attempt to Import Institutionsby Dr. Naveed Iftikhar and Maha Ahmad Jan 21, 2020
Unpacking Punjab's Education Sector Reforms. By Amna Ansari Abdal Mufti and Mariam Aamir Jan 22, 2020
Law and Economics by Feisal Naqvi Jan 29, 2020
Book Launch of “Making Sense of Joan Robinson on China”by Pervez Tahir

FEBRUARY SEMINARS/WEBINARS

Feb 10, 2020
A Roundtable Discussion With ongoing developments in Afghanistan and tension brewing between India and Pakistan, what are the prospects of reconciliation and peace in the region by Michael Kugelman Feb 12, 2020
A Panel Session on “Culture of Research in Pakistan”Panelists: Muhammad Ali, Zain UlAbdin and Nadeem UlHaq

28 Seminars/Webinars Feb 13, 2020 A Book Launch Event on “So much Aid, So little Development” by Samia Waheed Altaf Feb 17, 2020 Urban Development in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities. by Murtaza Haider Feb 19, 2020 Reaching Out to Markets for Pakistani Goods in Central Asia, South Caucuses and Beyond by Amer Zafar Durrani Feb 20, 2020 Panel Discussion on “Agriculture in Pakistan: Opportunities and Challenges” Panelists: Mr. Arif Nadeem, Iqrar Ahmad Khan, Dr. M. Azeem Khan Feb 26, 2020 Pakistani Diaspora Philanthropy in UK. by Umer Khalid, Naushin Mahmood, Feb 27, 2020 Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP by Nadeem ulHaque, Ashraf Hayat, Shahid Niaz, Asif Bajwa, Shaukat Hameed Khan, Dr. Muhammad Afzal, Amer Zafar Durrani Feb 28, 2020 Empowering Women in South Asia's Slums: The Challenges of Environmental Degradation. by Ammar A. Malik

MARCH SEMINARS/WEBINARS Mar 04, 2020 The Future is Digital: How Online Platforms Are Driving Global Economic Growth by Sehar Tariq Mar 09, 2020 Round Table on Prime Minister Directives for High Rise in Pakistan: LDA Response by Salman Shah Mar10, 2020 Islam and the Politics of Development: How Pakistan's Historically- Embedded Elites Undermine Long-run Development by Adeel Malik Mar 11, 2020 Doing Taxes Better: Shifting The Paradigm of Tax Policy and Administration by Nadeem Ul Haque, Ikramul Haq, Hafiz A. Pasha and Shahid Kardar, Manzoor Ahmad, Teresa Daban Sanchez, Jawwad Uwais Agha, by Jamil Nasir, IkramulHaq, Jawwad Uwais Agha, Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed, Clelia Ronto yanni.

APRIL SEMINARS/WEBINARS Apr 09, 2020 Prime Minister's Construction Package. Apr 10, 2020 Sugar Industry in Pakistanby Muhammad Adil Mansoor Apr 16, 2020 Microfinance in Times of COVID-19 by Nadeem Ul Haque, UmerGillani, Nasir Iqbal, Syed Mohsin Ahmad, MehvishMuneera Ismail Shahzad Ali Rana. Apr 17, 2020 Smart Approaches to COVID-19 by Mr Rashid Langrial, Rana Jawad Asghar, SamiaAltaf Apr 21, 2020 Financial Markets of 21th Century by Samir, Ahmed, Akif Saeed and Maheen Rehman Apr 23, 2020 Innovative HR and Business Strategy Responses to the COVID-19 by Atyab Tahir, Ahmad Ali Zia, Malik Ahmad Jalal and Imran Azhar Apr 28, 2020 Will Financial Markets in Pakistan Ever Develop? by Khalid Mirza and Aftab Ahmed Choudhry

Seminars/Webinars 29 MAY SEMINARS/WEBINARS May 05, 2020 Human Resource Management in Pakistan by Paul Keijzer and Monis Rahman May 07, 2020 Aid, Development and the Lessons of History: Urban Reconstruction under Ayub Khan by Markus Daechsel. Discussant: Naveed Iftkhar and Hafeez Jamali May 09, 2020 Towards a stable economy and politics! by WasimSajjad, Irfan Qadir and HasanAskari Rizvi May 12, 2020 Future of Higher Education in Pakistan by Nadeem Ul Haque, and S. Akbar Zaidi, Sheeren Mustafa May 12, 2020 Human Resource and Leadership Challenges in Pakistan by Sheikh Imran Ul Haque, Tahir Jawaid, Khurram Tariq and Amjad Iqbal May 13, 2020 Our Administrative Mess by Moazzam Janjua, Tariq Malik, Salman Shah, Shahid Kardar, Tariq Bajwa, and Ilhan Niaz May 14, 2020 Why Businesses Don't Grow in Pakistan by AtifBajwa, Waleed Saigol, lman Aslam and Mohsin Iqbal. May 16, 2020 Retail-The Neglected Sector by Yasin Paracha, Asfan Yar Farrukh, and Wasif Butt. May 18, 2020 Managing Growth with Stabilization. by Masood Ahmad. Discussant: Shoukat Tarin May 19, 2020 Unpacking Investment Crisis in Pakistan by Haroon Sharif, Almas Hyder, Wang Zhihua and Ishaq Burney May 20, 2020 Managing Growth with Stabilization IIby Dr. Adnan Mazarei. Discussant: Miftah Ismail May 21, 2020 Webinar with Prof. Gustav Papnek by Prof. Gustav Papanek May 25, 2020 Managing Growth with Stabilization III.by Dr. Hafeez Pasha, Dr. Salman Shah May 28, 2020 COVID-19 and challenges for South Asian Economies by Dr. Nadeem Ul Haque May 28, 2020 Deciding on Higher Education: Why PIDE? by Nadeem Ul Haque, Fareena Iqbal, Huma Hameed and Imtiaz Ahmad May 30, 2020 Why is Pakistan's Capital Market, if we can call it that, stunted? by Syed Ali Sultan, Naz Khan, Farrukh Khan, Muhammad Asim, Habib ur Rehman, Muhammad Ali Ahmad, Amjad Waheed and Zafar Masud

JUNE SEMINARS/WEBINARS Jun 06, 2020 Banking, Finance and Economic Growth by Atif Bajwa, Zubyr Soomro, Syed Saleem Raza, Alman Aslam and Shahzad Dada Jun 08, 2020 10th National Finance Commission Award Improving Lives of Citizen and Strengthening the Federation by Amer Z. Durrani, Noor-ul-Haq Baloch and Nasir Iqbal Penalists: Amer Z.Durrani, Noor-ul-Haq Baloch Nasir Iqbal, Ali Khizr, Hasan Khawar, and Jawad Majid Jun 16, 2020 COVID-19 and the Future of Cities by Monash University Jun 18, 2020 Competition and Markets” – I by Khalid Mirza, Joseph Wilson and Waqas Mir Jun 20, 2020 Cities for Humanities and Development by Ken Greenberg Jun 22, 2020 Cities for Humanities and Development-3 by Brent Toderian

