Fariya Hashmat

Ms. Fariya Hashmat is a Research Associate at Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDS), Lahore School of Economics (LSE). Ms. Hashmat obtained her MPhil in Development Studies from GIDS, LSE. She completed her MBA in Banking and Finance and BBA (Hons) Finance from LSE.

Her research interests encompass poverty and deprivation caused by human displacement/forced migration; social networks and support systems acting as a buffer against the grievances of the displaced; unsettling land debates and development in Pakistan pertinent to Land Acquisition Act (1894) in the context resettlement in policy and practice associated displacement.