The Economics Department of the Govt College University (GCU) is holding a two-day international conference on “Institutions, Growth and Development in Pakistan” from today under the auspices of the Higher Education Commission (HEC).
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Dairy and Rural Development Foundation are also collaborating in arranging the programme.
GCU Economics Department Chairperson Asif Saeed said on Wednesday that the objective of the conference was to promote a dialogue on Pakistan’s future development priorities in the light of economic performance of the past decade.
State Bank of Pakistan Director Monetary Policy Dr Hamza Malik, Planning Commission of Pakistan Deputy Chairman Dr Nadeem-ul-Haq, former Finance Minister Sartaj Aziz, USAID Director and Acting Lahore Consul General Jeffrey N. Bakken, former Secretary Finance Nawid Ahson, Bond University Australia Economics Department Head Prof Dr Ahmad Khalid, Dr Abid Burki, Dr Salman Shah, Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha and other eminent economists from Pakistan and aboard will address the conference.