Educational Qualifications :
- M.A., 1961 Yale University
- Ph.D., 1966 Princeton University
- Post-doctoral Fellow, 1969-70 Harvard University
Main Awards :
- Citation in Who's Who in the World, 5th Edition (1980-81).
- Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1991). A Distinguished Civilian Award for Academic Excellence (in Economics).
- ECO Award for outstanding performance in the field of Economics (1992).
Teaching Experience :
- Distinguished National Professor of Economics and Director General, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (July1, 2004---).
- National Professor of Economics (1993-1996).
- Professor of Economics and Chairman, Department of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (Sept. 1975 to Jan. 1979).
- Visiting Professor, Heidelberg University , West Germany (1977).
- Consultant to OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris ) and Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Administrative Science, the Middle East Technical University , Ankara (from 1st Sept. 1972 to Aug. 1975).
- Taught at Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration , Norway , and at Christian Michelson Institute, Norway (1969) (On leave from Pakistan Institute of Development Economics).
Research Experience
- Senior Economic Adviser, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), (April 1998 to February 2000).
- Economic Adviser, MCB Institute for Development Research (1995-1996).
- Director, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad ( 2nd January 1979 - 10th July 1995 ). The Director is in Grade-22 and has been placed in Article 16 of the Warrant of Precedence for Pakistan . His status was equivalent to a Federal Secretary.
- Chief, Economic Affairs Division, Government of Pakistan ( 1st October 1971 to 1st September 1972 ).
- Officer-in-Charge and Senior Research Economist, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (March 1967 to 15th September 1971).
Areas of Specialization
-- Development Economics.
- International Economics.
- Agricultural Economics.
- Comparative Economic Systems
- Econometric Model-building
Regulatory Economics
- Economics of Regulations.
Membership and Association: 26 Associations, Boards, Committees etc., -- both national and international; some important ones are:
- Member, National Geographic Society, Washington , D.C.
- Founder President, Pakistan Society of Development Economists, Islamabad , 1982-1995.
- Chairman, the Committee on Economic and Social well-being for the Eighth Five Year Plan, appointed by the Government of Pakistan 1992.
- Chairman, (1990-1992) and Member (1982-1993) Board of Management, Asian and Pacific Development Center, The United Nations, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Chairman (1981-1983) and Member (1983-1987), Asian Sub-Link Project, ESCAP, Bangkok , Thailand .
- Chairman, Committee on Islamization, appointed by the Finance Minister, Government of Pakistan, 1980.
Editorship of Journals: 14 national and international Journals including:
- Editor, The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad (1979-1995).
- Member, Board of Editors, Managing International Development (M.I.D.) The United Nations, New York .
- Member, South Asia Journal, The Sage Publishers, New Delhi (1997--).
Publications: Books/Monographs Papers
- Macro-Econometric Modeling: 11 10
- Development Economics 08 19
- Trade Policy 08 22
- Agricultural Economics 07 04
- Evaluation of Pakistan 's Economy 05 10
- Comparative Economic Systems 09 12
- Economics of Regulation - 04
- Miscellaneous - 20
Total : 48 101
Selected Recent Publications:
Selected Books/Monographs
- Perspectives on Morality and Human Well-being, Leicester ( UK ): Islamic Foundation, 2003.
- Development Economics : Nature and Significance. Sage Publications, New Delhi , US , London , 2002 .
- The Crisis of Development Planning in Pakistan : Which Way Now? Islamabad : Institute of Policy Studies. (March 2000).
- External Shocks and Domestic Adjustment : Pakistan 's Case 1970-1990, Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Islam, Economics, and Society . London : Kegan Paul International 1994.
- Development Economics : A New Paradigm. New Delhi : Sage Publications, 1993.
- SAARC Link: An Econometric Approach. (Asian and Pacific Development Center , Kuala Lumpur ,
Malaysia ) New Delhi : Oxford & IBH. 1992.
- Macro-Economic Framework for the Eighth Five Year Plan; Islamabad : Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 1992.
- On Raising the Level of Economic and Social Well-Being of the People. Islamabad : Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 1992.
- Structure of Protection and Allocative Efficiency in Manufacturing . San Francisco International Center for Economic Growth, 1991 (with A.R.Kemal).
- Structural Change in Pakistan 's Agriculture. Islamabad Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. October, 1989 (with Mahmood Hasan Khan and Ghaffar Chaudhry).
- Land Reforms in Pakistan : A Historical Perspective. Islamabad : Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. November, 1987 (with Mahmood Hasan Khan and Ghaffar Chaudhry).
- Preliminary Revised P.I.D.E. Macro-Econometric Model of Pakistan 's Economy . Islamabad : Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 1986 (with Ashfaq H. Khan and Ather Maqsood Khan).
- Ethics and Economics: An Islamic Synthesis . Published by the Islamic foundation, U.K. , 1981.
Selected Papers
- “International trade and economic governance in Asia-2005”, To be published in the UNDP Asian Human Development Report, 2005.
- "Globalization and Human Development", Encyclopaedia of Life Support System, UNESCO, 2002.
- “Peak-Load Pricing in Pakistan ” (2000) National Electric Power Regulatory Authority , Pakistan .
- "The Rise of Development Economics". Asia-Pacific Development Journal, June 1999.
- "Globalization, Regionalism and the OIC Countries", Journal of Economic Cooperation, Vol.19, No. 1-2, (1998).
- “The Logic of Electricity Pricing in Pakistan ” (1998) National Electric Power Regulatory Authority , Pakistan .
- "The Quest for Macro-economic Stability: Pakistan 's Case '96". Journal of Economic Cooperation, Vol.18, No.3, (1997), pp.1-8.
- "Globalization, Liberalization and Employment Strategies in Pakistan ", Indian Journal of Labor Economics, Vol.39, No.3, (1996), pp.645-671 (with Zafar Mahmood).
- "The Significance of Development Economics": World Development, June 1996.
- "The Nature of Economic Development". World Development. Vol. 23, No. 4. 1995.
- "Developing Countries and the Uruguay Round Agreement" Journal of Economic Cooperation among Islamic Countries 15, 1-2(1994) pp. 91-112.
- "An Appraisal of Wheat Market Policy in Pakistan ", World Development. Vol. 17, No. 3, pp 409-419, 1989 (with Peter Cornelisse).
- "Public Policy and Wheat Market in Pakistan ", The Pakistan Development Review. Vol. 25, No. 2, summer 1986 (with Peter Cornelisse).
- "Capital Markets and Urban Unemployment". Journal of International Economics, North Holland Co. Amsterdam , 1983 (with Prof. M. Ali Khan) - "On Optimizing Gains form Pakistan 's Export Bonus Scheme", Journal of Political Economy, inter 1971.
- "Protection and Economic Development", Kyklos, January 1969.
Referees
1. Prof. Amartya K. Sen, Master, Trinity College , Cambridge , UK .
CB 2 1 TQ (Nobel Laureate).
2. Prof. Lawrence R. Klein, Emeritus Professor, (Nobel Laureate)
Department of Economics, 3718 Locust Walk, CR University of Pennsylvania.Penn . USA .
3. Prof. Paul Streeten, Professor Emeritus, Boston University, USA.
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