Allah Bakhsh Malik

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Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik is a Pakistani social scientist, public policy advisor, academic, researcher and author with experience in management, education, institutional and human development. He studied at Cambridge University, Punjab University, and Columbia University. He joined the Civil Service of Pakistan in 1985 through CSS. He was conferred UNESCO Confucius Prize in 2011 in recognition of his contributions and services in education sector in Pakistan. He is the first Pakistani and the Muslim recipient of Confucius Award. Dr. Malik is PhD in Economics and post doctorate in Economics of Education from University of London and Columbia University USA.

He founded Punjab Education Foundation and Punjab Small Industries Corporation. As the first MD and CEO of PEF, he introduced public private partnership in education. He introduced Education Voucher Scheme and Foundation Assisted Schools and the model was replicated in many countries including Philippines and Commonwealth countries. https://www.academia.edu/1. He served as Director General National commission for Human Development Pakistan and Academy for Educational Planning and Management now renamed as PIE. https://tribune.com.pk/story/752395/mdgs-goals-president-calls-for-steps-to-achieving-education-targets. He is founder of Quaid e Azam Academy for Educational Development, an institution for teachers training in Pakistan https://www.developmentaid.org/organizations/view/508525/qaed-academy-punjab.

Malik was the Education Secretary of Pakistan from 2017 to 2019. He also served as the Health Secretary of Pakistan.[1] While representing Global Partnership for Education - The World Bank, for Asia Pacific Region, he contributed towards affordable quality education for the less affluent areas and focused on girls education. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gpforeducation/33038394062

Malik served as Secretary Literacy and Non Formal Basic Education, Youth Affairs, Tourism and Archaeology departments. He was Secretary Education for the province of Punjab and Federal Government. He served as Member and acting Chairman of Punjab Public Service Commission. Currently he is serving as Rector/VC of Ghazi National Institute of Engineering and Sciences Dera Ghazi Khan.

Malik represented Pakistan and Asia–Pacific nations on the board of Global Partnership for Education (GPE) with the World Bank for three years.[2]

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