Is privatization the solution

Privatisation has been presented as not only necessary but also a solution for Pakistan's economic problems by neoliberal economists and government planners. Dr. Taimur Rahman responds to these arguments in a debate with Fawad Hussain and Miftah Ismail at the #thinkfest 2024.
Complete session will be uploaded by ThinkFest 2024 on their website.
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[@imranhbutt]

Genius is the ability to simplify the most complex of problems

[@hamzatariq2654]

Well said

[@laalbujhakkar]

also, genius is to simply edit out any responses to your assertions. Galiyan ho jaan suniyan wich mirza yar phiray!

[@JosephTrump]

اصل مسلہ تو وہ ایک ادارہ ہے جو کہتا ہے کہ ہمارے بجٹ کو ہاتھ مت لاگو عوام کی بیشک کھال اتار دو

[@Thinkfast12733]

Hats of Dr. Sahab . You have effectively debunked the mantra of privatisation with impressive examples.

[@parjanyashukla176]

Pakistani elite doesn't really care about the country because of its identity confusion. In India also, the elite is globally minded, but the situation is (only) slightly better because of large conglomerates as well as the IT industry. Elite doesn't care => No tax/poor tax revenue => Government has little capital either for regular expenses or investment => Poor performance of governmental institutions => Leading to distress sales

[@imranhbutt]

You say that but, what would you do if you had a lot of money? Money doesn't have a country it only looks for security and to amass wealth is not an easy task. Once you have it your first allegiance is to the security of your wealth.

[@parjanyashukla176]

​@@imranhbutt What are you trying to say?

[@jamshedfbc]

Agree with you, but we pay taxes for only one institute, nothing more nothing less.

[@AmirAmjad-ps5iv]

Privatisation of PIA is the best solution if, - An entity is incurring losses worth billions of rupees consistently due to bad governance, corruption and inefficiency. - Despite huge support by the government, the services of PIA are of extremely poor quality. - If the cost of the subsidy - losses of PIA - is far more than the benefits accrued by the people who utilizes the services of PIA.

[@hasanjamshaid3312]

PIA can be made profitable by just shutting down loss occurring routes.

[@CSSPMSAdviser]

Great antithesis presented; however, without listening the other panelists arguments, one is unable to reach on a concrete conclusion.

[@ayaz372]

Full video will be available on youtube.com/@ThinkFestPakistan in a few weeks

[@bilalbashir]

@@ayaz372still not uploaded

[@sharjeeljawaid]

Great! Dr Taimur Rahman Jazakallah

[@AtifAli-jg6st]

Thankyou for sharing it sir . Any possibility of getting the link to the complete discussion ? Thanks

[@artworld8608]

Like always : clear as crystal and very simple but equally compact

[@Brainwise889]

JazakAllah sir

[@mjazz9017]

Why anybody don’t talk about local mineral exploration and local production and local technology development and exports? How can you come out of deficits when you don’t think to generate funds

[@taimurahmad8002]

Excellent analysis Sir! But the promise of unblocking has been not kept yet.

[@BigAngelLove77]

ماشااللہ😍❤️ پاکستان مدینہ کی ریاست بن چکا ہے پاکستان میں زندگی کی بنیادی سہولیات بجلی پانی گیس موجود نہیں

[@user-bf9ly3bc2n]

Just awesome....

[@faisalsadiq7698]

Very informative, sir is tarha k seminar ki update pehly b share ker diya kerain ta k shirkat ki ja sakey.

[@m.sameer1340]

great, always love listening to my teacher

[@abdulmunim1345]

U provided the case against privatization reasonably good.

[@mohinderkumar7298]

He has excellent understanding of political economy, public sector services v. prices, politics, superstructure of law and philosophy. Dr.Taimur, LUMS.

[@aneebulhassanqureshi9751]

Great discussion, dear Professor! Learning more from you day by day...

[@economicstutor9313]

Great discussion Sir 👍

[@WaqarHabib91]

Please upload the entire session or share the link to it.

[@Taimur_Laal]

It is will be on the website of ThinkFest2024

[@alijamani]

@@Taimur_Laal Could you please share link? I don't know the link of ThinkFest2024 website.

[@usamaashraf1]

​@@Taimur_Laal I can't find it.

[@tyrant_hermit]

Video editor: "How much editing do you need?" Taimoor Laal: "Yes"

[@sukhanwar5046]

Please upload the complete video so that we can see others' perspectives as well.

[@MrRanger76]

Please give the link to watch the full program including the comments by the other participants,

[@babarazam900]

Most waited video ❤

[@pupg9345]

Can you share the whole program please?

[@ABunfiltered]

Very convincing, Dr. Taimur!

[@awaisahmad0900]

Excellent analysis.

