Ahmad Shoaibi

Professor of economics at the Kabul University, Ahmad Shoaibi, hoped the privatisation process would help put in place a competent and productive system.The private sector, he reasoned, set store by goods quality and competitiveness.He maintained entrenched government control over enterprises would translate into a total absence of initiative, progress and competition.

A senior officer at the Ministry of Economy, Syed Arif Nazif preferred a mixed economy for the time being.New suggestions could be considered at some time in the future, he continued.