Dr. Mehar has served as Director General in the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry for 7 years. He has also been appointed as ‘Economic Advisor’ in the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO-CCI) in 2014 and the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2009. Currently, he is associated with the Economic Council of the Employers’ Federation of Pakistan and serving as a professor at Iqra University Karachi. He served as a research associate in the Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2006, a panelist for graduate research awards in finance at Frankfurt University/ Deutsche Bank in 2014-16, FPCCI Nominee and spokesperson in WTO Mission for Trade Policy Review, WTO Resource Center, Commonwealth Investment & Enterprises Association London, GIZ Commission on Non-Tariff Measures in South Asia, UNDP (SS-GATE System), Shanghai, United Nations Industrial Development Organization program for young entrepreneurs and innovators, D8-CCI statute formation committee, Competitiveness Support Fund (World Economic Forum), and Business Support Fund (USAID).
He has served as a member/ resource person in various committees and working groups formed by the Government of Pakistan including working groups on Capital Market Reforms (Medium-term Development Framework – Five Years Development Plan 2005-10), working groups on Balance of Payments (Medium-term Development Framework – Five Years Development Plan 2010-15), Advisory Council of PSQCA (Ministry of Science &Technology), CPEC Committee (Ministry of Production and Industries), Cotton Crop Assessment Committee (Government of Pakistan), and Private Sector Credit Allocation Committee (State Bank of Pakistan). He served as a resource person and instructor in advanced-level training programs conducted by the National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA) for Grade 20 officers, the State Bank of Pakistan (NIBAF), the National Bank of Pakistan, and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan. He served also as a member of the National Curriculum Development Committees for Business Administration, Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Commerce.
The Technology Policy and Assessment Center at Georgia Institute of Technology acknowledged his membership in the distinguished panel of international experts for Indicators of Technology-based Competitiveness, which is a project of the United States Government. He is also an alumnus of the IAL Gummerbach Germany, where he got training in Public Finance. He is the author of the “”Effectiveness of Monetary Policy” in the “Encyclopedia of Monetary Policy, Financial Markets, and Banking”” (Elsevier: 2023). He completed a study on ‘Nexus of debt financing, investment, and policy intervention’ for International Business in Times of Crisis (16th volume in the PIBR series) in tribute to Prof. Geoffrey Jones, the Harvard Business School. He has completed various research assignments for the Asian Development Bank Institute Tokyo, including ‘COVID-19, digital transactions, and economic activities: The puzzling nexus of wealth enhancement, trade, and financial technology’, jointly published by the University of Cambridge (Judge Business School) and Asian Development Bank.
