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