Explore indigenous solutions to overcome economic crisis | Dr Shahida Wizarat

Dr Shahida Wizarat, an eminent economist and author, said Pakistan has long relied on external actors, especially IMF and the World Bank, for economic support, which then dictated the country’s policies and developed the nation’s consumer mindset. The foremost thing to troubleshoot the economic crisis is to eliminate foreign economic managers in favor of indigenous solutions and seek alternatives to IMF, she remarked. She was sharing her views during a special moot of the National Academic Council of IPS to contemplate measures to mitigate the ongoing national crisis (March 11, 2023).