Pakistan office

Building on our past history and deep involvement in Pakistan, in January 2008 we opened an OPM office in Islamabad.

OPM Pakistan People

An important feature of OPM is its strong core of technical staff. Our Pakistan office comprises five full time national consultants; recognised specialists in their fields and all combine high academic achievement with in-depth practical knowledge, wide geographical experience, and sensitivity to the local cultural and social context.

OPM Islamabad staff include:

Tehzeeb Zulfiqar, Director Islamabad office, with expertise in health.

Shafique Arif, Consultant with expertise in surveys and research.

Iftikhar Cheema, Consultant with areas of expertise in economics and statistics.

Sarah Javeed, Consultant with expertise in the community and health arena.

Syed Zulfiqar Ali, Associate consultant expertise in health.

Ehtesham-ul-Haq, Office administrator.

OPM Work in Pakistan

OPM’s experience in Pakistan covers public financial management, health, education, social protection, poverty, microfinance, and broad governance reform. OPM has also been involved in qualitative and quantitative national surveys, and monitoring and evaluation. Here are a few examples of OPM work in Pakistan:

• Pakistan Integrated Household Survey (1995-2003)
• Evaluation of the Prime Minister's Lady Health Worker Programme (1999-2003)
• Social Action Programme Mid Term Review in Pakistan (2000)
• Pakistan Participatory Poverty Assessment (2000-03)
• Health Sector Reform – North West Frontier Province, Pakistan (2001-02)
• Costing of the PSRP Education Strategy (2003)
• Development of a Strategic Plan for Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan (2004)
• Quantifying Social Exclusion in Pakistan (2004)
• Review of DFID’s Pakistan Trade and Poverty Programme
• Government of Pakistan Trade Institutional Review
• Poverty and Social Impact Assessment of Microfinance Policies, Pakistan (2005-06)
• Pakistan Country Programme Evaluation (2005-07)
• Review of the Fiduciary Risk Assessment of the Maternal and Newborn Health Programme in Pakistan (2007)
• Review of the Fiduciary Risk Assessment of the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) and its Affiliates, Pakistan (2008)
• Multi Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in NWFP (2008-09)
• NWFP – Education Sector Strategy Review, Education Sector Strategy Costing and Financial Framework (2008-09)
• Global Education Fast Track Initiative Evaluation – Pakistan Country Case Study (2008-09)

At present OPM is providing technical expertise in the following projects in Pakistan

• NWFP Provincial Reform Programme and Capacity Building Support to Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat
• Lady Health Worker Programme Fourth External Evaluation
• Development of a Medium Term Budget Framework for the Federal Government
• Punjab – Reform of the Provincial Economic Research Institute (PERI) and the Punjab Bureau of Statistics

Contact us

Pakistan Office
Oxford Policy Management Limited
96 Margalla Road, Sector F-8/2
Islamabad, Pakistan

T +92 (0)51 2853 980
F +92 (0)51 2851 382
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