event

Finance Minister Dar on the Revival of Pakistan’s Economy

Thu. April 16th, 2015
Washington, DC

While Pakistan’s economy has made strides in recent years, the government continues to deal with very real setbacks, including energy challenges that have hindered fast-paced recovery. If the Pakistan economy is able to continue growing, it could be an ideal time for a number of key reforms in tax structures, as well as the privatization of particularly costly state-owned enterprises. Finance Minister of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar unveiled his strategy to bring economic growth to par with other emerging economies in the region over the next three years. Carnegie’s Frederic Grare served as a discussant, and Carnegie’s George Perkovich moderated.

Mohammad Ishaq Dar

Mohammad Ishaq Dar is finance minister of Pakistan. A leading financial and economic expert, Dar is a senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League from Punjab.  He has 42 years of professional experience in auditing, financial advising, management consultancy, business, commerce, and industry, in both the private and public sectors.

George Perkovich

George Perkovich is vice president for studies and director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.  His research focuses on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation, with a concentration on South Asia, Iran, and the problem of justice in the international political economy.

Frederic Grare

Frederic Grare is senior associate and director of Carnegie’s South Asia Program. He works on India’s Look East policy, on Afghanistan and Pakistan’s regional policies, and on the tension between stability and democratization, including civil-military relations, in Pakistan.

EconomyTradeSouth AsiaPakistan
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
event speakers

Mohammad Ishaq Dar

George Perkovich

Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons, Vice President for Studies

George Perkovich is the Japan chair for a world without nuclear weapons and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, overseeing the Nuclear Policy Program and the Technology and International Affairs Program. He works primarily on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation issues, and security dilemmas among the United States, its allies, and their nuclear-armed adversaries. 

Frederic Grare

Nonresident Senior Fellow, South Asia Program

Frédéric Grare was a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on Indo-Pacific dynamics, the search for a security architecture, and South Asia Security issues.