Naya Pakistan govt receives a harsh criticism over asking Atif Mian to step down from EAC
Atif Mian was appointed a member of economic advisory council by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
(WebDesk) - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government asked the well-known economist Atif Mian to step down from the Economic Advisory Council after allegedly receiving back lash from the religious groups and few of the political opponents.
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Atif Mian was appointed a member of economic advisory council by Prime Minister Imran Khan. He is among IMF’s top 25 economist. Khan is receiving a lot of criticism.
PTI senior leader Faisal Javed Khan early in the morning announced the recent development over the appointment of the economist Atif Mian on twitter
— Faisal Javed Khan (@FaisalJavedKhan) September 7, 2018
After which, twitter is erupted with the condemnation of the step taken against the decision to remove famed economist Atif Mian succumbing to the demands of few extremists alleging Atif Mian for his religious beliefs rather considering heavyweight for his merit, experience and education. #AtifMian, #NayaPakistan, #EconomicAdvisoryCouncil, #Fawad #KhadimRizvi start trending on top on different social media sites.
Politicians, journalists, civil society, educationists not only from Pakistan but from all over the world take social media by storm while expressing their disappointment took to twitter with infuriated and reprimanding comments against the decision taken.
— Cynthia D. Ritchie (@CynthiaDRitchie) September 7, 2018
— Kamran Khan (@AajKamranKhan) September 7, 2018
— Mansoor Ali Khan (@_Mansoor_Ali) September 7, 2018
— Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) September 7, 2018
— Salman Masood (@salmanmasood) September 7, 2018
— Ali Usman Qasmi (@AU_Qasmi) September 7, 2018
— Imtiaz Gul (@vogul1960) September 7, 2018
— Ali Salman Alvi (@alisalmanalvi) September 7, 2018
— Nadeem Farooq Paracha (@NadeemfParacha) September 7, 2018
— Declan Walsh (@declanwalsh) September 7, 2018
— Hussain Nadim (@HNadim87) September 7, 2018
— Tariq Mateen (@tariqmateen) September 7, 2018
— Zarrar Khuhro (@ZarrarKhuhro) September 7, 2018
— Murtaza Solangi (@murtazasolangi) September 7, 2018
— Hassaan Niazi (@HniaziISF) September 7, 2018
— Waqqas Mir (@wordoflaw) September 7, 2018
— Pakistan Defence (@defencedotpk) September 7, 2018
— Fizza Bangash (@fizzabangash) September 7, 2018
The development was also confirmed by Minister of Information Fawad Chaudhary afterwards. He maintained that the government has decided to withdraw the nomination of Atif as it wants to move forward alongside all Ulemas and social groups while avoiding conflict.
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) September 7, 2018
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) September 7, 2018
Earlier, on different occasions Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary categorically rejected such extremist demands. Just days after the federal information minister publicly defended Princeton professor Atif Mian’s appointment, a PTI senator tweets that he has been asked by the govt to step down from the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council.
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) September 4, 2018
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— ZeeshanHaiderBBC (@ZesHPirzadA) September 7, 2018
— Gharidah Farooqi (@GFarooqi) September 7, 2018
— Gharidah Farooqi (@GFarooqi) September 7, 2018
— Ayesha Ijaz Khan (@ayeshaijazkhan) September 7, 2018
— Nida Kirmani (@nidkirm) September 7, 2018
— Bushra Gohar (@BushraGohar) September 7, 2018
— Zofeen Ebrahim (@zofeen28) September 7, 2018
Atif Mian is a prominent and distinguished economist Dr Atif Mian is a Professor of Economics in the University of Princeton. He is ranked among top 25 economists in the world. He has taught in reputable universities like the University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley and now is proudly teaching in the Princeton University.
Atif Mian is also the author of the economic opus ‘House of Debt’, and dozens of research publications. His research has been published in various prestigious research journals like American Economic Review, Econometrica, Quarterly Journal of Economics etc. Furthermore, Dr Atif Mian has about 18 fellowships, and is the Director and co-founder of the ‘Centre of Economic Research Pakistan’ (CCEP).
