ACCOUNTABILITY LAB PAKISTAN
AL Pakistan has expanded our programs to include capacity building and accountability leadership training for local governments, in addition to our core programs including Integrity Icon and the Accountability Incubator. The regions we work in include some of the most neglected areas in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The AL Pakistan team has worked with more than 30,000 participants over the past year, successfully implementing our Integrity Innovation Lab, Accountability Incubator, Civic Action Teams and Integrity Icon. Through our programs, more than 350 government officials were trained on good governance, solidifying their commitment to accountability and transparency in their work. The Youth Peace Incubation program saw the participation of over 3,000 young individuals, 55% of them women, who were introduced to groundbreaking ideas to contribute to the peace of society effectively. To build community resilience to Covid-19, AL Pakistan engaged 339 women leaders who reached out to vulnerable and high-risk populations to help them cope with ongoing challenges linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more about our work below.
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Women make up nearly 50% of Pakistan’s population, yet their representation in major political parties remains below 30%.
In our latest podcast, Ibraheem Ahmad Saleem of Code for Pakistan discusses the challenges facing women’s political participation in Pakistan.
Stay tuned.
Women constitute nearly half of Pakistan’s population, yet their representation in major political parties remains under 30%, and many continue to be excluded from key decision-making positions.
In our latest podcast, Ibraheem Saleem, Senior Program Manager at Code for Pakistan, talks ...the gap between political representation on paper and meaningful participation in practice. From reserved seats and candidate quotas to leadership opportunities within political parties, he shares insights on the barriers that continue to limit women's influence in Pakistan’s political landscape.
Stay tuned for an insightful podcast coming soon.
Today, we join the Global Solidarity Cup campaign, celebrating unity, teamwork, and collective action for positive change.
Together, we stand for inclusion, resilience, and the power of communities working towards a better future.
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Today, we join the Global Solidarity Cup campaign, a celebration of unity, teamwork, and collective action for positive change.
As the campaign begins, we stand together in solidarity with communities around the world, championing inclusion, resilience, and the power of people working ...together to create a better future.
Through sport, we are reminded that when we unite behind a common purpose, we can achieve extraordinary impact.
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Our latest policy brief, The Digital Democracy Ecosystem in South Asia, examines how digital governance and civic space are shaping democratic participation across the region.
Read the full brief
Link: ...https://pakistan.accountabilitylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/The-Digital-Democracy-Ecosystem-in-South-Asia.pdf
Our latest policy brief, The Digital Democracy Ecosystem in South Asia, examines how rapid digital expansion is reshaping civic participation, governance, and democratic engagement across the region.
South Asia is home to nearly 2 billion people and over 900 million internet users, yet ...greater digital access has not necessarily translated into stronger democratic participation. Digital governance, platform regulation, surveillance concerns, misinformation, and political polarization are increasingly shaping how citizens engage online.
Drawing on Accountability Lab’s regional research, the brief highlights a growing gap between digital connectivity and civic space, identifying a pattern of managed civic closure where restrictions emerge through regulation and oversight rather than outright bans.
The brief also outlines opportunities to strengthen digital resilience, civic participation, public accountability, and regional learning to build a more open and inclusive digital future.
Read the full policy brief now.
Link: https://pakistan.accountabilitylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/The-Digital-Democracy-Ecosystem-in-South-Asia.pdf