Conference Chair & Executive Director Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi
Lant Pritchett
Director, RISE at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Panelists
Dr. Nadeem Ul Haque
Vice Chancellor Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Dr. Waqar Masood Khan
Special Assistant to PM on Revenue, Minister of State
Dr. Sania Nishtar
Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation
Dr. Miftah Ismail
Former Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue, and Economic Affairs
Dr. Aisha Ghaus Pasha
Member of the National Assembly
Sakib Sherani
CEO Macro Economic Insights & Member of the Economic Advisory Council, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
Dr. Noman Ahmed
Chairperson of Department of Architecture and Planning NED University of Engineering and Technology
Ms. Naheed S. Durrani
Secretary Ministry of Climate Change
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
Associate Professor Political Economy at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-e-Azam University
Ayesha Khan
Senior Researcher Collective for Social Science Research
Asim Bashir Khan
PhD Scholar Department of Economics and Finance
Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi
Speakers
Yasuyuki Sawada
Chief Spokesperson for ADB on Economic and Development trends
Syed Abbas Raza
Vice President Finance and Performance Management - Engro Corporation
Favad Soomro
Head of Engro Foundation
Sikander Bizenjo
Alternative Strategies for Controlling Income Tax Evasion and Co-Founder - Balochistan Youth Action Committee
Sadia Dada
Chief Marketing & Communication Officer K-Electric
Javed Younas
Professor of Economics at American University of Sharjah and Research Fellow at Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan
Chairs
Dr. Samina Khalil
Director Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC) Session 3A (Sustainable Energy and Urbanization
Dr. M Farooq Arby
Director Research State Bank of Pakistan Session 1B (Economic Uncertainty and Financial Inclusion)
Dr. Asad Sayeed
Economist, Researcher and Consultant Session 1A (Theme: Firms, Trade and Globalization)
Dr. Uzma Iram
Assistant Professor Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC) Session 2C Socio-economic Impact of Covid-19
Dr. Qazi Masood
Professor Department of Economics Institute of Business Administration Session 2A(Labour Market and Career Choices)
Irene Fernandez
Lecturer Department of Economics Institute of Business Administration Session 3C (Theme: Youth Development and Society)
Dr. Sana Tauseef
Assistant Professor and Chairperson Department of Finance Institute of Business Administration Session 1C (Governance, Finance and Fiscal Policy)
Dr. Sahar Nadeem Hamid
Assistant Professor and Chairperson Department of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts Institute of Business Administration Session 2B (Tourism, Culture and Economic Growth)
Dr. Lubna Naz
Assistant Professor Department of Economics, Karachi University Session 3B (Poverty, Nutrition and Inequality)
Discussants
Dr. Hilal Butt
Associate Professor, Editor IBA Business Review and Research Fellow-CBER Institute of Business Administration Session 1C (Theme: Governance, Finance and Fiscal Policy)
Dr. Abbas Gillani
Assistant Professor and Director Program Offices Department of Economics Institute of Business Administration Session 2A (Theme: Labour Market and Career Choices)
Dr. Qaiser Munir
Professor Department of Economics Institute of Business Administration Session 2B (Theme: Tourism, Culture and Economic Growth)
Dr. Aqdas Afzal
Program Director and Assistant Professor Session 2C (Theme: Socio-economic Impact of Covid-19)
Dr. Heman Das Lohano
Professor and Program Director PhD/MS (Economics) & BS (EM) Institute of Business Administration Session 3A(Sustainable Energy and Urbanization)
Dr. Saqib Sharif
Associate Professor Department of Finance Institute of Business Administration Session 1A (Theme: Firms, Trade and Globalization)
Dr. Zeeshan Atiq
Assistant Professor University of Karachi Session 3C (Theme: Youth Development and Society)
Dr. Irum Saba
Assistant Professor CEIF Institute of Business Administration Session 3B (Theme: Poverty, Nutrition, and Inequality)
Dr. Ashraf Khan
Assistant Professor Department of Finance Institute of Business Administration Session 1B (Theme: Economic Uncertainty and Financial Inclusion)
Moderators
Dr. Asma Hyder
Professor and Dean SESS Institute of Business Administration
Dr. Adnan Haider
Professor and Chairperson Department of Economics Institute of Business Administration
Dr. Laila Farooq
Director CBER Institute of Business Administration
Dr. Khadija Malik Bari
Assistant Professor Department of Economics Institute of Business Administration
Sarah Nizamani
Research Fellow CBER Institute of Business Administration
Dr. Lalarukh Ejaz
Assistant Professor Department of Economics Institute of Business Administration
Presenters
Sanam Khan
Graduate in Economics from NUST Islamabad
Waheed Ali
PhD student in Applied Economics at School of Economics and Finance
Shaheera Jalil Albasit
Research Specialist at National Poverty Graduation Programme (NPGP)
Shahid Waheed
Phd fellow Applied Economics Research Centre
Jazib Mumtaz
Research Scholar Special Interest in Income Inequality, Social Safety Nets and Household Welfare
Sadia Sherbaz
Lecturer Department of Economics Fatima Jinnah Women University
Rabbia Tariq
Lecturer SESS Institute of Business Administration
Mohsin Khawaja
PhD Finance La Trobe Business School La Trobe University
Tehseen Ahmed
Research Analyst at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Islamabad.
Dhani Bux Shah
Assistant Professor Sukkur IBA University
Konstantin Grasmik
PhD Student Ca'Foscari University (Venice, Italy)
Dr. Muhammad Luqman
Lecturer Kashmir Institute of Economics (KIE) University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
Dr. Rafi Amir-ud-Din
Assistant Professor Department of Economics COMSATS University Islamabad
Sarah Nizamani
Research Fellow CBER Institute of Business Administration
Fatimah Shah
Lecturer and Research Assistant Lahore School of Economics (LSE)
Rabia Kanwal
M.Phil scholar Aplied Economics Research Center University of Karachi
Dr. Zubaria Andlib
Assistant Professor Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology Islamabad
Sassi Bhutto
PhD scholar Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST)
Dr. Umer Khalid
PhD scholar in Economics from Quaid-i-Azam University
Javed Younas
Professor of Economics at American University of Sharjah and Research Fellow at Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan
Hammad Ezad
Data Analyst Masters in Economics from Konstanz University
Dr. Fareena Noor Malhi
Assistant Professor School of Economics University of the Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Umair
Lecturer/PhD Scholar Department of Economics University of Karachi, Pakistan
Nilam Bano
Research Fellow Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI)
Abid Rehman
PhD fellow the Lab of Interdisciplinary Spatial Analysis (LISA)
Manzoor Ahmed
Professor of Economics and Political Economy Dean Faculty of Management and Social Sciences at Lasbela University, Pakistan
Ayesha Khan
Doctoral Candidate Chair of Maritime Business and Logistics, University of Bremen, Germany
