Mr. Muhammad Rizwan Manzoor is presently working at Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS) as Assistant Director Research. He has over five years’ versatile research experience in the area of Economy and Trade with Pakistan Institute of Trade & Development (PITAD), Ministry of Industries & Production and Embassy of Republic of Korea, Islamabad. In addition, he is adjunct faculty as lecturer at Faculty of Social Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad for last two years. He has attended a number of training courses offered by international institutes namely World Trade Institute Bern, International Trade Centre Geneva, CBI Netherlands and University of Sussex, UK. He has also distinction to represent Pakistan at ‘Aid for Trade: Regional Experts’ Dialogue’ in Bangkok, Thailand organized by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific (UNESCAP) and at ‘OIC Conference on Post 2015 Development Agenda’ organized by Islamic Chamber of Commerce at Tehran. Mr. Rizwan holds MPhil and Masters in Economics from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.