Pakistan: Growing Weed Instead of Tree
IRSHAD SALIM: A note from my diary Jhatke Pe Jhatka (Shock & Awe): A free and fair elections was held in 1971. It was free for sure, observers say. However,
Fragmenting Global Order: Build Geopolitical Resilience
A world connected and fragmenting “Geopolitical risk is at the top…the global order today is experiencing cross-cutting forces. On the one hand, according to McKinsey Global Institute research…, the ties
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Sattar Baksh NOT Starbucks and TWO Comments on Pak Economy WhatsApp Shared
IRSHAD SALIM – Early this week I shared my comment on the state of affairs (Dollar swing & Pak Rupee slide) in Pakistan with many who are on my WhatsApp
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Some Comments on Jim Mattis View on Pak Politics
Jim Mattis, the former US Secretary of Defense with a decade of experience in interacting with Pakistan leadership claims in his book “Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead” that Pakistan’s
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Talking Points on the State of Pak Politics
…this article is about making a strong economic case for a technocratic setup, especially when it faces stiff criticism from political pundits and senior politicians. A seasoned politician and the
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Imran Khan Springs ‘Surprise’ on Govt. Calls Off Long March to Capital. ‘Doesn’t Want Anarchy’.
Former PM Imran Khan has upped the ante in his drive to force the coalition government into early elections by saying he has decided to opt out of a “corrupt
Khan has ‘no issue with whoever is appointed as army chief’
Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supremo Imran Khan on Sunday said that he has no issue with whoever is appointed as the next army chief, and there will
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The Puzzle of Working Class Politics Around the World
by Pranab Bardhan: The recent spectacular rise of extreme right-wing parties in Italy and Sweden and the squeaking narrow victory of Lula in Brazil have revived the puzzle that in
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Imran Khan Talking Points: Ready to Go to Jail. Stamina. Sher Shah Suri…
— The incumbent rulers would never let the institutions strengthen.— “I have never favored anyone during the three and a half years of my government”.— “Neither I want judges nor
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Why Policing is and Will Continue to Remain Political in Pakistan
Because policing has been treated as a project of political ordering and disordering, it allows for the retention and abuse for colonial frameworks. ‘All Policing is Political’ Zoha Waseem at
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Smoke screen ka Pakistan ki Siyasat mein Kardar kya
سموک اسکرین کا پاکستان کی سیاست میں کردار کیا اپنے الفاظ کو بلند کرو، آواز نہیں. یہ بارش ہے جو پھول اگاتی ہے، گرج نہیں کرتی – رومی “Raise your
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