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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Pakistan’s latest developments point to some hard questions about the country’s direction.
With 94% of federal revenue going towards debt servicing and defence, fiscal space for development remains severely constrained. New trade barriers and uncertainty around GSP+ are adding pressure... to Pakistan’s economic outlook. At the same time, only 11% of women in the merged districts have internet access, while 3,172 gender based violence cases were reported in the first half of 2026.
Explore these developments and more in our latest Country Analysis Report.
Link: https://pakistan.accountabilitylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CAR-July-15th-31st-2026.pdf
Pakistan’s latest developments point to some hard questions about the country’s direction.
With 94% of federal revenue going towards debt servicing and defence, fiscal space for development remains severely constrained.
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Pakistan’s climate challenge is also a governance challenge. Climate impacts are local, but decisions remain largely centralized, leaving communities with limited influence over how they adapt.
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Pakistan’s climate challenge is not only about floods, heat, droughts or water stress. It is also about who makes the decisions that shape how communities adapt.
Climate impacts are local, but decision-making remains largely centralized, technical and weakly participatory. Communities ...hold critical knowledge about local risks and trade-offs, yet often have limited influence over the decisions intended to protect them.
As climate action reshapes agriculture, energy, infrastructure, urban development and climate finance, we must ask: who benefits, who bears the costs, and whose priorities are reflected?
Pakistan needs to move beyond adaptation towards meaningful participation and co-governance bringing local knowledge, technical expertise and democratic accountability together to shape climate resilience.
Read the full policy brief:
Link: https://pakistan.accountabilitylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Beyond-Adaptation-31-7-26.pdf
Pakistan needs to move beyond adaptation towards co-governance.
Read the full policy brief:
https://pakistan.accountabilitylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Beyond-Adaptation-31-7-26.pdf
The Pakistan Digital Democracy Dialogue 2026, organized by Accountability Lab Pakistan with Freedom Gate Prosperity under DDI South Asia, brought together policymakers, government, civil society, media and technology leaders to advance a shared vision for a digital future.
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