The Steve Jobs of Pakistan joins hands with PTI

[Uchiha]

Dear,
For example!
We all knows, javeed miandad was a great player! But still can anyone let him play?
Same goes for Dr, he was, he is not!
We will remember him, for sure but, he can't be in politics, pakistans national security would be at risk!

If you dont have anything intelligent to say, stfu

 

[AstanoshKhan]

PTI need more such brains, and its just a start there is lot more to come

The Insaf Professional Forum is a platform introduced to attract those brains. Umar is also a nurtured fruit of that forum who at the end and finally decided to come and lead from the front. Good luck to him and PTI.

 

[RiazHaq]

Read between the lines my dear... he's a member of Insaf Professional Forum. The formal announcement will be made in a couple of days time as promised and TODAY he made the announcement.

Nothing but Respect for this man. Mr. Asad Umar took Engro’s revenues had grown from just Rs13 billion in 2004 to Rs114 billion in 2011. Umar took Engro from being a local player to a globally competitive one, leading the firm into the $1.1 billion project that set up the world’s largest single-train urea manufacturing plant in Pakistan. He finally chose to call it a day and step forward to help Pakistan in a political role. Welcome to PTI Sir.

Not to take away anything from Asad Umar, but I seriously doubt if he could have accomplished it without strong economy under Musharraf.

The current government hailed the performance of Pakistan's economy under President Musharraf's watch as follows: "Pakistan's economy witnessed a major economic transformation in the last decade. The country's real GDP increased from $60 billion to $170 billion, with per capita income rising from under $500 to over $1000 during 2000-07". It further acknowledged that "the volume of international trade increased from $20 billion to nearly $60 billion. The improved macroeconomic performance enabled Pakistan to re-enter the international capital markets in the mid-2000s. Large capital inflows financed the current account deficit and contributed to an increase in gross official reserves to $14.3 billion at end-June 2007. Buoyant output growth, low inflation, and the government's social policies contributed to a reduction in poverty and improvement in many social indicators". (see MEFP, November 20, 2008, Para 1)

Haq's Musings: Musharraf's Economic Legacy

 

[AstanoshKhan]

...and here he is, taking the lead from the front at Insaf Professional Forum Saturday 21 April 2012. They started off with prayers for the victims of Pinid Plane crash.

 

[AstanoshKhan]

[Engro]ssing pep talk from Asad Umar at PTI session
By Our Correspondent
Published: April 22, 2012

From fertiliser to foreign policy, ex-CEO of Engro dilates the rich and poor divide.

KARACHI:
It was former Engro CEO Asad Umar’s debut as a new leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, and if the standing ovation he received is any indication, Karachi’s business professionals look likely to turn their professional admiration for Umar into support for his party.
Umar was speaking in Karachi at an event organised by the PTI’s Insaf Professionals Forum, a relatively new platform set up by the party to engage ‘professionals’ in different fields as a think-tank of sorts.
Umar, who quit Engro after 27 years and officially joined the party last week, offered an engaging presentation on how to change an ‘unjust’ society into one where people can live with dignity.
Among the attendees were familiar faces on Karachi’s social circuit such as designer Sonya Battla and activist Uzma Noorani, executives at prominent firms including Indus Motors CEO Parvez Ghias and Abbott Laboratories MD Asif Jooma, as well as a mix of excited young 20-somethings.
Umar spoke on a number of topics, peppering his speech with anecdotes and witty jibes. Following up on a comment made by PTI Sindh President Nadir Leghari about how most people in the room would agree that “Imran Khan is a good guy” but didn’t know what to do next, Umar looked at the attendees and said that this was the problem. “The country’s smartest people are disengaged from the political process.” It isn’t important, Umar reiterated, to just be ‘good’, party agenda mattered too.
While he stressed that his presentation consisted of his own thoughts on these issues, Umar linked several points to PTI strategy.
The crux of his speech was that when there are separate systems created for the elite and the rest of the country, that system “goes to hell”. “When you have private security guards, there is no focus on security. If a rich person can get a generator, there is no focus on electricity.”
“The elite,” he laughed, “have yet to figure out how to have separate roads for Prados and buses and rickshaws, which is why we have good roads!”
He explained this through the system of education in detail, noting that the current educational systems in the country had created “apartheid” because they had contributed to the social inequality. Drawing on his own life, having studied at a government school in Nursery and the Government Commerce College before he went to the Institute of Business Administration, Umar said this was the “investment” that the state had made in his education that led him to be hired by Exxon when he graduated, and make enough money in one month to equal the money the state had spent on him. He gave a ringing endorsement of the concept that there should be “one system of education” in the country. “I strongly feel that you cannot have one nation unless you have one educational system,” he said.
“Thirty per cent of children can’t get an education,” Umar lamented.
The taxation system, he said, was “heavily skewed in favour of indirect taxes”. An employee at Engro, he said, lived in Orangi and would change two buses to get to work and paid taxes, while those driving Prados don’t.
State expenditure has to match the levels of child mortality in the country, not on the “fancy Governor Houses and Prime Minister Houses that we so like” or “intercontinental ballistic missiles” or “millions in subsidies to private enterprises”.
He highlighted how devolution was essential for the country to progress. “The 18th amendment is a step in the right direction, but if power has been transferred from Islamabad to Karachi it hasn’t made much of an impact on someone in Khairpur”. This, he said, was a party goal that has been elaborated in a new draft policy for local governance, which was recently released by party leader Jahangir Tareen.
Umar supports the concept of social protection, even though many criticise it as monetary handouts. (The Benazir Income Support Programme is one such initiative that has been criticised by opposition groups). He said the state of poverty in the country right now required this, and also for the net to be expanded.
Asad Umar also discussed foreign policy, and said he had realised that Pakistan’s policy appeared to be “negotiated subservience”. “We are willing to suspend laws as long as the price is right,” he said, drawing on conversations he had had with people who weren’t so much offended at the violations of sovereignty as they were that they had come at such little monetary benefit.
“This isn’t just about the US. There are many other examples where we don’t act as a sovereign state,” Umar said. “You have to live under international law and respect the sovereignty of others.”
Umar responded to questions from attendees and had the audience laughing when he jokingly told one person, “I can’t guarantee that I won’t fool you like other politicians have!” and “Sorry, but that is a very Harvard-Kennedy School way of thinking”. As soon as the talk was over, Umar was swallowed up by a crowd of his peers and PTI supporters, while others made a beeline for the refreshments table to catch up over biscuits and tea.
Civil-military relations: “Not to get confrontational but to engage on clear lines where the supremacy of the people of Pakistan is not compromised”
Criticising the political system: “PTI has to be very careful about this. You can criticise individuals and parties but not say that the system cannot deliver”
Power: “It is not just about being in power but how you get to power”
Hope: “The people of South Asia are exceptionally talented”
Divides: “The islands of peace and prosperity that we spend our lives on will not remain so”
Backchannel talks: “Economic policy is determined by who you know”
Published in The Express Tribune, April 22nd, 2012.

