PIPS has appreciable enhanced its academic outreach and linkages as it is recognised as the exclusive facility of research for Members of Parliament. PIPS on Monday, May 25, 2015 at 2 30 pm signed an MoU of cooperation with country’s reputed economics school of research, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, PIDE. Mr Mahmood Salim Mahmood, Executive Director PIPS and Dr Asad Zaman, Vice Chancellor, PIDE, signed the three year MoU of cooperation between two institutions that will allow both PIPS Research wing and PIDE R and D department to cooperate in budget and economy analysis in addition to holding joint events, seminars and conferences. Mr Muhammad Rashid Mafzool Zaka, Director Research and IT conducted the simple and impressive ceremony.