Research Associate

Mujtaba Arshad


Regional Connectivity and Integration

Mujtaba Arshad holds an M.Phil in Economics from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and specializes in regional connectivity and integration, global Supply value chains, port management, transportation and logistics planning, international trade facilitation, and CPEC-related economic research.

Pakistan
China
3+ Years of Experience
RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Regional Connectivity

Supply Chains

Port Management

Logistics Planning

International Trade

Trade Facilitation

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Publications

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Citations

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Policy Reports

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International Projects

Experience

Years

FEATURED PUBLICATION

Policy Brief
Jul 2026

Government focus and persistent incentives through ADP 2016-21 and AIDEP 2021-2026 have broken the Big-3 nexus and increased total number of automobile manufacturing and assembling firms to over 15 in Pakistan.

Op-eds
Jul 2026

For more than a decade, discussions about Gwadar Port have been dominated by geography. Analysts frequently point to its location outside the Strait of Hormuz…

Op-eds
Jul 2026

Every time Pakistan signs another agreement with the International Monetary Fund, you can practically predict the conversation that follows. Critics call it…

Op-eds
Jul 2026

Nineteen years ago, on February 6, 2007, Pakistan signed away Gwadar Port’s commercial future for four decades. The government would build the roads…

Op-eds
Jun 2026

AT a time when regional tensions have long constrained Pakistan’s economic potential, recent diplomatic engagement between the US and Iran with Pakistan…

Op-eds
May 2026

Opportunities in global trade do not always arrive with clear signals. Sometimes, they emerge quietly in crisis. Today, one such moment is unfolding in the…

CONTACT & RESEARCH LINKS

PIDE, QAU Campus, Islamabad

PUBLICATIONS

Policy Brief
Jul 2026

Government focus and persistent incentives through ADP 2016-21 and AIDEP 2021-2026 have broken the Big-3 nexus and increased total number of automobile manufacturing and assembling firms to over 15 in Pakistan.

Op-eds
Jul 2026

For more than a decade, discussions about Gwadar Port have been dominated by geography. Analysts frequently point to its location outside the Strait of Hormuz…

Op-eds
Jul 2026

Every time Pakistan signs another agreement with the International Monetary Fund, you can practically predict the conversation that follows. Critics call it…

Op-eds
Jul 2026

Nineteen years ago, on February 6, 2007, Pakistan signed away Gwadar Port’s commercial future for four decades. The government would build the roads…

Op-eds
Jun 2026

AT a time when regional tensions have long constrained Pakistan’s economic potential, recent diplomatic engagement between the US and Iran with Pakistan…

Op-eds
May 2026

Opportunities in global trade do not always arrive with clear signals. Sometimes, they emerge quietly in crisis. Today, one such moment is unfolding in the…

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Policy Brief
Jul 2026

Government focus and persistent incentives through ADP 2016-21 and AIDEP 2021-2026 have broken the Big-3 nexus and increased total number of automobile manufacturing and assembling firms to over 15 in Pakistan.

Op-eds
Jul 2026

For more than a decade, discussions about Gwadar Port have been dominated by geography. Analysts frequently point to its location outside the Strait of Hormuz…

Op-eds
Jul 2026

Every time Pakistan signs another agreement with the International Monetary Fund, you can practically predict the conversation that follows. Critics call it…

Op-eds
Jul 2026

Nineteen years ago, on February 6, 2007, Pakistan signed away Gwadar Port’s commercial future for four decades. The government would build the roads…

Op-eds
Jun 2026

AT a time when regional tensions have long constrained Pakistan’s economic potential, recent diplomatic engagement between the US and Iran with Pakistan…

Op-eds
May 2026

Opportunities in global trade do not always arrive with clear signals. Sometimes, they emerge quietly in crisis. Today, one such moment is unfolding in the…

ACADEMIC JOURNEY

M.Phil in Economics
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
2022- 2024

MSc Economics
University of Peshawar, Peshawar
2020- 2022

BA (Hons) Economics
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
University of Peshawar, Peshawar
2016- 2019