30 Seminars/Webinars Jun 23, 2020
Competition and Markets-II by Rahat Kaunain Hasan, Shaista Bano, IkramUl Haque and Maleeha Mimi Bangash Jun 25, 2020
Circular Debt an Unfortunate Misnomer by Shahid Sattar, Ermeena Malik, Tahir Basharat Cheema
Penalist: Syed Akhter Ali, Younas Dhagha, Waqas Bin Najib, Afia Malik, Amer Durrani, Vaqar Zakaria and Rashid Aziz. Jun 28, 2020
Deciding on Higher Education Penalist: Nadeem Ul Haque, Saud Ahmed Khan, Zulfiqar Ali, Iftikhar Ahmad, Ahmad Faraz Jun 29, 2020
Doing Health Policy Better by Samia Altaf

JULY SEMINARS/WEBINARS Jul 01, 2020
Pakistans Pharmaceutical Industry : Growth, Challenges and Issues-I by Ayesha T. Haq, Shaikh Qaiser, Samia Altaf Waheed, Raza Ullah and Shahid Mahmood. Jul 03, 2020 Energy Investments and Planning by Afia Malik, Syed Akhtar Ali,Waqas Bin Najib.
Penalists: Ermeena Malik, Tahir Basharat Cheema, Shahid Sattar, Rashid Aziz, Waqar Zakaria, and Amer Durrani. Jul 05, 2020
The Post Pandemic World by Haroon Shaif, Anatol Lieven, and Maliha Lodhi. Jul 07, 2020
Developing Electricit Market for Future by Amer Zafar Durrani, Shahid Sattar and Ayesha Ali
Penalist: Ermeena Malik, Tahir Basharat Cheema, Rashid Aziz, Waqar Zakaria, Waqas Bin Najib and Syed Akhtar Ali. Jul 09, 2020
Accoutability of White-Collar Crime in Pakistan, Penalist: Shoaib Suddle, Haroon Sharif, Ahmer Bilal Soofi and Ehsan Sadiq Jul 15, 2020
Innobation and Entrepreneurship by Ernesto Sirolli, Imtiaz Rastgar, Zia Imran and Athar Osama Jul 16, 2020
Recovering from the Pandemic by Akmal Hussain, Khalid Malik and Muhammad Nasir. Jul 18, 2020
Voices of the Poor: How we exclude them from life in Cities by Umer Gillani and Tooba Syed Jul 20, 2020
Textile Value Chain (TVC) – 01 by Shahid Sattar, Khalid Abdullah and Anees Khawaja
Penalist: Wajid Rana, Mian Mehmood Ahmed, Sheikh Moazzam Ahmed and Bashir Ali Mohamed
Discussant: Amanullah kasim Macheriya Jul 25, 2020
Reforming Electricity Distribution Companies by Tahir Basharat Cheema and Sajid Akram
Penalist: Waseem Mukhtar, Muhammad Jabbar Khan, Shahid Sattar, Waqas Bin Najib, Rashid Aziz and Syed Akhtar Ali Jul 27, 2020
Urban Mobility is more than Cars and espensive Metros! by Murtaza Haider and Mohammad Rizwan. Jul 29, 2020
Learning from Chinese innovation and Entrepreneurship Model by Naubahar Sharif, Athar Mansoor, Peggy Liu and Athar Osama

Seminars/Webinars 31 SEMINARS/ AUGUST WEBINARS Aug 05, 2020
Economics of Tax Expenditures by FBR; A Debate for Reforms by Ikram Ul Haq, Ch Muhammad Tarique and Shahid Kardar Aug 07, 2020
Roundtable on Foreign Aid to Pakistan Part I by Faheem Jahangeer Khan, Waqar Masood and Nasruminallah Mian Aug08, 2020
Roundtable on Foreign Aid to Pakistan Part II by Robin Lynn Raphel, Hussain Nadim and Sabtain Fazal Halim Aug 14, 2020
Workshop on Re-Imagine Pakistan by Peggy Liu Aug 15, 2020
'Pakistan Pharmaceutical industry: Growth Challenges and Issues-II by Asim Rauf, Ayesha T Haq, Osman Khalid Waheed, Salman Berney, Khalid Mehmood and Shahid Mehmood Aug 17, 2020
The Digital Leap-Financial Empowerment by Farid Ahmed Khan, Aezaz Hussain and Zouhair Khaliq Aug 19, 2020
PIDE Roundtable on “ Education” by Quratulain Bakhteari and Neelam Hussain Aug 20, 2020
PIDE Roundtable on “education” by Shanaz Wazir Ali and Faisal Bari Aug 21, 2020
PIDE Roundtable on “education” by Riaz Ahmed Kamlani, Seema Aziz and Kasim kasuri Aug 22, 2020
PIDE Roundtable on “education” by Zulfiqar Qazilbash and Mahboob Mahmood Aug 23, 2020
PIDE Roundtable on “education” by Muhammad Rafiq Tahir and Shafqat Mahmood Aug 24, 2020
Financing the Social Protection by Sania Nishtar, Benjamin Olken, Safdar Sohail, Noureen Adnan, Nasir Iqbal and Shujaat Farooq Aug 26, 2020
Cities for Humanity and Development by Leslie Woo Aug 27, 2020
Civil Service Reforms
Penalist: Shahid Hafiz Kardar, Humaira Zia Mufti, Mosharaf Zaidi, Samina Zehra, Sameen Mohsin Ali and Nadeem Ul Haque

SEPTEMBER SEMINARS/WEBINARS Sep 02, 2020
Roundtable on Foreign Aid Pakistan Part-III by Masooda Bano and Javed Ahmed Malik Sep 05, 2020
Roundtable on Electric Pricing and Regulations by Salman Rehman, Ameena Sohail and Tahir Basharat Cheema
Penalist: Waqas Bin Najeeb, Ermeena Malik, Shahid Sattar, Rashid Aziz, Syed Akhtar Ali and Manzar Naeem Querashi Sep 08, 2020
Talk in Riyat LUMS on “Urban Inequality as a pressing issue in Pakistan” by Nadeem Ul Haque Sep 11, 2020
Structure of Civil Service Reforms. Penalist: Shahid Hafiz Kardar, Saeed Shafqat, Nargis Sethi and Nadeem Ul Haque Sep 13, 2020
Case Management as an Approach to Improve Judicial Performance by Osama Sadiqque and Waqas Mir Sep 18, 2020
Roundtable on Facilitating Pakistan Trade: TFA and National Trade Facilitation Bodies The Pakistan NTTFC Penalists: Robina Athar, Mohammad Saeed, Jawad Agha, Tauqir Shah, Rasheed Jan Mohammad, Tasneem Noorani, Irtiqa Zaidi, Javaid Mansoor, Abdullah Yousaf, Ahmar Bilal Soofi, Manzoor Ahmed, Babar Badat and Tariq Huda

