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NOVAIRA KHAN
Aspiration Statement
I am planning to appear for the Civil Services Examination in 2021. After that, I will look for a job in the development sector while waiting for the result. Moreover, I am planning to pursue a masters in International Relations or Political Science as well.
Core Skills
- Qualitative and Quantitative Data Collection, and Data Analysis
- SPSS, Stata, Power BI
- MS Office
- Good Communication Skills
- Research
- Design Thinking
- Policy Memo Writing
- Creative Content Creation
Academic Awards / Achievements
- Dean’s List - Spring 2018
- Attended Summer 2019 semester at University of Michigan with 75% Scholarship
- HU Tops 100% Scholarship
- Alumna of Youth Exchange & Study Program sponsored by the U.S. State Department
Experience
Leadership / Meta-curricular
- Hands Pakistan - Monitoring, Evaluation & Research Intern • Communication Marketing Connect CMC (Pvt.) Ltd. - Marketing and Content Intern • Kazim Trust - Intern
Internship / Volunteer Work
- Karachi Citizens Lab Peace Innovation Fellowship - Resilient Leader
- Hult Prize seed funding competition at Habib University - Participant
- Serve Club at Habib University - Member
Publications / Creative Projects
- Research paper titled ‘English Language Despotism in Pakistani Education’ accepted for publishing in HU journal Purple Ink Review
- Presented finding of HU course ‘Sacred Geographies’ on Las Bela at IBA, Karachi.
Final Year Project
Project Title
Wishful-thinking, Temporary Gains and Mammoth Consequences – The Curious Case of IMF Conditionality and Neoliberalism in Pakistan
Description
Amid contentious – not to mention emotionally charged – debate, the subject of Pakistan’s relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a conspicuous absence of innovative and reformatory economic approaches have picked up in mainstream Pakistani discourse, following the country’s acceptance of its 13th IMF bailout package. With the IMF’s conditionality accompanying the package (including a hike in energy tariffs, devaluation of the Rupee, enactment of tougher policies with regard to tax collection, rigorous fiscal adjustments and privatization of public entities) the general public seeks explanations behind these strict austerity measures – especially when Prime Minister Imran Khan had vowed during his campaigning days to charter Pakistan’s path away from the all-too-familiar route to the IMF. Pakistan’s relationship with the IMF warrants a more thorough inquiry. Following weak economic growth, dwindling foreign reserves and inflation at around 9 per cent, the new Imran Khan-led government found itself compromising on its initial, populist rhetoric and reluctantly seeking IMF assistance. Striving to trace the backdrop of Pakistan’s complex relationship with the IMF, the aim of this paper is to offer a historical trajectory of how neoliberal economic practices in Pakistan – ushered in by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (1990- 1993, 1997-1999 and 2013-2017) – in addition to IMF conditionalities, only reinforced Pakistan’s chronic fiscal woes.