https://journals.umt.edu.pk/index.php/jppp/issue/feedJournal of Public Policy Practitioners2025-12-04T06:26:42+00:00Dr. Seemi Waheed[email protected]Open Journal Systems<p style="text-align: justify;">Journal of public policy practitioners is a scholarly research journal, exclusively for the publications of practitioners working in the public sector of Pakistan. The journal aims to feature substantively on the core governance and policy issues such as management in public sector organizations, local government issues, intergovernmental relations, performance management and evaluation, public financial management, budgeting, governance, service delivery, and public involvement.</p>https://journals.umt.edu.pk/index.php/jppp/article/view/7376Unlocking Unlocking the Sustainable Development Goals with Public Private Partnership and Local Government Role: Insights from Pakistan2025-12-04T06:26:42+00:00Sidra Tabbasum[email protected]Anwar Hussain[email protected]Syed Husnain Shah[email protected]Hafiz Shahid Irfan Aslam[email protected]<p>This research paper intends to elaborate on the part that the local administrations have in seizing the public-private partnership (PPPs) opportunities through the execution of the SDGs in Pakistan. This study is conducted with systematic literature review approach to analysis the role of PPPs and the local government. For this purpose, the study collected 500 research manuscripts from Elesvier, Taylor and francis, Emerlad, ABDC and Web of Science journal, and selected 206 to analyze the PPPs and the local government’s role. It is observed from synthesis analysis that the local government’s role is a key factor for the success of PPPs in Pakistan. In addition, political uncertainity, involvement and transparency are key hurdles to achieve SDGs in Pakisan. Out of these analysis, this research recommends to re-draft policy, strategies and the need to retransform digital governance to achieve successful PPPs with the help of local government role. These solutions could play an important role toward SDGs achievement in Pakistan.</p>2025-11-27T00:00:00+00:00Copyright (c) 2025 Sidra Tabbasum, Anwar Hussain; Syed Husnain Shah, Hafiz Shahid Irfan Aslam