Imran Khan wants Qadiani Atif Mian to be his Finance Minister

Imran Khan wants Qadiani Atif Mian to be his Finance Minister


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Imran Khan wants Qadiani Atif Mian to be his Finance Minister Posted about 18 hours ago | 33 comments Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Saturday said that after coming into power he would select his team purely on merit, which will consist of the most competent people both from the inside and outside Pakistan. Khan said he would rather have people like Professor Atif Mian as his finance minister rather than Nawaz’s ‘Samdi’ Ishaq Dar. Atif Mian is a 39 year old Pakistani-American, professor of economics at Princeton University. International Monetary Fund (IMF) named Mian as one of 25 young economists who are expected to be most influential in the decades to come. Mian who was born in Nigeria but mostly grew up in Pakistan is also a member of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community a international revival movement within Islam. The Ahmadiyya faith is practically banned in Pakistan and its members face severe persecution across Pakistan. Article 260-3 in the 1973 Pakistani Constitution declares Ahmadis to be “non-Muslims”. Furthermore, Article 298-B, amongst other things, prevents an Ahmadi from referring to his/her place of worship as a ‘masjid’ or referring to his/her call for prayers as ‘azaan’. Last year in a widely circulated video message, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said that he would neither revise nor repeal any current laws pertaining to the Ahmadiyya community, since these were in consonance with his personal beliefs. Ahmadis have been quick to point out that on one hand Mr Khan wants to have an Ahmadi Muslim as his Finance Minister but on the other hand he and his political party the PTI effectively deny them their religious freedom which is a fundamental human right. The discriminatory laws against Ahmadiyya Muslim Community have been widely condemned by Human Rights groups and the International community. 

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