Atif Mian was appointed a member of economic advisory council by Prime Minister Imran Khan. He is among IMF’s top 25 economist. Khan is receiving a lot of criticism.
PTI senior leader Faisal Javed Khan early in the morning announced the recent development over the appointment of the economist Atif Mian on twitter
After which, twitter is erupted with the condemnation of the step taken against the decision to remove famed economist Atif Mian succumbing to the demands of few extremists alleging Atif Mian for his religious beliefs rather considering heavyweight for his merit, experience and education. #AtifMian, #NayaPakistan, #EconomicAdvisoryCouncil, #Fawad #KhadimRizvi start trending on top on different social media sites.
Politicians, journalists, civil society, educationists not only from Pakistan but from all over the world take social media by storm while expressing their disappointment took to twitter with infuriated and reprimanding comments against the decision taken.
Patriotism should have nothing to do with religion. I find it remarkable that #AtifMian is willing to serve his country, #NayaPakistan, despite the constant media reports of his faith's persecution - an overseas, Ivy League graduate - how many would return to Pakistan? #courage
Inclusiveness not happening in Pakistan despite what Imran Khan promised in his inaugural speech. Atif R. Mian is an Ahmedia and therefore not acceptable. Extremism continues to prevail in decision making. dawn.com/news/1431495
Bowing to prejudice, Imran Khan's new government unseats a prestigious international economist because of his Ahmadi faith. The ideal state, a spokesman said, should be modeled on Medina in Saudi Arabia — 1400 years ago.
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A truly disappointing decision. Makes me wonder what space do I have in my own country if my religious background, not my education, work or good intentions define me as a person. @AtifRMian could not have saved this country, but the country could have saved the idea of #AtifMian
اس تمام نام نہاد ہنگامے میں مجھے @betterpakistan احسن اقبال صاحب سب سے بہتر لگے جنہوں نے میرٹ کی بات کی تھی۔ کل تک عاطف میاں ن لیگ کے لیے ناقابل قبول تھا آج اس کو ہٹانے پر حکومت کو پسپائی کے طعنے ۔ ہم صرف مخالفت برائے مخالفت کرتے ہیں۔
Jinnah’s Pakistan is dead. This is the Pakistan of Bal Thackeray 2.0. #MianAtif
We're not defending his faith but his rights as a Pakistani citizen which our constitution supposedly guarantees. #AtifMian
There is nothing naya about this Pakistan. Same old bigotry, exclusion and religious intolerance. This is our loss. #AtifMian
The development was also confirmed by Minister of Information Fawad Chaudhary afterwards. He maintained that the government has decided to withdraw the nomination of Atif as it wants to move forward alongside all Ulemas and social groups while avoiding conflict.
Earlier, on different occasions Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary categorically rejected such extremist demands. Just days after the federal information minister publicly defended Princeton professor Atif Mian’s appointment, a PTI senator tweets that he has been asked by the govt to step down from the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council.
بہت شور سنتے تھے نئے پاکستان کا، ایک اور ٹیسٹ کیس میں فیل۔ دباؤ پڑا تو پرانا پاکستان ہی نکل کر سامنے آ گیا ہے۔ افسوس کہ جناب @fawadchaudhry کے دعوے دعوے ہی رہ گئے،
#AtifMian #minorities #Ahmadi #PTI #Uturn #ImranKhan bbc.com/urdu/pakistan-…
For all those who got all excited about Fawad Chaudhry’s initial response on #AtifMian I hate to say this but told you it doesn’t mean much and that position won’t last long.
For a brief moment, many of us thought we might be proven wrong about the PTI. How how wrong we were! #AtifMian
As expected #TTPTI has taken the escape route & surrendered by asking #AtifMian to resign. #PMLN Govt did the same by asking #ZaidHamid to resign. Outcomes of the Policy of mainstreaming of religious extremism & terrorism are already quite visible.
So does it mean the economic advisory council is indeed Islamic ideological council #AtifMian @FawadPTIUpdates @PTIofficial @ImranKhanPTI
Atif Mian is a prominent and distinguished economist Dr Atif Mian is a Professor of Economics in the University of Princeton. He is ranked among top 25 economists in the world. He has taught in reputable universities like the University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley and now is proudly teaching in the Princeton University.
Atif Mian is also the author of the economic opus ‘House of Debt’, and dozens of research publications. His research has been published in various prestigious research journals like American Economic Review, Econometrica, Quarterly Journal of Economics etc. Furthermore, Dr Atif Mian has about 18 fellowships, and is the Director and co-founder of the ‘Centre of Economic Research Pakistan’ (CCEP).
https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/455905-Economic-Advisory-Council-Atif-Mian-Imran-khan-PTI-Naya-Pakistan
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