32 Seminars/Webinars Sep 20, 2020
Judging the Judges: Dynamics of the Pakistani System of Justice Delivery by Osama Saddique, Sara Malkani and Asad Jamal Sep 24, 2020
Urban Jobs and Opportunities - Cities Conference-Panel Session by Farzana Noshab, Ahmad Iqbal, Hira Irshad, Osman Nasir Discussant: Nadeem Ul Haque Sep 24, 2020
Navigation People and Business Through COVID-19: Gearing Up for the Future Way of Work by Irfan Wahab Khan, Moqeem Ul Haque, Muhammad Aminuddin, Taimoor Shah, Sadia Haroon and Khurram Tariq Sep 25, 2020
Foreign Aid to Pakistan Part-IV by Hina Rabbani Khar Sep 26, 2020
Public Procurement Regimes in Pakistan by Waqar Masood Sep 27, 2020
Size and Age as Determinants of Employment Growth Among Manufacturing Firms in Pakistan by Farrukh Iqbal Discussant: Usman Qadir and Usman Ahmed Sep 30, 2020
Fixing Power Sector Issues Penalist: Ahsan Zafer Syed, Shakil Durrani, Syed Akhtar Ali, Rashid Aziz and Mahreen Aziz Khan

OCTOBER SEMINARS/WEBINARS Oct 03, 2020
Civil Service Reforms by Tariq Mehmood Awan, Fazail Mudasar, Muhammad Tariq Ramzan, Fahad Ikram Qazi and Zahid Shar Oct 06, 2020
Civil Service Reforms by Ishrat Hussain Oct 09, 2020
Civil Service Reforms by Mohsin Chandna, Sepali Sudasinge, Samina Zehra and Fahim Jahangir Khan Oct 11, 2020
Engaging the Informal Sector - A Proposal for State and Non-State Engagement by Faisal Shaheen Oct 12, 2020
Export Led Growth Channel of Development for Pakistan and Competitiveness of the Economy by Shahid Yusuf Penalists: Najy Benhasine and Muhammad Ashraf Oct 14, 2020
What is Smart about Smart Cities? by Ayona Datta
Penalists: Mehroze Rafique, Amjad A. Awan, Sobia Baig, Shahid Sattar, Ermeena Malik and Amir Durrani Oct 17, 2020
Energy Innovations by Mehroze Rafique, Amjad A. Awan, Sobia Baig, Shahid Sattar, Ermeena Malik and Amir Durrani Oct 20, 2020
Entrepreneurship and innovaton Pakistan by Yousaf Hussain, Salman Wasay, Monis Rehman, Rizwan Buttar, Asif Khan and Salman Elahi Oct 24, 2020 The Gas System in Pakistan by Arif Hameed, Muhammad Arif, Shahid Sattar and Sheikh Imran Ul Haque Oct 26, 2020
NTMs and Export Competitiveness by Samidh Shrestha
Penalists: Manzoor Ahmad and Adil Nakhoda Oct 29, 2020
Tobacco Tax Policies: Formulation, Effectiveness and Challenges
Penalists: Frank Chaloupka, Roberto Iglesias, Ch. Muhammad Tarique, Mahmood Khalid and Muhammad Sabir

NOVEMBER SEMINARS/WEBINARS Nov 02, 2020
Introduction of Legislative Bill for the Protection of Street Vendors Rights by Sania Nishtar, Syed Zeeshan Ali Naqvi, Zia Banday, Ahamed Bashir, Umer Gilani and Naveed Abbasi

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Nov 07, 2020 Under-Developed Real Estate Industry in Pakistan by Muhammad Ejaz, Adil Kamal and Rashid Bashir Nov 09, 2020 Settlement of Street Vendors in Public Spaces of Urban Pakistan by Arif Hasan Nov 10, 2020 The Survival of Cinema and Television Industry in Pakistan by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, Kanwal Khoosat, Pir Saad Ahsan ud din, Kamran Lashari, Mehreen Jabbar and Faris Kermani Nov 12, 2020 Exchange Rate Management and Economic Growth by Abdul Jalil Nov 17, 2020 Pakistan Railways or Pakistans railways-Part I by Richard Bullock, Mohammad Ashfaque Khattak and Amer Zafar Durrani Nov 18, 2020 Idleness and Mental Health Problems-Cgallenge to Pakistan Demographic Dividend by Arifa Saboohi Discussants: Rizwan Taj and Syed Javed Hassan Nov 20, 2020 Doing Ethnography in the Time of COVID-19 by Rao Nadeem Alam Penalists: Ikram Badshah, Rao Nadeem Alam, Shama Dossa, Laila Rajani and Amen Jaffer Nov 25, 2020 The C-Section Epidemic in Pakistan Penalists: Batool Mazhar, Saman Nazir, Ghazala Mahmud and Samia Altaf

DECEMBER SEMINARS/WEBINARS Dec 02, 2020 Energy Efficiency and Conservation in Pakistan by Nadeem Javed, Sania Awais, Marium Jalal and Afia Malik Dec 07, 2020 Revisiting Demographic Dividend Penalists: Durr-e-Nayab, Zeba Sathar,G.M.Arif and Attiya Inayat Ullah Dec 08, 2020 Book Launch on “Uncivil City: Ecology, Equity and the Commons in Delhi” by Amita Baviskar Dec 10, 2020 Street Vendors in Islamabad Voice from the Ground Penalists: Sania Nishtar, Shahid Mahmood, Shafaq Hashmi, Zia Banday, Fazal Hayat, Bedar Bakht and Muhammad Sajid Dec 12, 2020 Book Launch on “The Politics of the Misgoverned” by Azhar Hassan Nadeem Dec 16, 2020 Decolonizing the Discourse in International Relations by Nadeem Ul Haque Discussant: Erik Ringmarand Raymond O Baidoo Dec 17, 2020 Pakistan Tariff Bias: Anti - Export or Anti - Consumer by Gonzalo Varela Discussants: Ahmed Fasih, Ehsan Malik and Safdar Sohail Dec 19, 2020 Book Launch on “ Why Has China Grown So Fast For So Long” by Khalid Malik Discussant: Saeed Afridi Dec 21, 2020 Exchange Rate Management of Pakistan: Present and Future by Riaz Riazuddin Discussant: Abdul Jalil and Hafsa Hina Dec 25, 2020 Grand National (Intellectual) Dialogue (For Reform) Day – 01 by Mosharraf Zaidi, Osama Siddique, Amber Darr and Usman Raza Jolaha Dec 26, 2020 Grand National (Intellectual) Dialogue (For Reform) Day – 02 by Najma Pirzada, Fahd Hussain, Erum Haider and Huzaima Bukhari Dec 27, 2020 Grand National (Intellectual) Dialogue (For Reform) Day – 03 by Asad Rahim, Raza Rumi and Arifa Noor Dec 28, 2020 Grand National (Intellectual) Dialogue (For Reform) Day – 04 by Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, Adnan Rasool and Jamila Aslam Dec 29, 2020 Grand National (Intellectual) Dialogue (For Reform) Day – 05 by Zarar Khuhro, Amer Zafar Durrani, Zaigham Khan, Omar Quraishiand, Usman Raza Jolaha

