Miftah Ismail is the former Finance Minister of Pakistan and the General Secretary of Awaam Pakistan.
Miftah Ismail comes back on TPE to discuss whether the Economy has stabilized, IPPs, IMF, Elite Capture, Education, Awaam Pakistan, Constitutional Amendments, Politics and more.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:00 Has the Economy stabilized?
9:27 PSDP budget, Defence Budget and Development
15:30 Economic Structure of Pakistan and Elite Capture
22:44 Elite Capture, Fertilizer subsidies and Gas
29:27 Trickle down Economics and Free Market
38:16 IPPs and Musharraf's policies
47:45 2016-2017 what went wrong with the Economy
53:50 Awaam Pakistan: Why should people vote for you?
1:04:40 Is Awaam Pakistan pro Establishment or anti Establishment?
1:12:40 Karachi Business Community and fighting the elite
1:14:42 What makes Miftah Ismail different from Imran Khan and PTI?
1:18:20 Constitutional amendments and Political Consensus
1:27:47 Audience Questions