Taimur Rahman is a Pakistani college professor, political activist and musician who is the Secretary-General of the Mazdoor Kisan Party, formerly Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party. He is the lead guitarist and spokesperson for the progressive music band Laal.

Dr. Taimur Rahman comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Left's Economic Alternatives, the shortfalls of Neoliberal Economic theory, Privatization, Bhutto's Nationalization, and why the Left in Pakistan doesn't unite.

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Chapters:

0:00 Is IMF Pakistan’s only option?

5:15 is IMF nefarious?

13:00 Dollars, Exports and Trade Competitive

21:00 IMF Directing Pakistan’s Policy

29:30 Establishment controlling policy

36:00 Bhutto’s Nationalization

42:00 Privatisation and Questioning the Free Market Economy

52:00 Private Banks, State Bank and Lending

1:02:00 Private Enterprise vs State Production

1:13:30 Privatisation of PIA

1:17:50 Audience Questions

1:24:00 Divisions in the Left in Pakistan

1:37:00 Imran Khan and Neo-colonial state

1:38:00 Identity Politics

1:40:30 Q and A