I have long cherished the hope to see an economic thinktank funded by Pakistani money. With Asian and Pakistani experience, Prime carries the promise and relevance to provide quality research work on issues and opportunities besetting and eluding Pakistani economy.

It is rightfully said by elders that in your professional life, if you have the right person to guide you and motivate you, consider it as first step towards success. I started my career formally in research sector from the Policy Research Institute of Market Economy as intern back in 2014. At that time, though PRIME was in its early stages of development but thirst for learning was there. I remember my first interaction with Sir Salman Ali which I will say brings in that spark and motivation to learn and write. Starting from scratch at that time with weak basis of research but I was never stopped from writing something, never stopped from meeting new people and never stopped from thinking in a positive direction and grow as a researcher.

Many thinktanks tend to deal with the pie-in-the-sky concepts that are far from the realities of the economy – the small and medium enterprises. From the time of its inception, I have found PRIME willing to take on policy research that is pertinent to actual problems being faced by the business communities.

Tax reforms should be a priority for Pakistan’s economic prosperity and PRIME is the only avant garde thinktank in Pakistan. With your generous help, we can advance this agenda.