[@thumbsup55]

Yes privatization and 3rd party outsourcing is the only solution just like Dubai ,Singapore and Malaysia

[@geologistpu1]

Very goood. Consistency of investment great point. The same is happening with OGDCL as I know.

[@usmanmuhammad5061]

I want to see full session . Can you please share the link as well?

[@mroswald9343]

Very well said, Sir. 🌷👍

[@JamilAnjum-no9qk]

Outstanding sir, you are alluring

[@muhkdoomali]

Good arguments! Would be better if Miftah Sb's responses were included as well

[@ziaikram9395]

Masha Allah now this is the foram for you

[@ghaffarali719]

Its all about clash of ideologies, although this privatization is to compensate for the government but actual inclination of government of Pakistan towards government owned companies will offend our friends who love private owned businesses, they might think we are getting friends with the Left, our establishment wont upset western friends at all. Wish the reigns of government could be in the hands of leaders chosen by us, rather than some quasi-mulitary junta.

[@user-ny9lp7qi6s]

very interesting. would have been nice of contributions by other panel were also included

[@DailyDose225]

Brilliant 👏👏

[@ahmadnawaz6612]

interesting points sir

[@MuhammadFarooq-ox6uq]

I'm in search of the full session, can anybody provide the link?

[@agirlwithgoldenboots1968]

Sir, behtreen!

[@zahidkalam2147]

Sir where's complete debate??

[@JosephTrump]

منافع بیشک نہ کمائیں سرکاری ادارے پر نقصان بھی نہ کریں

[@husnainraza8734]

Please upload complete video showing arguments of other parties too

[@Taimur_Laal]

turn on the TV. You only hear their arguments.

[@azharbhaijan2922]

Taimur sir really a brilliant man and And this guy can do a lot for Pakistan

[@Javednawaz-nf8dn]

Very nice

[@MuhammadWaseem-tb2qf]

Sir salute to you

[@mohammadhuzaifa4433]

Where can I find complete session?

[@oyster4545]

Sir,can you upload whole debate?

[@zainshahzad]

post the full video

[@maliali2075]

Sir well said

[@trimetallic1]

Where is the full session.

[@yarmuhammadnizamani8891]

Best analysis

[@helloinvestors]

can i ave link of this complete event

[@laalbujhakkar]

where is their response to your arguments?

[@bilalbashir]

Sir jee when I see the whole video

[@syeddanishali323]

Great, Sir , will the govt Luxury living expenses help to reduce the deficit?? Plz little explain

[@tahlalbaki3648]

Sir when will we see your article in newspaper (DAWN).

[@hamayoonshah1990]

Good job Dr Taimur lekan mai agree nahi karta chand aik points k sath

[@sobiabutt4995]

قرض اگر دفاع کی مد میں خرچ ہو تو ادا بھی دفاعی بجٹ سے ہوتا ہے؟ یا یوں کہیے کہ دفاع پر خرچ ہونے والا قرض جب ادا ہوتا ہے تو دفاعی بجٹ میں دکھایا جاتا ہے یا نہیں؟

[@foolingothersfoolingothe-zq5re]

sorry to say the key indicator that is cheap electricity which Pakistan is capable of, cheap transportation, cheap resources to harvest are missing in his speech.

[@Rizwan-Ali]

services for the elite like PIA should be sold, but railways and public transport for poor/ordinary people must be under the public sector. PIA, Steel Mills must be sold.

[@kuluzach1980]

Some of the discos are profitable like FESCO,GEPCO, MEPCO IESCO and LESCO these are profitable entities and must not be sold.

[@zahirbabur2076]

Dear Sir: I find your videos very informative and fun to watch. This is not to say that I agree with all the content, but I do see your point even disagreeing with you. Please keep up the good work. (Allah) God Bless.

[@soomro_furqan]

10:11 right indeed, there are 3 major components of any policy: policy formulation, policy implementation and policy evaluation. Pakistan struggles to evaluate the policies and their programs.

[@sarfrazsae9226]

Go by percentage for earnings, as whatever you produce or sell etc then you will forget privatization, capitalism, muftism etc.

[@kuluzach1980]

Discos if they are sold price of electricity will be much higher than today's government rates. So disco must not be sold to private sector.

[@aaqilrao1525]

Agar Privatisation hogi to regulator to hoga na ... monopoly kase hogi ...KE is private but rate are determined by NEPRA

[@NewsPro.]

Kindly send the link of the complete program. We should listen to the other participants.

[@Taimur_Laal]

#ThinkFest 2024 organisers will upload the complete video in a few days. I’ll share it.

[@ziauddinkakar2594]

❤❤❤❤

[@haseebullah3416]

❤❤

[@atif5450]

Despite being logically correct, no tv channel showed this

[@shafiburki4772]

Privatization? Who is gonna invest?

