Govt to support quality research initiatives for better economic policy: Khusro Bakhtiar

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar has underscored the need for carrying out quality and policy-focused research for effective development and economic policy making to enable the policymakers to devise sound strategies for achieving desired development results.

According to a press release issued form the ministry, the federal minister expressed these views while chairing the 12th Senate meeting of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) in Islamabad on Friday.

MNA Shandana Gulzar, Vice Chancellor PIDE Dr Asad Zaman, members PIDE Senate and senior officials of the ministry were also present in the meeting.

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Khusro Bakhtiar said that PIDE is an important research institution which should be further strengthened and equipped to make it a state of the art centre of excellence for research and academic purposes, reads the statement.

The minister underlined the importance of establishing educational linkages with leading world research institutions to benefit from latest research and expertise in relevant fields.

He said, “This will also provide greater opportunities to our students to enhance their skills and research techniques to enable them to effectively contribute in the development of the country.”

Regarding the approval of budget for PIDE for financial year 2018-19, the minister directed to constitute a sub-committee to be headed by MNA Shandana Gulzar to examine and review the expenditure and budget.