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Pioneering Economist Shamshad Akhtar Passes Away at 71
- On Saturday, Dr Shamshad Akhtar, former Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan and Pakistan Stock Exchange chairperson, died in Karachi from cardiac arrest.
- Long ago, Akhtar broke ground as the first woman SBP governor on January 2, 2006, and later served twice as caretaker finance minister.
- Her international career included senior Asian Development Bank posts from 1990 to Director General roles, and she spent 10 years as an economist at the World Bank authoring key policy papers.
- Several caretaker ministers publicly mourned Akhtar's death, with Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Umar Saif calling her a principled voice and a national loss.
- Her death marks the end of an era in Pakistan's economic policymaking, removing a leading voice with extensive institutional reform and global advisory roles.
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Ex-SBP governor Shamshad Akhtar passes away
President Zardari, FinMin express grief over Akhtar's death.Ex-SBP governor passes away due to cardiac arrest.Akhtar was serving as PSX chairperson at time of her death.Dr Shamshad Akhtar, former governor of the State Bank of Pakistan ...
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