Dr. Ishrat Hussain's resignation: due to personal reasons or non-implementation of institutional reforms?

 Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms, has resigned from his post. Dr. Ishrat Hussain was tasked with institutional reform after the PTI-led government was formed three years ago, and since his resignation, there has been a debate over whether he resigned for personal reasons. Or it may be that the reforms they have proposed have not been implemented.

Since the resignation of Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Institutional Reforms, there has been a debate over whether he resigned for personal reasons or the reason given by him. Reforms were not implemented.


When the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) formed the government at the center three years ago, Dr Ishrat Hussain was tasked with institutional reform.


Apart from Dr Ishrat Hussain, Shabar Zaidi, a tax expert from the private sector, was hired as the head of the Federal Board of Revenue and Haroon Sharif was hired from the private sector for the Board of Investment. Shabar Zaidi and Haroon Sharif held these positions for a short period of time and then resigned from their posts.


Before coming to power, the PTI government announced in its election manifesto that it would improve the performance of public sector institutions by reforming them.


However, according to experts monitoring the performance of the public sector, reforms in this sector have not been implemented in the last three years of the government and even if a little work has been done, it has not been implemented.


According to experts, the civil bureaucracy has become more politicized during this government than in previous periods.



Dr. Ishrat Hussain, who resigned as Advisor to the Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms, has a professional career spanning more than 50 years. However, his name became more prominent at the national level when he was appointed Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan under military President Pervez Musharraf.


He had previously served at the World Bank. He served as SBP Governor until 2006, after which he served as Dean at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) in Karachi.


In the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government that came to power after the July 2018 elections, Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed him as his advisor on institutional reform after he was sworn in in August. Resigned

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