The Institute of Policy Studies Islamabad (IPS), () is a Pakistani

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founded by renowned economist, political thinker and former senator Khurshid Ahmad in 1979, who continues as its chairman.National dialogue needed to counter extremism
Dawn (newspaper), Published 14 July 2016, Retrieved 13 September 2020Profile of Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)
PeaceInsight.org website, Published December 2019, Retrieved 13 September 2020 IPS declares itself to be an autonomous, not-for-profit, civil society organization, dedicated to promoting policy-oriented research. It claims to provide a forum for informed discussion and dialogue on national and international issues. Research matters are overseen by the IPS National Academic Council composed of diplomats, academics, educationists, military and industry experts.

Activities

The IPS achieves its objectives through a wide range of activities and outcomes ranging from

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and roundtables on multi-dimensional topics. Reports, periodicals and publications, Interaction, dialogue, thematic research, and capacity-building programs are instrumental in its research endeavors. IPS formulate viable plans and present key initiatives and policy measures to policymakers, analysts, political leaders, legislators, researchers, academia, civil society organization, media and other stakeholders. IPS believes in

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, and program effectiveness. The institute strictly upholds its independence, credibility, and Integrity. It operates as a self-financed think-tank through endowments,

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s, voluntary services and private

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s. Aside from its periodicals, publications and membership fees it also generates revenues by providing

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services. IPS has defined Pakistan Affairs, International Relations and Religion and Faith as its major areas of research and has developed an effective system for coordination of

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activities by local and foreign scholars through a dedicated team of research coordinators. Through this scheme of work, IPS is not only able to conduct in-house research on areas of interest but also coordinates research activities by IPS associates working at their respective places. Its academic programs are designed and run under the supervision of National Academic Council (NAC), which plays a pivotal role in functioning of IPS by providing policy guidelines, reviewing its plans and setting its priorities. IPS garners collaboration as well as extends its active cooperation to other organizations in one or more areas of research. Such coordination could be time- specific or discipline-based for conducting joint research, cosponsoring of seminars and exchange of

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and other facilities. IPS currently reciprocates with a number of national and international institutions and is engaged in scholars’ exchange arrangements with various research institutions within

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and abroad.

Funding sources

Endowments, Sponsorships and Memberships, Professional Training Programmes, Seminars & Publications, Collaboration and Contract Research

Publications

Journals * Policy Perspectives (English Bi-annual) * Maghrib aur Islam Books * Over 370 titles

Team

Patron in Chief * Khurshid Ahmad Chairman * Khalid Rahman Vice Chairman (Academics) * Amb (r) Syed Abrar Hussain General Manager Operations * Naufil Shahrukh Team * Fasih Uddin * Nadeem Farhat Gilani, senior research coordinator * Naila Saleh, Research Officer * Asim Ehsan, Research Officer * Kulsoom Belal, Research Officer/Assistant Editor * A.I. Shafaq Hashemi, senior research fellow * Dr. Shahzad Iqbal Sham, senior research fellow * Amb. (r) Tajammul Altaf, senior research associate * Amb. (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, senior research associate * Abdul Jalil Hasan, Advisor, Finance and Corporate Affairs * Raja Farrukh Zeb, Manager HR & Admin * Sardar Ali Yousafzai, Deputy Manager * Faheem Ashraf, Manager Finance and Accounts * Jahanzeb Khan, Manager Finance and Accounts * Arsalan Sarwar, Deputy Manager IT, MIS & New Media * Shafaq Sarfaraz, Manager outreach * Muhammad Wali Farooqi, Assistant Manager * Salman Tahir, Librarian & Urdu Linguist * Saeed Gohar, Deputy Manager Publications * Shazia Gilani, Editor-in-charge * Arif Jamshed, Senior Editor * Zahida Khalid, Assistant Editor * Gohar Nayab, Deputy Librarian

References

Bibliography

External links

IPS Official Website
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