Dr. Hafiz A. Pasha

Managing Director Board of Institute for Public Policy, Lahore.

Dr. Hafiz A. Pasha is the Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, and Vice Chairman of the Institute of Public Policy, Lahore. He is currently serving as Chairman of the Advisory Panel of Economists to the Planning Commission, Convenor of the Economic Advisory Council of the Prime Minister of Pakistan and Chairman of the Tax Advisory Council of Federal Board of Revenue. From 2001 to 2007, Dr. Pasha was UN Assistant Secretary General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific of UNDP. Earlier, Dr. Pasha held a number of important public appointments. He served as the Federal Commerce Minister, Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Deputy Chairman/Federal Minister of the Planning Commission, and Education Minister in three governments. Prior to this he was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi, Dean and Director of the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, and Research Professor and Director of the Applied Economics Research Centre, Karachi. Dr. Pasha has a M.A. from Cambridge University, U.K and PhD from Stanford University, U.S.A. He was awarded in 2005 the Congressional Medal of Achievement by the Philippines Congress. In 2012, he received the Engro Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in the field of Social Sciences. He has published over 150 books and articles in the fields of governance, public finance, urban and regional economics, poverty and social development, industry, energy economics, etc.

 

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