Govt asks economist Atif Mian to step down from Economic Advisory Council

[shah_123]

What a lovely day it has been today .........

 

[lastofthepatriots]

Not in the religious sense, in the sense that they take their stupidity and bigotry to the extreme.



They've played an integral part of dumbing down the Pakistani public.

Pakistani society has always looked up to the teachings of Sufi scholars. It is today that people are narrow minded, but even our maulvis from 100 years ago didn't have such narrow minded thinking.

You can try to beat a donkey, but it will still be stubborn. There is no way you can beat someone into believing in Islam. You can only convince them by your actions of generosity and kindness. And of fairness and justice. So what did PTI prove by their actions? That Muslims in general are bigoted and unfair?

I could understand if there was an Ahmadi working in favor of outside forces, but to revoke their rights as people who want to serve their nation and community is absolutely disgusting. I don't agree and lanat on PTI for such a school boy move.

 

[AZ1]

Why I see only(mostly) dual national in favor of ATIF Mian who himself criticing pakistan constitution. May be more or less qadiyani thelselves who settle in different countries and for those who says qadiyani played role in Pakistan. Yes they played like asma jhangir who was qadriyani played a role in bashing army and free Hussain Haqani from court. So yeah thank you for your service for Pakistan and in Bashing army and constitution of Pakistan.

 

[T-Rex]

Bowing to far-right pressure, Pakistan removes Ahmadi advisor
Government minister confirms the decision to relieve economist from the post, saying it was done to maintain unity.

by Asad Hashim
29 minutes ago

The minority Muslim sect has long been persecuted by Pakistani authorities [File: Reuters]

Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistan's government has asked a leading academic to step down as an economic advisor, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) has announced, after far-right groups objected to his appointment based on his religious faith.

Atif Mian, an economist who belongs to the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam, had been appointed to the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) last week, and has now agreed to resign, PTI senator Faisal Javed Khan announced on Friday.

Fawad Chaudhry, the country's information minister, confirmed the decision, saying it was taken because the government wished to maintain unity.

"The government wishes to move forward together with all religious scholars and social classes," he said. "If one appointment creates a different impression, then that is not appropriate."

Pakistan is home to roughly half a million Ahmadis, a long-persecuted minority who are not allowed by Pakistani law to refer to themselves as Muslims, facing prison sentences for doing so.

'Draconian anti-Ahmadi law'
They are also frequently the targets of mob violence as well as targeted killings. Last month, at least one man was killed and several others wounded when a mob attacked an Ahmadi mosque just outside the central Punjab city of Faisalabad.

Since 1984, when a draconian anti-Ahmadi law was passed, at least 264 members of the community have been killed in hundreds of incidents of targeted attacks, bombings and mob violence, according to data compiled by the community.

"We have a right to equal citizenship and we should be granted that right," said Saleemuddin, the Ahmadi community's spokesperson.

Mian is currently a renowned professor of economics at Princeton University in the United States, serving as the director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance. He has previously taught at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Chicago.

Far-right religious groups such as the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), led by firebrand cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi, object to the Ahmadi belief that the sect's founder, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, was a "subordinate prophet", saying it violates a central tenet of Islamic doctrine.

Last year, Rizvi and hundreds of TLP protesters blockaded a major highway into the capital Islamabad over a minor change in a parliamentary oath, accusing the government of having committed "blasphemy" by softening the language of the declaration against Ahmadi beliefs.

During the election campaign in July, now-Prime Minister Imran Khan, the leader of the PTI, frequently raised the issue, saying his rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had committed "blasphemy" by changing the oath.

'Backtracking on appointment'
This is not the first time Khan has backtracked on appointing Mian to a senior position. In 2014, when he was in opposition, he named Mian as an example of the kind of academic expert he wanted in charge of Pakistan's economy, rather than career politicians.

On being informed that Mian was a member of the Ahmadi sect, however, Khan backtracked, saying he only meant his statement to apply to academic experts generally, and Mian was just an example.

Last week's announcement that the Princeton professor was to serve on the country's 18-member Economic Advisory Council (EAC) came as a surprise to many, given the earlier controversy.

At the time, however, the government defended the decision, with Information Minister Chaudhry saying his government would not bow down to "extremists".

"I don't think anyone should have objections [to Mian's appointment], and those who do, they are basically extremists and we will not bow to extremists," he told reporters on Tuesday.