34 Seminars/Webinars VIDEOS OF THE EVENTS/INTER VIEWS

Videos of the Events/Interviews 35 Videos of the JANUARY Events/Interviews Jan 03, 2020 Full Video of the talk on “Ideas Matter: A Reading List of Policy Wallahs” by Adil Najam. Jan 03, 2020 “Ideas Matter: A Reading List for Policy Wallahs” by Adil Najam. Jan 03, 2020 Full Video of the talk on “Ideas Matter: A Reading List of Policy Wallahs” by Adil Najam. Jan 09, 2020 Development, Politics and Donors-reflections from a practitioner Jan 09, 2020 Seminar on “Development Politics and Donors-reflections from a Practitioner” by Raza Rumi. Jan 10, 2020 Economy of debt: Alternatives to Austerity and Neoliberalism in Pakistan Jan 10, 2020 “Economy of debt: Alternatives to Austerity and Neoliberalism in Pakistan”by Aasim Sajjad Akhtar. Jan 17, 2020 State of institutional reform. Jan 17, 2020 State of institutional reform by Ishrat Husain Jan 21, 2020 ''Paper Presentation of charter City: Romers Failed Attempt to import Institution. Jan 21, 2020 Working paper presentation on “Charter City: Romers Failed Attempt to Import Institution” by Naveed Iftikhar and Maha Ahmad Jan 22, 2020 Unpacking Punjabs Education Sector Reforms by Amna Ansari, Abdal Mufti and Mariam Aamir Jan 23, 2020 Law and Economics by Feisal Naqvi Jan 30, 2020 Book Launch of “ Making Sense of Joan Robinson on China” Jan 30, 2020 Book Launch of “ Making Sense of Joan Robinson on China” by Pervez Tahir Jan 31, 2020 Pakistan can grow at 8% sustainably by Nadeem Ul Haque at 92 News HD

Videos of the FEBRUARY Events/Interviews Feb 11, 2020 Round - table Discussion with Michael Kugelman. Feb 12, 2020 A Round Table Discussion “ With ongoing developments in Afghanistan..” by Michael Kugelman Feb 13, 2020 Culture of Research in Pakistan by Sarah Parvez Feb 13, 2020 Culture of Research in Pakistan at PIDE by Zahid Asghar. Feb 13, 2020 Live Video A Roundatlbe Discussion “ With ongoing Developments in Afghanistan” by Michael Kugelman Feb 13, 2020 Audio: Panel Session on “ Culture of Research in Pakistan” by Muhammad Ali, Zain Ul Abdin and Nadeem Ul Haq. Feb 13, 2020 Live Stream: Panel Session on “Culture of Research in Pakistan” Feb 13, 2020 Culture of Research in Pakistan at PIDE by Idrees Khawaja Feb 14, 2020 Book Launch “So Much Aid, So Little Development” Samia Altaf Feb 14, 2020 Book Launch Event “So Much Aid, So Little Development” Feb 14, 2020 Live Recording: Book Launch Event “So Much Aid, So Little Development” Feb 17, 2020 A Seminar on “Urban Development in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities” by Murtaza Haider Feb 17, 2020 LIVE: Urban Development in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities Feb 19, 2020 LIVE German Experience of Exports and Value Chains Feb 19, 2020 Reaching Out to Markets for Pakistani Goods in Central Asia by Amer Zafar Durrani

36 Videos of the Events/Interviews Feb 19, 2020 Live 1- Reaching out to Markets for Pakistani Goods in Central Asia, South Caucuses and Beyond Feb 20, 2020 Amer Zafar Durrani, President, Reenergia - Pakistani Goods in Central Asia Feb 21, 2020 M Azeem Khan Chairman, Pakistan Agriculture Research Council PARC Feb 21, 2020 Iqrar Ahmad Khan SI Former VC, University of Agriculture Faisalabad UAF. Feb 24, 2020 Panel Discussion on “Agriculture in Pakistan: Opportunities and Challenges” Feb 24, 2020 LIVE Panel Discussion on “Agriculture in Pakistan: Opportunities and Challenges” by Arif Nadeem, Iqrar Ahmad Khan and M. Azeem Khan. Feb 26, 2020 Umer Khalid PCP on Pakistani Diaspora Philanthropy in UK Feb 26, 2020 Seminar on “Pakistani Diaspora Philanthropy in UK” by Umer Khalid and Naushin Mahmood. Feb 27, 2020 Sessions 1: Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP Feb 27, 2020 Sessions 2: Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP Feb 27, 2020 Sessions 3: Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP Feb 27, 2020 PIDE Conference Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP by Nadeem Ul Haque, Ashraf Hayat, Shahid Niaz, Asif Bajwa, Shaukat Hameed Khan, Muhammad Afzal and Amer Zafar Durrani

Videos of the MARCH Events/Interviews Mar 02, 2020 Empowering Women in South Asias Slums: The Challenges of Environmental Degradation by Ammar A. Malik. Mar 02, 2020 Live: Empowering Woman in South Asias Slums: The Challenges of Environmental Degradation. Mar 02, 2020 Sessions 4: Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP Mar 02, 2020 Sessions 5: Doing Development Better: Analyzing the PSDP Mar 02, 2020 Concluding Session by Nadeem Ul Haque: Doing Development Better Analyzing PSDP. Mar 05, 2020 The Future is Digital: How Online Platforms are Driving Global Economic Growth by Sehar Tariq. Mar 06, 2020 Importance of Education, Employment and Engagement for the Youth of Pakistan by Ahmad Sultan Butt. Mar 10, 2020 A Talk on Islam and the Politics of Development by Adeel Malik. Mar 11, 2020 LIVE Session: Islam and the Politics of Development: How Pakistan's Historically-Embedded Elites…. Mar 11, 2020 A Talk on Islam and the Politics of Development by Adeel Malik. Mar 11, 2020 Live Session 1: DOING TAXES BETTER: Shifting The Paradigm of Policy and Administration by Nadeem Ul Haque, Ikramul Haq, Hafiz A. Pasha, Shahid Kardar, Manzoor Ahmad, Teresa Daban Sanchez, Jawwad Uwais Agha, Jamil Nasir, IkramulHaq, Jawwad Uwais Agha, Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed and Clelia Rontoyanni Mar 11, 2020 Live Session 2: DOING TAXES BATTER : Shifting The Paradigm of Tax Policy and Administration Mar 12, 2020 Live Session 3&4: DOING TAXES BATTER: Shifting The Paradigm of Tax Policy and Administration

Videos of the Events/Interviews 37 Mar 12, 2020 PIDE Conference - DOING TAXES BETTER: Shifting The Paradigm of Tax Policy and Administration Mar 13, 2020 Session 1: DOING TAXES BETTER: Shifting The Paradigm of Tax Policy and Administration Mar 13, 2020 Session 2: DOING TAXES BETTER: Shifting The Paradigm of Tax Policy and Administration Mar 13, 2020 Session 3: DOING TAXES BETTER: Shifting The Paradigm of Tax Policy and Administration

