Ishrat Husain is a Pakistani

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and

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who served as the dean of the Institute of Business Administration (2008-2016) and the

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(1999-2006). He presently serves as Advisor to Prime Minister

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for Institutional Reforms & Austerity, in office since August 2018.

Life

He received his

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in 1972 from the

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and his

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from the

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in 1978. He joined the

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in 1979, working initially as the country economist for

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. In 1994, Husain became the

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for

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region and between 1997 and 1999 headed World Bank's operations in

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. He ended his World Bank career in 1999, and was appointed as the Governor of the

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and remained until December 2005. In 2008, he was appointed as the

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, in 2015 he was awarded the

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Mamnoon. He resigned as the dean of IBA in 2016, however remains the

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of the institute. During his tenure, IBA expanded from a solely business school to an

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university. In 2016, Hussain joined the

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as a resident policy fellow.

Awards and Achievements

Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (, ; born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the ...

Award (2005) for

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to people as Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan.DAWN (2006
Ishrat Hussain, late Akhtar Hameed honoured
1 May. Retrieved on 25 April 2008.

References

Publications

External links

Official website of State Bank of Pakistan IBA site profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Husain, Ishrat Williams College alumni Boston University alumni Governors of the State Bank of Pakistan Recipients of Nishan-e-Imtiaz Living people Muhajir people Pakistani civil servants 1941 births People from Karachi Executive Directors of the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi