Sochbichar

Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 7:00 PM (PST) Moderator: Dr. Nadeem ul Haque (VC PIDE) Panelists: Salim Raza Dr Arshad Zaman Sikander Khan Istaqbal Mehdi Tasneem Noorani This is the first webinar of the series focusing on the issues attached with the ‘State Owner Enterprises’, or the ‘Public Sector Enterprises’.  Management of Public Enterprises (PEs/ SOEs) globally is a challenging task. Large number of countries both developing and developed, have confronted serious issues in improving the performance of their public enterprises. There have been several experiences of bringing these enterprises at par with their “counterparts in private sector”. However, there were more failures than successes. Keeping in view the low level of operational efficiency and magnitude of complexities Prime Minister of Britain Margaret Thatcher in the 1970s promoted a program to privatize. Subsequently, during the next few decades privatization policy was adopted by large number of countries. Some of them have been success