His comment drew the ire of TLP and other far-right groups, who demanded that Mian resign and asserted that the government's decision to appoint a member of the Ahmadi sect to a senior position was "unacceptable".

Opposition lawmakers in parliament and the provincial assemblies, too, passed resolutions against the move, declaring that Ahmadi citizens should not be appointed to ay senior government posts.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018...vernment-removes-advisor-180907070249956.html

 

[Zibago]

I am not sad not for PTI neither for Pakistan, I am happy on this decision. A very PEACEFUL
future of Pakistan is on way.

If you are a Sunni Muslim otherwise ashiqs will show you ishq

 

[Yaseen1]

qadiyani economist will use fund for promotion of their religion and will deliberately attempt to hurt Muslims .in u.s and europe Muslims are not appointed as economic advisor .every country want to protect its culturre and religion.this is good
decision

 

[Zibago]

Why I see only(mostly) dual national in favor of ATIF Mian who himself criticing pakistan constitution. May be more or less qadiyani thelselves who settle in different countries

Because you are blind

qadiyani economist will use fund for promotion of their religion and will deliberately attempt to hurt Muslims .in u.s and europe Muslims are not appointed as economic advisor .every country want to protect its culturre and religion.this is good
decision

Yeah like Izhaq Dar the Sunni Muslim was at yhe forefront of spreading love for Muslims in Europe and North America :-//

 

[Verve]

Atif Mian is THE authority in fixing developing economies

Does he believe in interest free economy (as per Islam)?

If not, then he's not the right fit for Riaset-e-Madina system IK and many of us want implemented in Pakistan. We need advisors who will help develop policies to become interest free economy.

 

[lastofthepatriots]

qadiyani economist will use fund for promotion of their religion and will deliberately attempt to hurt Muslims .in u.s and europe Muslims are not appointed as economic advisor .every country want to protect its culturre and religion.this is good
decision

Yaar kitni jahalat apke saar se guzar ri he. Me khud ek sunni musalmaan hun, magar ye to nainsaafi ki baat huwi.

 

[pzfz]

Please do take a look of his CV may be he has forgot to mention in his own CV and let me know what he has mentioned.

Atif Mian is John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance at Princeton University, and Director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Woodrow Wilson School. He holds a bachelors degree in Mathematics with Computer Science and Ph.D. in Economics from MIT. Prior to joining Princeton in 2012 he taught at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Chicago Booth School of business. Professor Mian's work studies the connections between finance and the macro economy. His latest book, House of Debt, with Amir Sufi builds upon powerful new data to describe how debt precipitated the Great Recession. The book explains why debt continues to threaten the global economy, and what needs to be done to fix the financial system. House of Debt is critically acclaimed by The New York Times, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal,The Economist, and The Atlantic among others. Professor Mian's research has appeared in top academic journals, including the American Economic Review, Econometrica, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies and Journal of Financial Economics.

You're not that bright. It says exactly what my post says, and even undersells him. You do realize being a tenured professor at Princeton, being the director of a finance think-tank, having worked at University of Chicago, being acclaimed by the nobel prize winning economists, the IMF and economic publications, and being a scholar of macro economy and finance puts him in rarefied company? That's the definition of what Pak needs right now. He's more qualified and competent than any Pakistani out there, no one is even close to him.

 

[AZ1]

Because you are blind


Yeah like Izhaq Dar the Sunni Muslim was at yhe forefront of spreading love for Muslims in Europe and North America :-//

Ishaq darr or any other did corruption so we all do in someway or another but never freed traitor of Pakistan.

 

[pzfz]

Yaar kitni jahalat apke saar se guzar ri he. Me khud ek sunni musalmaan hun, magar ye to nainsaafi ki baat huwi.

These jokers should be banned. They bring disrepute to Pakistan and this forum.

 

[AZ1]

You do realize being a tenured professor at Princeton, being the director of a finance think-tank, having worked at University of Chicago, being acclaimed by the nobel prize winning economists, the IMF and economic publications, and being a scholar of macro economy and finance puts him in rarefied company? That's the definition of what Pak needs right now. He's more qualified and competent than any Pakistani out there, no one is even close to him.

First learn how to make publications and become PHD then we will talk. Malala also winning of some prize make her your PM.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

*sad*

 

[pzfz]

Ishaq darr or any other did corruption so we all do in someway or another but never freed traitor of Pakistan.

so now you takfir him by labelling him a traitor. How is he a traitor?