M.Phil. Economics and Finance at PIDE is dedicated to develop a new generation of financial leaders and entrepreneurs, and conducting research not only into the nature of business, but the connections between business and the wider world. The world has just gone through ever disastrous financial crisis and Pakistan too, is experiencing the aftershocks of this crisis. The contribution comes in the time of despair and the evil of economic crisis will triumph only when the respective experts remain silent. After Karachi, Islamabad is the cable of networked head quarter for listed firms. This necessitated the need for a discipline to address the economics and financial issues of economic actors under one umbrella. It will equip the graduates to tackle the all financial problems leading to business failure with economic perspective.