Videos of the APRIL Events/Interviews Apr 01, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Samia Altaf (public health specialist)- part1 Apr 01, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Samia Altaf (public health specialist)- part 2 Apr 02, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Taimur Malik (public health specialist) Apr 03, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Ryan Brasher (Political Scientist, FCC University) Apr 04, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with John Walley, School of Medicine, University of Leeds Apr 05, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Umair Javed (LUMS) Apr 06, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Pervez Hoodbhoy Apr 07, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Tasneem Noorani (Former Commerce and Interior Secretary) Apr 09, 2020 Webinar on Prime Minister's Construction Package Apr 10, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR Interview with Nadeem Khursheed (Urban Planner and Development Professional) Apr 10, 2020 Webinar on Sugar Industry in Pakistan by Muhammad Adil Mansoor Apr 11, 2020 Effect of Corona virus on Employment -Dunya News- Kamran khan Show Part 1. Apr 11, 2020 Effect of Corona virus on Employment -Dunya News - Kamran khan Show Part 2 Apr 13, 2020 INTERVIEW: Professor Gayatri Spivak (Columbia University) and Surya Parekh Binghamton University Apr 13, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 War: Interview with Lubna Chaudhry, Associate Professor Binghamton University, USA. Apr 14, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 War Online MEETING with H.E. Yao Jing, Ambassador, People's Republic of China Apr 15, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: An Interview of Nadeem Ul Haque on Dawn News with Fahd Husain (Part 1) Apr 15, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: An Interview of Nadeem Ul Haque on Dawn News with Fahd Husain (Part 2) Apr 15, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: An Interview of Nadeem Ul Haque on Dawn News with Fahd Husain (Part 3) Apr 16, 2020 PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Ilhan Niaz (Associate Professor, Department of History, QAU)

38 Videos of the Events/Interviews Apr 17, 2020
PIDE COVID-19 WAR- Anita Weiss (Prof. Department of International Studies, University of Oregon) Apr 18, 2020
“Smart Approaches to # COVID-19“ by Rashid Langrial, Rana Jawad Asghar and Samia Altaf Apr 20, 2020
PIDE COVID-19 WAR I - Interview with Shakil Durrani Apr 22, 2020
PIDE Webinar: “Financial Markets in 21st Century” by Samir, Ahmed, Akif Saeed and Maheen Rehman Apr 22, 2020
CONSULTATIVE meeting with His Excellency Bernhard Schlagheck, German Ambassador Apr 23, 2020
Nadeem Ul Haque (VC PIDE) in conversation with Sabina Alkire (Director, OPHI) Apr 24, 2020
“Innovative HR and Business Strategy Responses to the COVID-19“ by Atyab Tahir, Ahmad Ali Zia, Malik Ahmad Jalal and Imran Azhar Apr 24, 2020
PIDE COVID-19 WAR: Interview with Rana Jawad Asghar (Chief Executive Officer, GHSI) Apr 29, 2020
CONSULTATIVE meeting on # COVID-19 with H. E Ingrid Johansson, Ambassador of Sweden Apr 29, 2020
Will Financial Markets in Pakistan Ever Develop? by Khalid Mirza and Aftab Ahmed Choudhry

Videos of the MAY Events/Interviews May 05, 2020
“Human Resource Management in Pakistan” by Paul Keijzer and Monis Rahman May 07, 2020
“Aid development and the lessons of history” by Markus Daechsel May 09, 2020
“Towards a Stable Economy and Politics” by Wasim Sajjad, Irfan Qadir and HasanAskari Rizvi May 12, 2020
“Human Resource and Leadership Challenges in Pakistan” by Sheikh Imran Ul Haque, Tahir Jawaid, Khurram Tariq and Amjad Iqbal. May 12, 2020
“Future of Higher Education in Pakistan” by Nadeem Ul Haque, S. Akbar Zaidi, Sheeren Mustafa May 13, 2020
“Our Administrative Mess” by Moazzam Janjua, Tariq Malik, Salman Shah, Shahid Kardar, Tariq Bajwa, and Ilhan Niaz May 13, 2020
Economics of Globalisation - Lecture by Nadeem Ul Haque with ITU Host Bilal Qureshi May 14, 2020
PIDE Webinar on “Why Businesses Don't Grow in Pakistan” by Atif Bajwa, Waleed Saigol, Alman Aslam and Mohsin Iqbal. May 16, 2020
PIDE Webinar ”RETAIL- The Neglected Sector Guests Yasin Paracha, Asfandyar Farrukh and Asif Butt May 17, 2020
Network Model for Infection - by Amin Hussain May 18, 2020
PIDE Webinar”Managing Growth with Stabilization” - by Masood Ahmed May 20, 2020
PIDE Webinar: Unpacking Investment Crisis In Pakistan by Haroon Sharif, Almas Hyder, Wang Zhihua and Ishaq Burney May 21, 2020
PIDE Webinar on “Managing Growth with Stabilization-II” by Hafeez Pasha and Salman Shah May 22, 2020
PIDE Webinar with Gustav Papanek about his experiences in Pakistan May 28, 2020
PIDE Webinar Series Managing Growth with Stabilization- III by Hafeez Pasha and Salman Shah

Videos of the Events/Interviews 39 May 29, 2020 PIDE Webinar on “Deciding on Higher Education: Why PIDE?” by Nadeem Ul Haque, Fareena Iqbal, Huma Hameed and Imtiaz Ahmad May 30, 2020 PIDE webinar Why is Pakistan’s Capital Market, if we can Call it that, Stunted? by Syed Ali Sultan, Naz Khan, Farrikh khan, Muhammad Asim, Habib ur Rehman, Muhammad Ali Ahmad, Amjad Waheed and Zafar Masud

Videos of the JUNE Events/Interviews Jun 02, 2020 All Students Meeting with Vice Chancellor PIDE (31 May, 2020) Jun 06, 2020 PIDE Webinar Banking, Finance and Economic Growth by Atif Bajwa, Zubyr Soomro, Syed Saleem Raza, Alman Aslam and Shahzad Dada Jun 09, 2020 10th National Finance Commission Award - Improving lives of Citizens and Strengthening the Federation by Amer Z. Durrani, Noor-ul-Haq Baloch and Nasir Iqbal Jun 15, 2020 PIDE webinar on “Deciding on Higher Education - II” Jun 18, 2020 COVID-19 and the Future of Cities by Monash University Jun 18, 2020 COVID-19 and Challenges for South Asian Economies Jun 19, 2020 PIDE webinar Competition and Markets”-I by Khalid Mirza, Joseph Wilson and Waqas Mir Jun 21, 2020 PIDE webinar Cities for Humanity and Development” by Ken Greenberg Jun 22, 2020 Competition and Markets – 3 by Brent Toderian Jun 23, 2020 Webinar on “Cities for Humanity and Development - 3” by Brent Toderian Jun 24, 2020 Webinar “Competition and Markets-II” by RahatKaunain Hasan, Shaista Bano, Ikram Ul Haque and Maleeha Mimi Bangash Jun 26, 2020 Round table on “Circular Debt - An Unfortunate Misnomer” by ShahidSattar, Ermeena Malik and Tahir Basharat Cheema Jun 28, 2020 Webinar “Deciding on Higher Education” (what to ask, where to go) Penalist: Nadeem Ul Haque, Saud Ahmed Khan, Zulfiqar Ali, Iftikhar Ahmad and Ahmad Faraz Jun 29, 2020 Webinar“Doing Health Policy Better” by Samia Altaf

