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Abid Qaiyum Suleri

Abid Qaiyum Suleri عابد قيوم سليرى(Urdu)
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Born (1969-09-09) 9 September 1969 (age 47)
Pakistan
Residence Islamabad, Pakistan
Fields Food Security; Climate Change; Sustainable Development Goals; Non Traditional Security Issues; International Trade; South Asian Economic Integration
Institutions Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute
Alma mater University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich

Abid Qaiyum Suleri (born 9 September 1969) is a Pakistani social policy analyst and development practitioner. He has been the Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute since 2007. Suleri gives policy advice and serves on various policy forums/advisory boards at national, regional, and international levels. Currently he is a member of the Economic Advisory Council of Government of Pakistan; member of the National Advisory Committee of Planning Commission of Pakistan; and of Finance Minister's Task Force on Effectiveness of Social Safety Nets. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Business Management Sciences,University of Agriculture, Faisalabad , and serves on Board of Studies of various universities. He is also a member of Climate Change Commission; a judicial commission constituted by Lahore High Court for effective implementation of Pakistan's National Climate Change Policy 2012.

He has also served as Member of Board of Management of Pakistan State Oil (PSO), and chaired Board Audit and Finance Committee of PSO from 2010-2012; on National Advisory Committee of USAID funded Pakistan Strategic Support Program; and on Islamabad Environment Commission, a commission constituted by Islamabad High Court to prevent further destruction and degradation of the environment of Islamabad.

He is a writer and contributes his columns on political economy of development in Pakistani papers. He is invited as a policy analyst by electronic media houses of Pakistan.

Prior to joining SDPI, he was the Head of Programs, OXFAM GB, Pakistan. He has conducted research on issues like resilient livelihoods, food insecurity, regional trade, and political economy of development. His other research interests include climate change, institutional reforms, non-traditional security issues, and energy governance.


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