Participants of the 121st National Management Course held by the National Management College, National School of Public Policy visited CPPG to take a lecture from Director, Dr. Saeed Shafqat
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The 10th DSMCMC participants visited CPPG to attend a session on Research Method and Public Policy Process by our Guest [...]
Policy Analyst and Journalist, Raza Rumi visited Director CPPG, Dr. Saeed Shafqat at FCCU. Raza Rumi is also a former [...]
CPPG hosted PITB's Chief Information Officer, Mr. Sajjad Ghani. He discussed prospects of collaboration on educational courses around IT and [...]
CPPG hosted Director BNU Centre for Policy Research (BCPR), Ambassador Mansoor Ahmad Khan along with his team members. They [...]
CPPG hosted a Study Visit of the Participants of 13th Post InductionTraining Course for PMS Probationers (BS-17) in Governance [...]
CPPG held a joint session on Technology and Policy with Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) on 27th June. The session aimed [...]
CPPG hosted a delegation from Pakistan Administrative Services (PAS). Director CPPG, Dr. Saeed Shafqat welcomed DG PAS, Farhan Aziz [...]
Job Responsibilities: CPPG, a policy think tank is looking for a self-driven & focused Research Assistant (RA) to assist [...]
Director CPPG, Dr. Saeed Shafqat was invited to Nestle Head Office, Lahore by Head of Corporate Affairs & Sustainability, Sheikh [...]
Your Content Goes Here Research & News Volume 54 Number 1 January 2024 [...]
A book discussion on Raheem ul Haque's “De-Securitize, De-Colonize, Industrialise: A manifesto for structural reforms” was hosted by the [...]
The 9th DSMCMC batch of Pakistan Administrative Services (PAS) visited CPPG for their advising session with the faculty members. Director [...]
CPPG Founding Director & Distinguished Professor, Dr. Saeed Shafqat met with Director for Centre for Critical Peace Studies & [...]
A Trend-Setting Book On Welfare And Political Economy, In Pakistan's National Language "Ahsan Rana has raised a troubling question: [...]
USAID Mission Director Kate Somvongsiri visited Centre for Public Policy and Governance. The delegation met with Director CPPG, Dr. Saeed [...]
NECHE team visited Director CPPG, Dr. Saeed Shafqat. They were briefed about the work and publications of the Centre. [...]
Dr. Saeed Shafqat, Founding Director CPPG, graced the Forman Christian College & University's Annual Job Fair 2024 as the Guest [...]
"CPPG's Project Research and Public Relations Manager, Ms. Ayesha Saddiqua was honored with an Award for enhancing her education [...]
Centre for Public Policy and Governance hosted a policy dialogue for the Department of Social Welfare & Bait-ul-Maal, Punjab on [...]
Officers for the 8th Domain Specific Mid Career Management Course (MCMC) from Pakistan Administrative Services (PAS) visited the Centre [...]
On November 20, 2023, a meeting between the Center for Public Policy and Governance (CPPG), FCCU and the Balochistan [...]
Dr Ejaz Hussain reviews Ayesha Siddique's book which examines China's rise as a global power and its relationship with [...]
It gives me pleasure to share with you that since 2008, we have been publishing the Quarterly Research & News magazine. Over the years Quarterly has performed a very useful function of sharing the Centre’s activities and views of our guest speakers, while occasionally publishing research articles, policy briefs and consultative dialogue reports.
(Class of 2017-2019) Iffrah Khalid is lecturer at the University of Lahore. “Doing my bachelors in Economics and later joining [...]
(Class of 2016-2018) Kainat Shakil is currently pursuing her PhD from Deakin University and is working as a freelance research [...]
(Class of 2015-2017) Muhammad Bilal is currently serving as Excise & Taxation Inspector. “I'm a taxman. I started my career [...]
Language is one of the important aspects of society. It is not some words brought together but an entity that connects an individual to his family, identity, culture, music, beliefs and wisdom (Zalmay, 2017). Currently in Pakistan there are 72 languages spoken (provincial and regional) including the official languages Urdu and English (Zalmay, 2017). In 2014 the Parliamentary Paper highlighted that 10 out of 72 languages are near extinction and despite the fact that four major provincial languages Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochi and Pashto/ Puhkto are spoken in four provinces of Pakistan, with the exception of Sindhi, the other three have no official status (Zalmay, 2017). The Constitution of Pakistan makes 12 references for language, dedicating Article 251 to language only (Jabeen, S. & Shehzad, W., 2018). This section of the paper discusses Article 251 and other articles associated with language in the Constitution that provide the insights on the significance of language.