Videos of the JULY Events/Interviews Jul 01, 2020 Webinar “Pakistan's Pharmaceutical Industry: Growth, Challenges and Issues- I” by Ayesha T. Haq, Shaikh Qaiser,Samia Altaf Waheed, Raza Ullah and Shahid Mahmood Jul 04, 2020 Webinar on” Energy Investments and Planning “ by Afia Malik, Syed Akhtar Ali and Waqas Bin Najib Penalists: Ermeena Malik, Tahir Basharat Cheema, Shahid Sattar, Rashid Aziz, Waqar Zakaria and Amer Durrani Jul 06, 2020 Webinar on “The Post Pandemic World - A Political Economy Perspective” by Haroon Shaif, Anatol Lieven, Haroon Sharif and Maliha Lodhi Jul 08, 2020 Round table Developing Electricity Market for Future by Amer Zafar Durrani, Shahid Sattar and Ayesha Ali Penalist: Ermeena Malik, Tahir Basharat Cheema, Rashid Aziz, Waqar Zakaria, Waqas Bin Najib and Syed Akhtar Ali Jul 09, 2020 Panel discussion on “The Bigger Evil? _White Collar Crime or Inefficiency” Penalist: Shoaib Suddle, Haroon Sharif, Ahmer Bilal Soofi and Ehsan Sadiq Jul 16, 2020 Webinar on “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” by Ernesto Sirolli, Imtiaz Rastgar, Zia Imran and Athar Osama.

40 Videos of the Events/Interviews Jul 17, 2020 Panel Discussion on “Recovering from the Pandemic” by Akmal Hussain, Khalid Malik and Muhammad Nasir. Jul 18, 2020 “Voices of the Poor: How we exclude them from life in Cities” by Umer Gillani and Tooba Syed Jul 21, 2020 Webinar on “Textile Value Chain (TVC)- I” by Shahid Sattar Khalid, Abdullah and Anees Khawaja Penalist: Wajid Rana, Mian Mehmood Ahmed, Sheikh Moazzam Ahmed and Bashir Ali Mohamed Discussant: Amanullah Kaasim Macheriya Jul 26, 2020 “Reforming Electricity Distribution Companies” by Tahir Basharat Cheema and Sajid Akram Penalist: Waseem Mukhtar, Muhammad Jabbar Khan, Shahid Sattar, Waqas Bin Najib, Rashid Aziz and Syed Akhtar Ali Jul 26, 2020 Interview of Nadeem Ul Haque with Imran Sultan - Aaj News on Economy of Pakistan Jul 28, 2020. Webinar on “Urban Mobility is more than Cars and expensive Metros! by Murtaza Haider and Mohammad Rizwan Jul 30, 2020. Webinar on “Learning from Chinese Innovation and Entrepreneurship Model” by Naubahar Sharif, Athar Mansoor, Peggy Liu and Athar Osama Videos of the AUGUST Events/Interviews Aug 06, 2020 Webinar “Economics of Tax Expenditures by FBR; A Debate for Reforms” by Ikramul Haq, Ch Muhammad Tarique and Shahid Kardar Aug 08, 2020 PIDE Roundtable on “Foreign Aid to Pakistan” Part I by Faheem Jahangeer Khan, Waqar Masood and Nasruminallah Mian Aug 09, 2020 Roundtable on “Foreign Aid to Pakistan“ Part II; Politics of Foreign Aid to Pakistan by Robin Lynn Raphel, Hussain Nadim and Sabtain Fazal Halim Aug 16, 2020 “Pak Pharmaceutical Industry: Growth Challenges and Issues II” by Asim Rauf, Ayesha T Haq, Osman Khalid Waheed, Salman Berney, Khalid Mehmood and Shahid Mehmood Aug 18, 2020 “The Digital Leap - Financial Empowerment” by Farid Ahmed Khan, Aezaz Hussain and Zouhair Khaliq Aug 20, 2020 PIDE Round tableSeries on Education 1- The Education Paradigm in Pakistanby Quratulain Bakhteari and Neelam Hussain Aug 21, 2020 2nd of PIDE Round Table on Education - Topic: Role of government in Education by Shanaz Wazir Ali and Faisal Bari Aug 22, 2020 PIDE Round table Series on Education 19-23 Aug III- Public-Private Partnership in Education by Riaz Ahmed Kamlani, Seema Aziz and Kasim Kasuri Aug 23, 2020 Day-IV PIDE Round table on Education “Is technology the panacea and are we using it?” by Zulfiqar Qazilbash and Mahboob Mahmood Aug 24, 2020 Day-V PIDE Round table Series on Education 19-23 Aug Day 5 - Education Going Forward by Muhammad Rafiq Tahir and Shafqat Mahmood Aug 25, 2020 PIDE Webinar - Financing The Social Protectionby Sania Nishtar, Benjamin Olken, Safdar Sohail, Noureen Adnan, Nasir Iqbal and Shujaat Farooq Aug 27, 2020 Cities for Humanity and Development by Leslie Woo Aug 28, 2020 PIDE Webinar on Civil Service Refoms Penalist: Shahid Hafiz Kardar, Mumaira Zia Mufti, Mosharaf Zaodi, Samina Zehra, Sameen Mohsin Ali and Nadeem Ul Haque

Videos of the Events/Interviews 41 Videos of the SEPTEMBER Events/Interviews Sep 02, 2020 3rd - PIDE Round table - Foreign Aid to Pakistan by Masooda Bano and Javed Ahmed Malik Sep 06, 2020 PIDE Round table on “Electricity Pricing and Regulation” by Salman Rehman, Ameena Sohail and Tahir Basharat Cheema Penalist: Waqas Bin Najeeb, Ermeena Malik, Shahid Sattar, Rashid Aziz, Syed Akhtar Ali and Manzar Naeem Querashi Sep 12, 2020 “Structure of the Civil Service” Penalist: Shahid Hafiz Kardar, Saeed Shafqat, Nargis Sethi and Nadeem Ul Haque Sep 12, 2020 Webinar on Urban Inequality with Riayat LUMS by Nadeem Ul Haque Sep 14, 2020 PIDE Webinar “Case Mgt. as an Approach to Improve Judicial Performance by Osama Sadique and Waqas Mir Sep 19, 2020 PIDE Round table Series“Facilitating Pakistan's Trade: TFA and National Trade Facilitation Bodies- The Pakistan NTTFC” Penalists: Robina Athar, Mohammad Saeed, Jawad Agha, Tauqir Shah, Rasheed Jan Mohammad, Tasneem Noorani, Irtiqa Zaidi, Javaid Mansoor, Abdullah Yousaf, Ahmar Bilal Soofi, Manzoor Ahmed, Babar Badat and Tariq Huda Sep 21, 2020 Webinar - Judging The Judges: Dynamics Of The Pakistani System Of Justice Delivery by Osama Saddique, Sara Malkani and Asad Jamal Sep 24, 2020 Navigating People and Business Through Covid-19 by Irfan Wahab Khan, MoqeemUl Haque, Muhammad Aminuddin, Taimoor Shah, Sadia Haroon and Khurram Tariq Sep 25, 2020 Foreign Aid and Policy - Webinar IV with Hina Rabbani Khar Sep 26, 2020 Public Procurement Regimes in Pakistan by Waqar Masood Sep 27, 2020 PIDE Webinar - Size and Age as Determinants of Employment Growth among Manufacturing Firms in Pakistan by Farrukh Iqbal Discussant: Usman Qadir and Usman Ahmed Sep 30, 2020 Fixing Power Sector Issues – PIDE Webinar Penalist: Ahsan Zafer Syed, Shakil Durrani, Syed Akhtar Ali, Rashid Aziz and Mahreen Aziz Khan Sep 30, 2020. The Insanity of Our Economic Policies - by Nadeem Ul Haque

