Governor opens social policy financing conference at NSPP.

LAHORE -- Governor Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rehman on Tuesday opened the first annual two-day conference on Social Policy Financing at the National School of Public Policy (NSPP) here.

Addressing the conference, Governor Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rehman said NSPP was playing an important role in training civil servants and preparing them to face the challenges of good governance and public service delivery.

Rector National School of Public Policy Dr. Ijaz Munir, Dean National School of Public Policy Dr. Safdar Sohail, faculty of leading universities and officials attended the conference.

Balighur Rehman said he was happy to know that the NSPP was promoting in-house research, adding that it was playing an important role in public policy research in the country.

The Governor Punjab said there was need to strengthen linkages between academia, bureaucracy and development partners. He said there should be research and discussions on important topics with the collaboration of National School of Public Policy and the leading universities of the country.

He said during the past four years, the GDP...