The reports have been developed by the PAK-UK Education Gateway program, a  joint initiative of the British Council in Pakistan and Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan which aims to enhance the partnership between the higher education sectors of Pakistan and the United Kingdom.

The first focusses on the  ‘distance learning and new ways of higher education’ theme of the PAK-UK Education Gateway program and has been written to suggest a framework for developing an ODL policy by the HEC or individual HEIs to address the above-mentioned issues.

The second looks at transnational education in Pakistan. The purpose of this document is to provide policy guidelines and set out criteria, procedures for collaboration with foreign institutions/universities and opening up campuses of reputable foreign universities. It identifies various related requirements, which need to be fulfilled and adhered to while negotiating collaborative arrangements or for operation of offshore campuses of foreign universities in Pakistan.