This paper attempts to explain and understand the disnal condition of the social sciences and
social science research in Pakistan. It establishes some encompassing parameters which help
explain why things are the way they are. These include attempts to place the role of Pakistan's
state and its bureaucracy in a certain context, and also delineates on the collapse of
institutions in Pakistan leading the way for.individuals, rather than institutions, to undertake
and produce research.
Original Title
Dismal State of Social Sciences in Pakistan,S. Akbar Zaidi
This paper attempts to explain and understand the disnal condition of the social sciences and
social science research in Pakistan. It establishes some encompassing parameters which help
expl…