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Stories by Hina Shaikh

Hina Shaikh is currently working as a country economist at the International Growth Center's Pakistan programme. She can be reached at hinanshaikh@gmail.com

For good governance, Pakistan needs civil service reforms. But which reforms are the right reforms?

Investments in civil service training are critical to help build the state’s capacity to deliver. Updated 14 Dec, 2019 10:38am

The elusive promise of civil service reform

What works for civil service reform hasn't been sufficiently explored. The PTI presents an opportunity to rectify this. Updated 23 Aug, 2019 02:12pm

How can we protect contract and informal workers in Pakistan?

Social protection has to move away from schemes for formal workers towards accommodating more dynamic work patterns. Updated 24 May, 2019 01:04pm

Pakistan is uniquely placed to take advantage of religious tourism. What is stopping us?

Significant improvements in security mean that the sector is now poised to pick up. Updated 17 Oct, 2019 05:11pm