Renew Cities To Be The Engines Of Growth

PIDE Cities Research Programe was initiated in Karachi with a conference titled Cities: the Engine of Growth on November 15- 16, 2006. The conference was held in our largest city and was well-attended by economists, architects, town planners, Nazims, government officials, NGOs, journalists, and other citizens. The discussion was animated and about twenty-five speakers addressed the gathering. All points of view were represented and debated.