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To assess and examine the needs and requirements of
research in the history and culture of the Muslims of
South
Asia, Muslim Freedom Movement and the Islamic State of
Pakistan;
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to identify areas or aspects in these fields and conduct
research thereon;
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coordinate research programmes of various universities
and other research bodies in and outside Pakistan and
cooperate
with the activities and scholarly pursuits of all
official and non-official institution engaged in this
field;
√ to seek, acquire
and preserve source material
(private papers, newspapers,
rare books, documents and
pamphlets, etc.)
relevant to the above fields;
√ to arrange interviews with important persons who
can
recall significant incidents relating to the fields
mentioned
above and to preserve a record of such
conversations for current and
further use by historians and scholars;
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to publish biannual Journals of high academic quality;
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to sponsor and commission scholarly works by persona not
on the staff of the Institute;
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to reprint (with necessary editorial annotations) major
and minor classics relating to the fields mentioned above
which are now completely unavailable or are very scarce;
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to make provision for research and advisory services and
withthese objectives enter into agreements with other
institutions or
with public bodies under prescribed conditions;
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to devise and adopt ways and means to further the
objectives of
the Institute as a body responsible for research in the
history
and culture of Pakistan;
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to cooperate with international research organizations,
and
study Pakistan in wider context of its neighbouring
countries.
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