In this blog post, some of the major challenges confronted by the institutes of higher education in Pakistan are discussed in detail. The aim is to provide the policymakers and educational leadership with a deeper insight into the problematic areas in the higher education sector in the country for reforms and improvement. These challenges are outlined here: 1. Management of human resources 2. Role ambiguity 3. Performance appraisal 4. Interpersonal communication 5. Mushroom growth of the universities 6. Legal and judicial activism 7. Lack of accountability 8. Lack of autonomy 9. Financial crunch 10. Lack of automation/digitalization

This blog post is aimed at providing necessary insight to the academic leaders, government functionaries and policymakers to extend its reform agenda to the higher education sector in Pakistan.

This blog post makes an effort to unearth multiple layers of bureaucratic complexities that impede growth of emerging universities and frustrates academic leadership. Analyses of its root causes and solution deserve to be looked into methodically and intuitively.