KARACHI: Two Pakistani think tanks — the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA), based in Karachi, and the Sustainable Dev­elopment Policy Inst­itute (SDPI), based in Islamabad — have been ranked among the top 20 think tanks in Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, a PIIA statement issued here has said.

According to the 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index launched by the Think Tanks and Civil Society Program (TTCSP) at the Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania, SDPI was ranked number 15 and PIIA number 18 in their recently released list of 95 think tanks in Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, the statement added. The TTCSP conducts research on the role policy institutes play in government and civil society development around the world.

Published in Dawn, February 5th, 2016