[Engro]ssing pep talk from Asad Umar at PTI session – The Express Tribune

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When we've people like Tareen and Umar in PTI with the leadership of Imran Khan, we'll Insha'Allah see a prosperous Pakistan in the near future.

 

[Leader]

 

[truthseer]

This is actually a very big step since the business community in Karachi has a sizeable vote bank and that's where MQM gets its votes from.

 

[shuntmaster]

Why is Asad Umar called 'Steve Jobs of Pakistan'? Where is the similarity between the two?

 

[darkinsky]

Agenda 360 - 22nd April 2012 - YouTube

 

[Rusty]

Not to take away anything from Asad Umar, but I seriously doubt if he could have accomplished it without strong economy under Musharraf.

The current government hailed the performance of Pakistan's economy under President Musharraf's watch as follows: "Pakistan's economy witnessed a major economic transformation in the last decade. The country's real GDP increased from $60 billion to $170 billion, with per capita income rising from under $500 to over $1000 during 2000-07". It further acknowledged that "the volume of international trade increased from $20 billion to nearly $60 billion. The improved macroeconomic performance enabled Pakistan to re-enter the international capital markets in the mid-2000s. Large capital inflows financed the current account deficit and contributed to an increase in gross official reserves to $14.3 billion at end-June 2007. Buoyant output growth, low inflation, and the government's social policies contributed to a reduction in poverty and improvement in many social indicators". (see MEFP, November 20, 2008, Para 1)

Haq's Musings: Musharraf's Economic Legacy

He also could not have done it without the cyano-bacteria that makes the oxygen that we breath.

 

[I FLY HIGH]

What is pti ? imran khan is the master of u turns . What has he done practically ? no;thing , He promised to start civil diobedience last october against govt of zardari, but still nothing has been done . WHY? is he the man of words ? or Does he want zardari to complete its tenure?

 

[truthseer]

What is pti ? imran khan is the master of u turns . What has he done practically ? no;thing , He promised to start civil diobedience last october against govt of zardari, but still nothing has been done . WHY? is he the man of words ? or Does he want zardari to complete its tenure?

Zardari is an 'it'?

 

[Rusty]

What is pti ? imran khan is the master of u turns . What has he done practically ? no;thing , He promised to start civil diobedience last october against govt of zardari, but still nothing has been done . WHY? is he the man of words ? or Does he want zardari to complete its tenure?

I think your name should be "I AM HIGH" instead.

Master of U turns?
where has he done any Uturns? he has been against the WOT from day 1. He has been against sending army into FATA. He has been campaigning against corruption. Where has he taken a single Ideological U turn?

As for civil disobedience, that was a suggestion and situations change. It is not in the best interest of Pakistan to have civil disobedience right now.
Also, it is really ridiculous to say that you have done everything you ever said you would.
These are not lies, they are decisions you make that reflect the changing environment.


And if Zardari completes his tenure then so be it.
There is no Legal way for PTI to end his tenure early.

What is pti ? imran khan is the master of u turns . What has he done practically ? no;thing , He promised to start civil diobedience last october against govt of zardari, but still nothing has been done . WHY? is he the man of words ? or Does he want zardari to complete its tenure?

I think your name should be "I AM HIGH" instead.

Master of U turns?
where has he done any Uturns? he has been against the WOT from day 1. He has been against sending army into FATA. He has been campaigning against corruption. Where has he taken a single Ideological U turn?

As for civil disobedience, that was a suggestion and situations change. It is not in the best interest of Pakistan to have civil disobedience right now.
Also, it is really ridiculous to say that you have done everything you ever said you would.
These are not lies, they are decisions you make that reflect the changing environment.


And if Zardari completes his tenure then so be it.
There is no Legal way for PTI to end his tenure early.

 

[Guvera]

Why is Asad Umar called 'Steve Jobs of Pakistan'? Where is the similarity between the two?

It just require some common sense to compare them.

This is actually a very big step since the business community in Karachi has a sizeable vote bank and that's where MQM gets its votes from.

Business community of karachi is also very Disappointed from MQM just like common Karachite, this four year span of coalation govt have destroyed thier image and efforts of mustafa kamal.

 

[nomi007]

WELCOME SIR IN PTI