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.
WHAT WE DO
LATEST NEWS
LATEST PODCASTS
LATEST PODCASTS
WHAT’S HAPPENING
As PTI’s long march raises questions over federal-provincial relations, barriers to polio vaccination persist, with Pakistan confirming its fifth polio case of 2026, and 131 potentially dangerous glacial lakes highlight the growing risks facing vulnerable communities.
Explore these Read moredevelopments and more in our latest Country Analysis Report.
Link: https://pakistan.accountabilitylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/CAR-Sept-16th-30th-2026.pdf
What would it take for local governments and think tanks to work together to address Pakistan’s development challenges?
Dr. Shafqat Munir Ahmad, Deputy Executive Director (Policy) and Head of the Sustainability and Resilience Programme at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Read morediscusses the importance of decentralising policy research, building local institutional capacity and creating demand for evidence-based solutions.
Stay tuned for our upcoming podcast, “The Role and Relevance of Think Tanks and Their Work in Pakistan,” for an insightful discussion on local governance, policy research and the role of think tanks in shaping development.
How can think tanks & local governments work together to address Pakistan’s development challenges?
Dr. Shafqat Munir of SDPI discusses decentralising policy research, strengthening local institutions and advancing evidence-based solutions.
Stay tuned for our upcoming Read morepodcast
Pakistan asks its young people to vote, speak up and engage, while giving them surprisingly few places to learn what meaningful participation looks like. Forty-two years after the nationwide ban on student unions, many young Pakistanis have grown up without the institutions through which earlier Read moregenerations learned to organise and negotiate.
In her latest blog, Momina Sahar, Program Coordinator at Accountability Lab Pakistan unpacks the 2024 general election and how only 48% of young voters cast a ballot. Sustained participation requires more than electoral turnout; young people need meaningful roles in schools, political organisations and local decision-making. Democratic agency grows through repeated opportunities to raise concerns, influence decisions and see institutions respond.
Read the full blog.
Link: https://pakistan.accountabilitylab.org/practice-makes-perfect-democracy-and-spaces-for-young-people-to-practice-it/
Momina Sahar, in her latest blog, explores why democratic participation needs to extend beyond elections, giving young people meaningful spaces to raise concerns, shape decisions and engage with institutions.
Read full blog: Read morehttps://pakistan.accountabilitylab.org/practice-makes-perfect-democracy-and-spaces-for-young-people-to-practice-it/
Pakistan’s policy questions often remain disconnected from local research.
Dr. Ali Salman, CEO of PRIME, discusses stronger links between government, universities and think tanks to produce research grounded in real policy needs.
Podcast coming soon