Videos of the OCTOBER Events/Interviews Oct 03, 2020 Civil Service Reforms – PIDE Webinar by Tariq Mehmood Awan, Fazail Mudasar, Muhammad Tariq Ramzan, Fahad Ikram Qazi and Zahid Shar Oct 6, 2020 Civil Service Reforms – PIDE Webinar by Ishrat Husain Oct 9, 2020 Civil Service Training – PIDE Webinar by Mohsin Chandna, Sepali Sudasinge, Samina Zehra and Fahim Jahangir Khan Oct 11, 2020 PIDE Webinar - Engaging the Informal Sector - A Proposal for the State and non - State engagement by Faisal Shaheen Oct 13, 2020 Export Led Growth Channel of Development for Pakistan and Competitiveness of the Economy – PIDE Webinar by Shahid Yusuf Penalists: Najy Benhasine and Muhammad Ashraf Oct 15, 2020 What is Smart about Smart Cities – PIDE Webinar by Ayona Datta Oct 18, 2020 Energy Innovations by Mehroze Rafique, Amjad A. Awan, Sobia Baig, Shahid Sattar,Ermeena Malik and Amir Durrani. Oct 20, 2020 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Pakistan by Yousaf Hussain, Salman Wasay, Monis Rehman, Rizwan Buttar, Asif Khan and Salman Elahi

42 Videos of the Events/Interviews Oct 25, 2020 PIDE Webinar - The Gas System in Pakistan by Arif Hameed, Muhammad Arif, Shahid Sattar and Sheikh Imran Ul Haque Oct 27, 2020 NTMs and Export Competitiveness by Samidh Shrestha Penalists: Manzoor Ahmad and Adil Nakhoda Oct 29, 2020 RASTA Competitive Grants for Policy-oriented Research – PIDE Webinar Oct 30, 2020 Tobacco Tax Policies: Formulation Effectiveness and Challenges – PIDE Webinar Penalists: Frank Chaloupka, Roberto Iglesias, Ch. Muhammad Tarique, Mahmood Khalid and Muhammad Sabir

Videos of the NOVEMBER Events/Interviews Nov 03, 2020 Introduction of Legislative Bill for the Protection of Street Vendor's Rights by Sania Nishtar, Syed Zeeshan Ali Naqvi, Zia Banday, Ahmed Bashir, Umer Gilani and Naveed Abbasi Nov 06, 2020 RASTA PIDE Workshop Nov 09, 2020 Under-Developed Real Estate Industry in Pakistan – PIDE Webinar by Muhammad Ejaz, Adil Kamal and Rashid Bashir Nov 09, 2020 Settlement of Street Vendors in Public Space of Urban Pakistan by Arif Hasan Nov 11, 2020 The Survival of Cinema and Television Industry in Pakistan by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, Kanwal Khoosat, Pir Saad Ahsanuddin, Kamran Lashari, Mehreen Jabbar and Faris Kermani Nov 12, 2020 Exchange Rate Management and Economic Growth by Abdul Jalil Nov 17, 2020 Pakistan Railways or Pakistan's Railways –PIDE Webinarby Richard Bullock, Mohammad Ashfaque Khattak and Amer Zafar Durrani Nov 19, 2020 Idleness and Mental Health Problems - Challenge to Pakistan's Demographic Dividend – PIDE Webinar by Arifa Saboohi Discussants: Rizwan Taj and Syed Javed Hassan Nov 21, 2020 Doing Ethnography in the Times of Covid-19 – PIDE Webinar by Rao Nadeem Alam Penalists: Ikram Badshah, Rao Nadeem Alam, Shama Dossa, Laila Rajani and Amen Jaffer Nov 26, 2020 The C-Section Epidemic in Pakistan Penalists: Batool Mazhar, Saman Nazir, Ghazala Mahmud and Samia Altaf

Videos of the DECEMBER Events/Interviews Dec 02, 2020 Energy efficiency and conservation in Pakistanby Nadeem Javed, Sania Awais, Marium Jalal and Afia Malik Dec 08, 2020 PIDE Webinar on Revisiting Demographic Dividend Penalists: Durr-e-Nayab, Zeba Sathar, G.M.Arif and Attiya Inayat Ullah Dec 08, 2020 PIDE Book Launch Webinar on Uncivil City Ecology, Equity and the Commons in Delhi by Amita Baviskar Dec 10, 2020 Webinar on Street Vendors in Islamabad Voice from the Ground Penalists: Sania Nishtar, Shahid Mahmood, Shafaq Hashmi, Zia Banday, Fazal Hayat, Bedar Bakht and Muhammad Sajid Dec 12, 2020 Book Launch Webinar on the title “The Politics of the Misgoverned” by Azhar Hassan Nadeem

Videos of the Events/Interviews 43 Dec 19, 2020 “Pakistan's Tariff Bias: Anti-Export or Anti-Consumer” by Gonzalo Varela Discussants: Ahmed Fasih, Ehsan Malik and Safdar Sohail Dec 21, 2020 Why Has China Grown So Fast For So Long, Book Launch Webinar by Khalid Malik Discussant: Saeed Afridi Dec 22, 2020 Exchange Rate Management of Pakistan: Past, Present and Future by Riaz Riazuddin Discussant: Abdul Jalil and HafsaHina Dec 26, 2020 Grand National Dialog, the Kind of Reforms Pakistan Needs by Mosharraf Zaidi, Osama Siddique, Amber Darr and Usman Raza Jolaha Dec 27, 2020 PIDE Grand National Dialogue GND, 2nd Day by Najma Pirzada, Fahd Hussain, Erum Haider and Huzaima Bukhari Dec 28, 2020 Grand National Dialogue Webinar, Day 3 by Asad Rahim, Raza Rumi and Arifa Noor Dec 29, 2020 Grand National Dialogue GND, Reforms Pakistan Needs, Day4 by Ahmed Bilal Mehbook, Adnan Rasool and Jamila Aslam Dec 30, 2020 Grand National Dialogue at PIDE, Day-5 by by Zarar Khuhro, Amer Zafar Durrani, Zaigham Khan, Omar Quraishi and Usman Raza Jolaha

