PM’s adviser Ishrat Hussain resigns
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity Dr Ishrat Hussain has resigned from his post, official sources told Dawn on Thursday.
The sources said Dr Hussain had sent his resignation letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, but the reasons for the resignation were not known.
Dr Hussain, who served as the governor of State Bank of Pakistan during the military regime of Gen Pervez Musharraf, did not respond to calls and messages of reporters who tried to contact him for seeking confirmation of reports about his resignation.
The sources said the prime minister had not yet accepted his resignation.
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said he could neither confirm nor deny the reports about Dr Hussain’s resignation.
Dr Hussain had been a part of the federal cabinet with the status of a federal minister since August 2018 and had set up an Institutional Reforms Cell (IRC) at the PM Office.
The IRC came into existence as a result of a cabinet decision on Aug 28, 2018, to serve as the secretariat of the Task Forces on Civil Service Reforms and Austerity and Restructuring of Government.
Published in Dawn, July 30th, 2021
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Jul 30, 2021 09:33am
Every rise has a fall.
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Jul 30, 2021 09:43am
Health. He looks like he needs a rest.
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Jul 30, 2021 09:44am
Mr Ishrat Hussain is the man behind, in writing off bank loans in billions to corrupt politicians and businessmen, during Musharraf regime,
He is not a very clean man.
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Jul 30, 2021 09:58am
It took him 3 years to know PTI vision, abilities and leaders?
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Jul 30, 2021 10:25am
Every honourable member of the cabinet has resigned after being disappointed by the PTI government, starting with Mr. Nadeem Afzal Chan to Mr. Ishrat Hussain.
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Jul 30, 2021 10:41am
He is aged more than eighty (80) years, twenty years above retirement age. Is there no young blood in the country with new ideas or they want to keep the system rusty with such people?
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Jul 30, 2021 11:10am
He is too old to meet demands of his job
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Jul 30, 2021 11:15am
@Arif, How is this a fall?
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Jul 30, 2021 11:21am
Guess he has given up all hope or either reform or austerity in this govt
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Jul 30, 2021 11:45am
Dr sahib did a great job at IBA. However, it is not clear what exactly was his contribution in the Federal cabinet over the last 3 years! For his own integrity he should list his contributions earlier than later!
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Jul 30, 2021 11:46am
@F Khan, good salary and perks can attract any person whose aim is to make money!
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Jul 30, 2021 12:43pm
Another setback to this Government.
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Jul 30, 2021 12:48pm
I am unable to understand the logic of retaining/appointing these resources, which barely brought any digital banking reform in Pakistan.
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Jul 30, 2021 01:01pm
He has been a part of the ruling elite in one way or the other even way past his retirement age. That, of course, was a great 'personal' achievement! Do we know of amy real contribution from him to the national cause?
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Jul 30, 2021 01:49pm
To every rise, there is a fall and for every Ishrat, there is a wall.
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Jul 30, 2021 03:41pm
Nothing can fix mess created by unsustainable defense expenditure. He now realizes this and time to go.
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Jul 30, 2021 03:59pm
Dr Ishrat Hussain is an old and retired man. He is from old school of thought. He is stuck with old theories whereas Pakistan need break through everywhere. We need a fast and creative thinker with immediate results. It seem a wrong decision to select Dr sahab.
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Jul 30, 2021 05:04pm
Good riddance
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Jul 30, 2021 05:40pm
Lucky man get retired at 80 ,making lot of money with the blessings of powerful s & with zero achievements.
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Jul 30, 2021 06:04pm
He did his best to introduce reforms in various departments, but Imran Khan is surrounded by a mafia which hinders any reforms. Mr. Ishrat could not tolerate snubbing on his reforms and resigned.
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Jul 30, 2021 06:05pm
@Mustafa, who is???? He does not write off loans unless asked to do so…
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Jul 30, 2021 11:51pm
need to know reasons
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Jul 31, 2021 12:29am
@AJ, he was the governor of State bank, which is responsible for fiscal policy. the bank does not grant loans to private individuals or even companies. it is the commercial banks that do so
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Jul 31, 2021 08:34am
Something obnoxious is cooking up. Dr Ishrat should have courageously made public the reason for his resignation if he was right. Concealing facts goes against Dr. Ishrat. SC should intervene and ask him the reasons of his quittance, so that timely remedial steps could be taken.
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Jul 31, 2021 08:35am
@Mustafa, Agreed.
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Jul 31, 2021 09:47am
@Mustafa, then who is very clean, and Dr.Ishrat is clean not very clean
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Jul 31, 2021 03:32pm
@Fastfriend, look around ,you will find many oldies (retired)sitting as Chairman s ,Chiefs,Director general,secretary s & in all government ,semi-government even in private big industries.Bad luck for deserving masses.
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Jul 31, 2021 03:46pm
A diehard CSP ( now PAS ) , what reforms of Services he workout ? It was bad choice to have given this task to him .
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Jul 31, 2021 05:26pm
Good riddance. Didn't do anything substantial to reform the archaic civil service.
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Jul 31, 2021 06:35pm
Many more are yet to come because the trumpeted Naya Pakistan, mostly done by the PTI diehards suffering from personality cult, remains as bad as the Purana Pakistan was. A fragile govt. standing on a razor thin majority provided by its coalition partners with tainted past, is seen fighting survival war all the time, unable to revive the ailing economy which is now suffering from 2.38 trillion in current account deficit, the highest in economic history, 10% inflation, 13% unemployment & others.
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Jul 31, 2021 10:01pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, you are 100 percent wrong.
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