She received her Ph.D. from the School of Economics, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. Her work is a pioneering study in Economics of Education in Pakistan. She obtained First Position in MSc. Economics (1985-86) from the same school. She started her career as a Research Officer at AEPAM, Islamabad. As part of the BRIDGES team, visited schools in all four provinces of Pakistan. She has been taking Masters classes at IMCG F-7/2 for almost three decades. Her field of expertise is Statistics, Econometrics, Economic Planning and Economics of Education.