Serving UN agencies, bilateral donors, and government institutions across Pakistan and Central Asia with rigorous research, governance support, and inclusive programme design.
Pillar and Path Consulting is an Islamabad-based development consultancy registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan. We operate on a principal-led model: Karim Gabol leads every assignment himself, from the first scoping call through to final reporting. Nothing is handed off to junior staff mid-engagement.
Our associate network spans PhD-level specialists in water chemistry, irrigation engineering, environmental and social safeguards, gender economics, climate-smart agriculture, and GIS and remote sensing. We use the field tools our sector demands: KoboToolbox, mWater, SurveyCTO, ArcGIS, and CAPI platforms tested in post-flood Sindh, highland Pakistan, and Central Asian field conditions. What we do not do is put generic templates in front of clients and call it tailored advice.
Eight thematic service areas, delivered with institutional rigour and on-the-ground knowledge of Pakistan's development landscape.
Baseline and endline studies, policy gap analyses, institutional assessments, and evidence synthesis for programme design and evaluation.
Results-Based Management frameworks, OECD-DAC and UNEG-compliant evaluations, Most Significant Change methodologies, and real-time MEL systems.
Parliamentary strengthening, legislative reform, policy advocacy, democratic accountability, and public sector capacity building.
Gender action plans, SESP frameworks, ESMF development, PSEA protocols, and integration of social safeguards across all programme types.
Environmental impact assessments, climate resilience planning, vulnerability analyses, NDC reporting support, and nature-based solutions.
Cash transfer programme design, SME development, poverty reduction strategies, value chain development, and rural livelihood systems.
Institutional capacity building, vocational training design, digital transformation in education, and quality assurance systems.
Satellite-based crop and water monitoring, GIS analysis, near-real-time agricultural mapping, CAPI data collection, and SBCC campaigns.
Karim Gabol leads every assignment personally. Clients deal with the same senior person from scoping to final report. There is no hand-off to a junior team once the contract is signed, a deliberate structural choice rather than a size limitation.
Our associates are PhD-level specialists in specific fields: water chemistry and hydrogeochemistry, irrigation engineering, environmental and social safeguards, gender labour economics, and remote sensing. When we say we have expertise in a technical area, we can name the person and the qualification behind it.
We use KoboToolbox, mWater, SurveyCTO, ArcGIS and satellite-based crop mapping, tested in post-flood Sindh, highland Pakistan and Central Asian field conditions. We know which tools fail in low-connectivity environments and which hold up.
We welcome enquiries from donors, government partners, and implementing organisations. We respond within two working days.
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