[@SanjeevGuptaRohiniDelhiIndia]

Wow

[@saniapanezai9939]

Please share complete video

[@Taimur_Laal]

It is will be on the website of ThinkFest2024

[@aqeelanwar7571]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@Nameless3567]

Where do I find the entire program? Any link?

[@Taimur_Laal]

#ThinkFest 2024 organisers will upload the complete video in a few days. I’ll share it.

[@SohailKhan-ll9bk]

Full seminer ki video kahan hai ?

[@Taimur_Laal]

#ThinkFest 2024 organisers will upload the complete video in a few days. I’ll share it.

[@afsssd-cz9lk]

Sir full video kahan se milegi

[@TheSaboorAnsari]

@Taimor sir, please upload the full video ❤

[@ssg2324]

Anyone have link of complete video?

[@Taimur_Laal]

#ThinkFest 2024 organisers will upload the complete video in a few days. I’ll share it.

[@changez8098]

I wonder if you asked both Miftah & fawad about their roles which resulted in crisis

[@Taimur_Laal]

I was not asking questions. I was answering the ones put to me.

[@changez8098]

@@Taimur_Laal if I was in audience I would've asked you about your opinion about the dirty role played by bureaucrat & technocrat sitting on your left & right.by the way please guide us about Mazdoor kissan party candidates & concerned workers in Peshawar. Kind Regards 🙏

[@muhammadwaseemsajjadkhan8912]

No dought privatisation of any government Asset is not a solution .we must upgrade or reorganised our country loss /deficit produceing intitution with new technology installation and made them profit oriented by skill people's .other wise we sell our huge intitution like Railways way,PIA ,Steelmill and etc on chep prices to any foreigners invester and use all money in unrealistic needs and again we Will stand another que and thinking about further privatise Other loss oriented institution.

[@zexploregalaxy]

Wao free market. Vs controlled market

[@Alihaider-he1be]

@Taimur_Laal Wo kon sa aesa idara hai Pakistan ka jo itny alhrajat kar raha hai ke us ke nateejy me consistently government khasary mein ja rahi hai ??? Jo Pakistan ki barbadi ki asal waja hai 75 saal se ?

[@abhinavtyagi6933]

Where can I watch the entire discussion? Please suggest

[@Taimur_Laal]

Think Fest will upload it.

[@abhinavtyagi6933]

Thank You Sir.🙏

[@karama709]

​@@Taimur_Laalwhy didn't u upload the entire discussion ?

[@Taimur_Laal]

People have short attention spans, I want them to hear the left perspective. They get the other perspective all the time from every media channel.

[@Alich79865]

@@Taimur_Laalone should be able to listen to other persons argument. Thats intellectual fraud to cut their clip lol

[@waqarhaider2226]

You should also have posted Miftah's response here.

[@Taimur_Laal]

#ThinkFest 2024 organisers will upload the complete video in a few days. I’ll share it.

[@kuluzach1980]

Genius man

[@user-qe4iv3tu2g]

Is poori discussion ki vedio hai kya

[@Taimur_Laal]

Yes. ThinkFest will upload it soon.

[@erichsbloodaxe]

No. Privitization is simply rich people trying to loot the commons. As an example, my state, decades back, used to have state run liquor stores that provided a steady income stream for the government so that people didn't have to pay as much in personal or property taxes. 'Privatization' minded people bought off the politicians, so they sold off the liquor stores, trading a one time slightly larger bump in income for that steady stream, and as a result, we then ended up having to cut public services, since those same 'privitization' people also fought tooth and nail against raising taxes on their business.

[@riazrehman2206]

Sir only love ❤❤

[@tosifgulmohmand6251]

ڈاکٹر تیمور لال سلام

[@MuhammadHafeezullah768]

Privatization is one and only solution of the institution which are burden on country treasure.

[@syedmuhammadabdullah1431]

nope, the burden on our country's treasure is buying oil and gas on dollars and not honoring our agreement with our neighboring countries like Iran when it comes to buying cheap gas. No to loans and privatization! Yes to public sector led manufacturing and import regulation!

[@muhammadwaseemsajjadkhan8912]

😢

[@usamaqasim9715]

He said "aaik aaisa idara hai jo itnay ikhrajat kar raha hai". He is talking about voldamot "You know who". Right🤣🤣

[@moidalam6275]

where r the rsponses? are you afraid to put responses in the video?

[@sohaibnaseem3002]

es saly miftha kyu nhi export krne talqeem nhi ke

[@imanmujahid9542]

Miftah Ismail was quite entertained by your thoughts 😅

[@aizazbashir4873]

tou ap chahtay hain yeh idaray qoum ka Tax barbaad krty rahain? corruption chalti rhy or economy tabah haal rhy?

[@harissafdar5787]

Sir we want socialist reforms in sociopolitical sectors .

[@Alich79865]

Yeah look at cuba and look at US