Amidst an ongoing political turmoil, the supreme court of Pakistan gave a historic judgment on 7th April 2022. The Suo Moto taken by the Chief Justice of Pakistan as part of a 5 member bench redressed the concerns of the opposition that was due to pass a vote of no confidence against the sitting Prime Minister Imran Khan. The parliamentary session came to an abrupt end as the deputy speaker of the national assembly Qasim Suri refused to administer the motion of the vote of no confidence, citing a foreign conspiracy as the driving force behind the motion.
CPPG faculty and students had an informative training workshop in Urban Unit to learn the GIS, Data Analytics, and its [...]
Reviewed by Roha Suhail Qureshi and Ajwah Nadeem. Dr. Mujtaba Piracha was ideally suited to pen the first-of-its-kind detailed analysis [...]
Reviewed by Nimra Zahid Mir. “Ethnic Federalism in Pakistan: Federal design, construction of ethno-linguistic identity and group conflict” is an [...]
Smog has turned Lahore from a ‘city of gardens’ to one of the most polluted cities in the world. Historically, [...]
Marital Rape is a type of domestic violence and sexual abuse in which an individual is subjected to non-consensual intercourse [...]
Sustainable peace between India and Pakistan is imperative for the regional stability, security and economic development of South Asia. Therefore, [...]
The Pak – Afghan trade relationship has been obfuscated due to political and economic turmoil caused by regional instability and [...]
Constructive Social Conflict is a theory that emerges from sociology and is about embracing multiple frames of reference and standpoints. [...]
Globalization is a process that encompasses the causes, course, and consequences of transnational and transcultural integration of human and non-human [...]
The Siachen[1] glacier, located at the Indian subcontinent’s northwestern edge, has been a disputed region between the India-Pakistan border since [...]
On November 17, 2021, the Pakistani parliament passed the Elections (Second Amendment) Bill, 2021, allowing the use of Electronic Voting [...]
The Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Masuma Hasan organized an International conference on its [...]
On 31st October 2022, Dr. Frédérick Douzet visited CPPG to talk about her work and to continue to participate in [...]
The Centre for Public Policy and Governance was invited by the Pakistan Administrative Service, Civil Services Academy to conduct a [...]
Sustainable Development Goal 3 has been designed to achieve good health and well- being at a global level. Central to [...]
On 18 October 2022, the Centre for Public Policy & Governance (CPPG) organised a talk with the U.S State Department [...]
On 17 October 2022, the Centre for Public Policy & Governance (CPPG) organised a book discussion on the historical and [...]
Abstract As a signatory to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Pakistan is under an obligation to meet the prescribed targets. [...]
You are cordially invited to CPPG’s POLICY DIALOGUE for WORLD HABITAT DAY 2022 Pakistan Floods: Managing a Climate [...]
On 22nd September 2022, the Centre for Public Policy and Governance at Forman Christian College, Lahore launched its recent publication “China-Pakistan Relations in the Twenty-First Century” authored by Ayesha Siddique. Mr. Zhao Shiren, Consul General, Chinese Consulate in Lahore, was invited as the Chief Guest and Distinguished Speaker for the event. At the book launch event, Mr. Zhao Shiren, announced an Academic Scholarship Award of Rs. 100,000 for Ayesha Siddique, and a Grant worth Rs. 400,000 for the Centre for Public Policy and Governance (CPPG). The event started with Dr. Saeed Shafqat, Professor and Founding Director CPPG making the opening remarks, followed by a welcome address by Dr. Jonathan Addleton, Rector, Forman Christian College. This was followed by a brief presentation by Ayesha Siddique. The launch event was attended by Ms. Erfa Iqbal,
The Centre for Public Policy and Governance Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) Cordially invites you to join us for [...]
CPPG hosted a meeting with Reed J. Aeschliman, USAID Mission Director at the Saeed Shafqat Resource Centre for Public Policy [...]
On the 19th of September, 2022, His Excellency Mr. Alfred Grannas, Ambassador of Germany to Pakistan visited CPPG with Ms. Dorota [...]
The Centre for Public Policy and Governance at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) Cordially invites you to join us [...]
