An independent, non-partisan research foundation working across five civic terrains — democracy, rights, markets, labour and environment. Through research, polling, advocacy and our signature DemTech Commons, we equip citizens, institutions and civil society with the evidence and tools needed to hold power to account.
The Foundation's entire programme — research, advocacy, tools and capacity work — is organised around these five thematic areas. Each has a dedicated agenda, a lead researcher, and a public portal.
Parliaments, elections, local government, and the civil service — the institutions through which citizen will becomes public decision. Research, monitoring and reform advocacy on how well they work, and for whom.
The everyday rights that make citizenship real — to information, to vote, to associate, to be heard.
Market surveys, product-quality research and consumer protection — markets held to the people they serve.
Giving voice to the formal and informal workforce that carries Pakistan's economy — at work and in policy.
Environmental governance grounded in lived experience — from smog-belt Punjab to flood-vulnerable Sindh to the glacier-fed north. Assessments, data and advocacy for a just transition.
Evidence before advocacy. Methodology published with findings. Data open wherever ethics allow. These six service lines operate across all five focus areas.
Nationally representative surveys, district-level assessments, mixed-methods research with open data.
Data discipline, systems and skills — for public bodies and civil-society organisations alike.
Digital-first advocacy — briefs, visualisations and legislator engagement grounded in evidence.
Non-partisan briefings for diplomatic missions, multilaterals and institutional partners.
Consumer market surveys and product-quality studies for civic, regulatory and industry use.
Baseline and impact assessments grounded in the realities of affected communities.
PA/NA rules-of-procedure trackers · polling-station observation stack
Citizen-facing RTI portal · response tracking · public compliance index
District-level price monitoring · product-testing results repository
Anonymous grievance intake · industrial-accident tracker · wage surveys
District exposure maps · flood-vulnerability indices · community-data apps
The Democracy and Governance Foundation is an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit company registered under Section 42 of the Companies Act of Pakistan, with registered offices in Islamabad.
Public institutions that decide with data. Markets that answer to consumers. Workplaces that respect workers. An environment held in trust for those not yet born.
Through research, polling, advisories and civic technology, we equip citizens, institutions and civil society to hold power — political, commercial, industrial — to account.
Methods are published. Funders are disclosed. Data is opened wherever ethics allow. We hold ourselves to the same transparency we ask of those we study.
The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors appointed under its Articles of Association, supported by an Advisory Council, and run day-to-day by a lean leadership team.
Every publication is free to read, download and cite. Every data set is published with its methodology note.
The Foundation's inaugural flagship report establishes a cross-provincial baseline on five dimensions of democratic governance — electoral integrity, legislative performance, rights protection, service delivery, civic space. Drawing on original survey data from 8,400 respondents across 80 districts and 24 months of legislative monitoring, it offers the most comprehensive civic-institutional portrait of the country currently available.
Response rates, appellate outcomes and public-body compliance under the Punjab RTI Act.
Tracking 4,200 consumer-forum cases across four provinces.
Nationally representative poll — n=2,600 — on services, accountability and authority.
A methodological note on measuring Pakistan's informal workforce.
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