My name is Wasif Rashid, Director of ORIC at PIDE. Established in 1957, PIDE is Pakistan's premier research institution. Over the past decades, PIDE has earned an enviable reputation nationally and internationally for the robustness of its research. Our Vice-Chancellor, Dr Nadeem-ul-Haque, is an economist of repute and a published author. Our research agenda is comprehensive, and we wish to expand the envelope through collaborations with like-minded institutions. Our website provides an excellent outline of our work at PIDE. I hope to hear from you soon. Wasif Rashid