Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design (Urdu: پاکستان انسٹی ٹیوٹ آف فیشن اینڈ ڈیزائن), also referred to as PIFD, is a public design institution primarily located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established in 1994 as the Pakistan School of Fashion and Design by the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan, a department within the Ministry of Commerce and Textile Industry. The close collaboration between the textile industry, business and arts communities is intended to foster multi-disciplinary education and research. The Pakistan government, in November 2010, set out to grant the institute a degree awarding charter enabling to provide degrees recognised by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
