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The official Twitter account of the Executive Director @ibakhiofficial
Karachi, Pakistan
Joined September 2020
as University teachers across Pakistan receive their salaries for July, they will find that their take-home pay is considerably lower than in May or June, perhaps by as much as 25 percent, perfect way to build Pakistan's 21st Century Knowledge Economy.
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worth reading, good analysis and insight .for those interested in the political economy perspective, do see Partha Chatterjee's The Politics of the Governed, and his Lineages of Political Society @nadeemhaque.
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Informality grows when the state fails to provide stability, justice and opportunity.
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Business Recorder Research offers the best economic and policy analysis in Pakistan, a must read for all those interested in key political-economy issues, here is a sample of many @brecordernews .@rogueonomist .
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Pakistan’s latest housing census, conducted in March 2023, reported that 84 percent of households had access to...
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this is so true, this year some candidates with SAT scores of 1400 were turned away, we are getting outstanding students at the IBA, we need to take their capabilities even further @ibakhiofficial @sess_iba @smcs_iba.
@NajamAli2020 not just the curriculum. The candidates are getting better. The tests are getting harder. We are working with better and brighter input. Good things come to those who wait.
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good to know this as well, Najam, IVSA is a great institution @NajamAli2020.
I recently praised IBA graduates for their exceptional talent in finance roles and rightfully so. But at Finqalab, our experience with creative roles has highlighted another outstanding institution in Pakistan: Indus Valley. The quality, creativity and professionalism of their.
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My favorite moment from admissions interviews @smcs_iba yesterday. Me : Why do you want to come to @ibakhiofficial?. Candidate: Because of the math section of your admissions test. I want to meet everyone who passed that test. @shakeelkhoja @hussainshahid @EDIBAKarachi FYI.
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thank you for seeing this, Najam, IBA has worked very hard with its exceptional Faculty and students to raise quality and standards, with AACSB accreditation we are not stopping, new courses, new programs and much more @ibakhiofficial @NajamAli2020.
It appears that IBA Karachi has significantly raised the bar in terms of graduate quality. After running an intensive recruitment process, it was no coincidence that all final shortlisted candidates came from IBA and their performance in interviews and case studies was.
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both Israel and Pakistan have nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize . makes perfect sense.
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IBA students are making a name for themselves in all fields, from Computer Science to Journalism and in the Social Sciences and Economics @ibakhiofficial @sess_iba @CEJatIBA.
🎓 Our Students, Our Pride!.Hamna Shakeel & Zainab Farooqui (IBA-SESS grads) have been selected for the prestigious CNN Academy Fellowship — chosen from 10,800+ applicants! They're off to Abu Dhabi for hands-on training & global storytelling. #IBA #CNNFellowship #IAMIBA
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just as the School of Business Studies and the School of Economics and Social Sciences are involved in much intellectual rigor and outreach, IBA's School of Mathematics and Computer Science is leading the way in Computer Science in Pakistan @ibakhiofficial.
Beyond The Firewall 3.0, hosted by IBA Karachi & organized by IBA CICT, brought together experts from academia, industry & govt to tackle key cybersecurity challenges. #IBAKarachi #IBACICT #BTF3 #CyberSecurity #IBA70Years #Leadership #Impact
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Pakistan is grappling with 3 simultaneous crises: governance, economy, and climate risk. In this context, faculty at the Dep of Economics, @ibakhiofficial, shared insights on macro forecasts, debt and deficit outlook, the digital economy, climate change, and human development.
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like every year, economists at IBA Karachi have this year analyzed the Federal Budget for 2025-26, insightful observations by trained academicians @ibakhiofficial @sess_iba @IBACBER .
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the IBA spends an extraordinary Rs 1 billion a year on Financial Assistance to its students @ibakhiofficial.
💡 Did you know?. 1,702 students at IBA Karachi received financial assistance in 2023–24!. That’s not just a number — it’s 1,702 stories of dreams supported, barriers removed, and potential unlocked. Because at IBA, talent deserves a chance — not a price tag.
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congratulations to Dean School of Business Studies (SBS) Professor Abdullah Sheikh and the Faculty and students of SBS and IBA, Karachi, for the formal recognition to being accredited to AACSB, a huge achievement for a public sector University @ibakhiofficial
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many people in positions of authority actually don't want an extraordinary and outstanding IBA, and would rather drag down quality public sector universities to the level of most others @rebootdude.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Short term thinking around higher education is something we should expect from transactional frameworks. Imagine a Pakistan without LUMS, IBA, AKU, GIKI, Habib, FAST, NUST, NED, UETs, Punjab, Mehran, or Peshawar Universities.
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yet more policy initiatives to destroy Pakistan's higher education sector, the end of the Knowledge Economy @haider_mehtab.
IMF has nixed 25% rebate for teachers, NA panel told.The NA panel recommends to set around 3-6 months holding period for making investments in SCRA. Read full details @ .
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this is a fantastic graph, Ammar, shows the utterly stupid focus on the economy by the government, and this is just one aspect of their policy @rogueonomist @maryammjamali.
Solar adoption (% of households in a district) cross-referenced with Poverty Score (as per MDI) clearly shows that a higher poverty score leads to higher solar adoption -- mainly because of lack of stable grid, or even grid connectivity. 90 percent of households in the country
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I am speaking at IAFFE 2025 33rd Annual Conference. Look forward engaging with economists from around the world. #RethinkingEconomics #RePEC #NewEconomicPapers ! #IAFFE2025 -
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this is an astonishingly accurate and prescient prediction two months in advance, the rupee is touching 285 @MusadaqZ.
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RT @MusadaqZ: Pakistan’s central bank will allow the rupee to gradually weaken to manage pressures on the current account as the economy ga….
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