*ISLAMABAD – Four names are being circulated as possible replacements forthe State Bank of Pakistan governor. *
Sources say the government is considering the names of Raza Baqir, AshfaqueHassan Khan, Dr Waqar Masood and Dr Wajid Rana.
Baqir is currently serving as the IMF’s representative for Egypt. He hasalso served as the Fund’s mission chief for Bulgaria and Romania and chiefof the IMF’s Debt Policy Division for four years. He has worked at the IMFfor over 16 years. He has also worked at the World Bank, MIT and Union Bankof Switzerland.
Dr Khan is a member of the government’s Economic Advisory Council and theprincipal and dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at NUST.He has served as a special finance secretary/director-general at thefinance ministry’s debt office for 11 years. He has also served as thegovernment’s spokesperson on economic issues.
Dr Masood has served as the federal secretary for the finance division,special secretary to the prime minister, economic affairs divisionsecretary, petroleum and natural resources secretary and textile secretary .
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Dr Rana has served as a member of the Federal Public Service Commission aswell as the secretary of finance and economic affairs. He also served as aspecial secretary in finance, economic minister in USA/Canada, principalstaff officer to the prime minister, acting additional chief secretary ofplanning and development in KP and Sindh and KP finance secretaries.
Dr Rana has also been the special assistant to the federal financeminister, Sindh home secretary, director-general of the KDA and deputycommissioner of Karachi’s South and East districts.
