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Ijaz Gul on Nylon sock full of fresh manure shaukat aziz
Ijaz Gul has left a new comment on your post "Pakistan - Time for the IMF?":
Even an illiterate like me who knew nothing of Economics protested the basic structural adjustment of Pakistan's economy by Shuakat Aziz between 1999-2001.
His Finace Secretary Mr. Younis Khan was a Masters in English and for one week could not provide the statistics of Pakistan's foreign debt. Yet within a month, he gave a very pointed presentation on how Nawaz Sharif used to fudge economic figures. It was all so pleasing to the military ears.
My arguement was simple. Pakistan had successfully withstood nuclear sanctions for 13 years, has a healthy GDP driven by the very vibrant/strong irregular cum parallel economy whose biggest strenght is being domestically competetetive. Infalation is below 5 and CIP healthy. We have an underperforming agriculture sector that must be improved at the basic level and value addition encouraged with rebates to our textle export sector. I also contended that we needed to evaluate the unbridled growth of economy versus documentation that must not be converted into a military exercise.
Alas all the wrong things were done and here we are. Shaukat hated me for whatever I said in Cabinet Meetings. Though Tariq Aziz was more receptive, I had a feeling that as a true bureaucrat he was just trying to learn. The top gun economists at PIDE never had their own views while Dr. Ashfaq the economic advisor held my views in high esteem, but he was just a machine that produced papers whose paras were read out by economic Czars.
Posted by pavocavalry at 9:13 PM
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Ijaz Gul said...
In 2002, I was invited to give a talk on documentation of Pakistan's economy to MBA sudents of a university. To my surprise Dr. Ashfaq had recommended my name.
The Dean was Dr. Zafar Moen and revealed that he had actually wanted Dr. Ashfaq to give the talk, who instead had recommended me.
In 2006, I saw Dr. Zaffar giving expert comments on a TV Talk show about Pakistan's growing economy. Later, I confronted him by saying that the bubble was soon to burst. He agreed but asked how?
Please spare Dr. Ashfaq the vibes. He was not like me ready to commit suicide. But he laways talked facts.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Threnody said...
Hmmm....where's this post? 'Pakistan - Time for the IMF?' and if I may ask...Mr Ijaz Gul when was it that you interacted with Shaukat Aziz in cabinet meetings? I have heard many people (inside people) who said that he was miles better than most when it came to listening to different opinions.
p.s Please don't hate me, I know saying anything even remotely positive about Musharraf/Aziz is not kosher :D
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Omnibus Dubitandum said...
no one is hating you mohtaram....the person who made these assertions was in the meetings so i published his comments...i have asked him to reply to your comments.thats not an issue.its good that you read and have " opinions" .thanks for commenting any way although i may not agree with you.
Monday, October 06, 2008
Ijaz Gul said...
Mr/Ms. Threnody,
Since you come without an identity, I have no business telling you who I am.
I neither looked for his reverence nor patronage which your term Interact implies. I disagreed with him on many occasions but was stubborn in his own ideas.
Monday, October 06, 2008
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The gentleman had also impersonated as Aitezaz Ahsan in emails to me. I recognised him through his cut and paste. He seems a Mr. Know it all and appears to be a sluet trying to intrigue.
so we have agent provocateurs and fifth columnists here sir
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