The Centre for Public Policy and Governance at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) Cordially invites you to join us for [...]
Research Topic : Peace & Conflict Resolution Introduction CPPG will assist a total of twelve M. Phil level students, six [...]
Executive MA Class of 2020 “I am currently working in the Planning and Development Board, Government of Punjab as Deputy [...]
Executive MA Class of 2011 “My time at CPPG in pursuit of a degree in Public Policy and Governance has [...]
MPhil Class of 2019 “Being an alumnus of MPhil CPPG Batch’19, I am currently serving as a full time lecturer [...]
MPhil Class of 2017 “I am an Educationist now. I started my own school with the name of The Cédre [...]
MPhil Class of 2016 Zainab Altaf is currently the Communication, Community, and Gender Specialist for PICIIP II, a Government of [...]
Executive MA Class of 2021 Ashab was part of the delegation of Future Team Pakistan (FTP). He attended different workshops [...]
MPhil Class of 2022 Aleena from the MPhil program got a Fulbright scholarship at New York University for MA in [...]
World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability by Amy Chua (2002).
Asim Imdad Ali, Circular History of Pakistan (Lahore: Vanguard Books, 2021)
CPPG, FC College at Madison, Wisconsin (virtually) In 2019, I decided to form an FCCU panel for the prestigious Annual [...]
Mr. Bilal Lakhani is a recipient of the James A Wechsler Award for International Reporting and a graduate of Columbia [...]
Dr. Kiran Hassan, Research Associate Fellow at School of Advance Study, (London) and Coordinator Media Freedom Initiative at the Institute [...]
CPPG in collaboration with CBS, LUMS, held a discussion on the importance of think tanks in policy discourse of Pakistan [...]
By Hanzala Khan MPhil Quaid-e-Azam University 2018 Introduction: The current Pakistan-Afghanistan border – also known as the Durand Line – [...]
By Ahsan Raza MPhil Government College University, Faisalabad 2018 Introduction This paper attempts to explore leading Pakistani English and Urdu [...]
By Talal Raza MPhil National Defense University 2017 Introduction: The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center transformed the world [...]
After the USA’s unceremonious exit from Afghanistan following a long, tiring and fruitless war, a political and diplomatic vacuum may [...]
A case of Ajoka Theatre and Olomopolo Media The Coronavirus pandemic has triggered a worldwide economic downturn, forcing many entertainment [...]
Female health and hygiene issues surrounding menstruation are a serious public health concern in Pakistan. Owing to the prevalent patriarchal [...]
In recent years right-wing populist politicians and political groups have seen a significant increase in voter support. As a result, [...]
The Single National Curriculum claims to be a uniform syllabus being taught across Pakistan in a strive of the PTI government to eliminate disparity and provide equal opportunities for children. This policy is being framed to develop till 2023 following the details; grades one to five till March 2021, six to eight till March 2022, and matric to intermediate in March 2023. Punjab has accepted this policy except for a few institutes in the province including Aitchison college. Other provinces are reluctant to adopt this policy, notably the Sindh government, which has argued that “federation allows provinces in education choices so, we will see whether to adopt it or not”. The Single National Curriculum (SNC) is an abrupt policy transition of the PTI government to bring equality in the education system while ignoring the aftereffects to the students learning in different educational structures. The current educational structure does not necessarily fit in with the SNC pedagogy and language of the provinces. With an ideological thrust of uniformity on SNC, flexibility to sustain contemporary standards of educational institutes is minimized. Moreover, it would not allow those, who can afford, to pursue better options. Furthermore, the younger generation would be alienated from the regional languages and their cultural significance because SNC can’t advertise the cultural context and languages of all provinces. SNC also has a stereotypical approach towards women based on their representation. In the science subjects the references of Islamic teachings could adversely effect the views of the non-muslim students. The existing gap between the two syllabuses SNC and previous needs to be filled first, before implementing such a wide-ranging policy.
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CPPG’s Research and Policy Brief Development Module for the 3rd Specialized Component of the 32nd MCMC at PAS Campus, Lahore Between 21st December 2021 and 14th January 2022, CPPG was engaged as a consulting partner for the
The book brings scholars from China, South Asia, and beyond the region to dwell on regional politics, connectivity and development projects, great power politics, ideology and cultural aspects of China and South Asia engagement.