Under the umbrella of the Foundation for Human Development in Pakistan, Mahboob-ul-Haq Human Development Centre was set up in November, 1995 in Islamabad, Pakistan by the late Dr. Mahboob-ul-Haq, founder and chief architect of UNDP Human Development Reports. Dr. Haq revolutionised the entire development thinking by introducing and promoting people-centered development paradigm and advanced this paradigm in all capacities in which he worked - in the World Bank (1970-82) as a close adviser to its President, Robert S. McNamara, as Finance and Planning Minister in Pakistan (1982-88), and as Special Adviser to the UNDP Administrator (1989-95). The economic growth experience of a number of countries, in particular that of Pakistan in the 1960s, convinced him that GNP growth was not the end, but merely a means, to development. He argued that the purpose of development is not just to enlarge incomes but to enlarge people's choices, and that these choices extend to a decent education, good health, political freedom, cultural identity, personal security, community participation, environmental security, and many other areas of human well-being.