44 Videos of the Events/Interviews NEWS PAPER ARTICLES

News paper Articles 45 Jan 03, 2020 The road to violence in Pakistan: Inefficient conflict resolution mechanism and less accountability by Karim Khan in Daily Times. Jan 03, 2020 CPEC: Phases and Challenges by Nasir Iqbal in The News Jan 11, 2020 Withered Books by Abdul Jalil in Daily Times January 22, 2020.Building industry - academia linkages: a latent solution by Iftikhar Ahmad in Daily Times. Feb 24, 2020 Interview: The Economy is not a Political Enterprise by Nadeem Ul Haque in The News. Feb 24, 2020 Energy Subsidies and Circular Debt by Ghulam Samad and Naseem Faraz in Business Recorder. Mar 02, 2020 We Build Universities, not Education by Ghulam Samad in Business Recorder. March 07, 2020. What are we missing? A tale of PSDP by Aqeel Chaudhry and Fida M. Khan in The News. Mar 10, 2020 A Suitable Response? by Fahd Zulfiqar in Morning Mail. Mar 10, 2020 Public Transportation System and Female Mobility in Pakistan by Fahd Zulfiqar in Daily Times. Mar 10, 2020 Production or real estate? by Iftikhar Ahmad in The News. Mar 13, 2020 18th Amendment and deprivation by Karim Khan in The Express Tribune. Mar 16, 2020 Planning without analysis by Madeeha Gohar Qureshi in The News. Mar 18, 2020 Sustainable housing by Nasir Iqbal in The News. Mar 18, 2020 Doing taxes better by Nasir Iqbal in The News. Mar 21, 2020 A quick note on SBP announcement by Abdul Jalil in Daily Times. Mar 23, 2020 Corona Virus and the Changing dynamics of Social spaces in Pakistan by Zulfiqar Ali and Fahd Zulfiqar in Daily Times. Mar 23, 2020 PSDP process overhaul need of the hour in Pakistan by Aqeel Chaudhry and Fida Muhammad in Express Tribune. Mar 23, 2020 Corona virus and HR managers obligations by Nadeem A. Khan in DAWN. Mar 29, 2020 COVID-19 and the Question of Religions Sentiment by Fahd Zulfiqar in Daily Times. Mar 29, 2020 Caring for the poor by Nasir Iqbal in The News. Mar 30, 2020 Trade, cooperation policies in time of pandemic by Manzoor Ahmad in Express Tribune. Mar 30,2020 Corona virus and the plight of labourer by Junaid Ahmed and Mr. Mazhar Mughal in Express Tribune. Apr 02, 2020 Covid- 19 and structural inequalities by Junaid Ahmed and Mazhar Mughal in Express Tribune. Apr 06, 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic: State-community coordination in policy response by Muhammad Jehangir and Karim Khan in Daily Times. Apr 06, 2020 Covid-19 and structural inequalities by Junaid Ahmed and Mazhar Mughal in Express Tribune. Apr 07, 2020 Disbursement efficiency by Karim Khan and Muhammad Jehangir in The News .

46 News paper Articles Apr 14, 2020 Cost of Corona by Nasir Iqbal in The News. Apr 28, 2020 Assessing the Covid-19 Economic fall out in Pakistan by Henna Ahsan in Express Tribune. Apr 29, 2020 Economic packages are not enough for a weak Economy like Pakistan by Nadeem-Ul-Haque in DW.com May 03, 2020 Understanding smart lock downs by Nadeem Ul Haque and Durr-e-Nayab in The News. May 07, 2020 Will Covid affect our remittance inflows? by Mazhar Mughal and Junaid Ahmed in Express Tribune. May 10, 2020 The failure of Pakistans power policies by Shahid Mehmood in Business Recorder. May 23, 2020 'Pakistans human capital conundrum by Shahid Mehmood in Business Recorder. Jun 08, 2020 'Take Policy back from the Economic Hit-men by Nadeem Ul Haque in Balochistan Times. Jun 08, 2020 Anti- corruption dynamics of Pakistan by Nadia Hassan and Hasan Rasool in Balochistan Times. Jun 08, 2020 Revitalizing the agriculture sector by Abedullah in Balochistan Times. Jun 08, 2020 Annual Budget: A useless exercise by Shahid Mehmood in Dawn News. Jun 09, 2020 Time to think beyond bricks and mortars by Nadeem Ul Haque in Balochistan Times. Jun 09, 2020 Only the paranoid survive by Nadeem Ul Haque in The News. Jun 22, 2020 Excluded from elite space by Nadeem Ul Haque in Balochistan Times. Jun 22, 2020 Are we ready to reap CPEC benefits? By Nasir Iqbal in Balochistan Times. Jun 22, 2020 Budget 2020-21: Cutting expenses in pandemic by Manzoor Ahmad in Express Tribune. Jul 14, 2020 Is Economic planning viable? by Shahid Mehmood in Business Recorder Jul 27, 2020 The Economy under the PTI by Shahid Mehmood in The News. Aug 23, 2020 Pakistan options for Climate finance by Zahid Majeed and Abedullah Anjum in The News. Aug 30, 2020 Meaningless numbers by Nadeem Ul Haque in The News. Sep 17, 2020 Economics beyond the ordinary by Shahid Mehmood in Dawn. Oct 20 , 2020 Covid-19 and Child Education by Jehangir Khan and Junaid Ahmed in Express Tribune. Oct 21, 2020 Cost of protest by Nasir Iqbal in The News. Oct 27, 2020 The puzzling increase in remittances by Junaid Ahmed and Mazhar Mughal in Express Tribune. Oct 28, 2020 Corona virus and Macroeconomic Interventions Part III by M. Ali Kemal in The Nation. Nov 08, 2020 New Directory Shows Cities in Pakistan are Paying Taxes by Idrees Khawaja in Naya Daur. Nov 08, 2020 Migration and Covid-19 by Nasir Iqbal in The News. Nov 11, 2020 The recovery debate by Shahid Mehmood in The News. Nov 17, 2020 Magna Carta for Pakistan by Nadeem Ul Haque and Malik Ahmad Jalal in The News. Dec 05, 2020 Exchange Rate Dynamic overvalued or Undervalued by M. Ali Kemal in The Nation.

News paper Articles 47 Dec 06, 2020 Pakistan Needs A Market-Based Solution to the Recurring Wheat Crises by Nasir Iqbal in Naya Daur. Dec 18, 2020 Is Pakistan dealing with taxes the right way during pandemic? by Amena Urooj and Saud A. Khan in DAWN. Dec 18, 2020 Will capitalism eat itself ? by Shahid Mehmood in Dawn. Dec 18, 2020 Scenes of the Hunt in sindh by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro in Friday Times. Dec 20, 2020 Wheat price game by Nasir Iqbal in The News. Enough brick and mortar by Nadeem Ul Haque in The News. Dec 27, 2020 How to make pensions less Burdensome for the Government? by Omer Siddique in Naya Daur.

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