Pakistan's Runaway Urbanization
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Indo-Pacific Program
Pakistan is South Asia鈥檚 most rapidly urbanizing country. In barely 10 years, nearly 50 percent of its 180 million people will live in cities (a third do today). This new publication discusses the drivers of Pakistan鈥檚 urbanization, and examines the country鈥檚 major urban challenges. It also offers a series of policy recommendations and ways forward to help tackle a trend that won鈥檛 be going away anytime soon.
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Murtaza Haider
Ryerson University
Nadeem Ul Haque
Former deputy chairman, Planning Commission, government of Pakistan
Nadeem Hussain
Tameer Microfinance Bank
Ahsan Iqbal
Minister for Planning, Development, and Reforms, Government of Pakistan
Sania Nishtar
Heartfile
Mohammad Qadeer
Queens University
Tasneem Siddiqui
Saiban
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