تلخیص
This study addresses evolution of research culture in Pakistan. The study is
descriptive in nature. The primary analysis is related to 180 Pakistani
universities and 13259 PhDs produced from these universities since 1947 till
2016 along with their different contextual ratios such as geography, gender,
public, and private sectors, universities and number of produced PhDs,
supervisor and number of produced PhDs ratios, era wise growth of number
of universities and produced PhDs. The study accounts for benchmark
changes in leadership and resources as impacting factors for change in
number of universities and produced number of Doctoral Researches (PhDs).
The primary source for data is HEC while respective websites of the
universities (if available) are also explored for the missing data. The study
documents relatively recent emergence of certain assets in terms of a
research culture and anticipates an opportunity to build upon these assets in
future. Public universities with more experience are taking lead in almost all
domains such as increase in number of universities and PhDs produced, their
geographic and gender diversity, and supervisor to PhDs ratio etc. and
private and relevantly new universities lag behind. If these could also start
contributing soon Pakistan could muster the fruit of a rich research culture.