and PML_N has interpreted that to become the voice of the voiceless and invisible who run things from behind--their master's voice!

great to confront him! what an immature reaction by an ambassador!

Does this apply to Gaza, Mr. Ambassador where your country is supporting egregious Israeli atrocities against human dignity?

The vigorous student protests in USA give u hope that not all is rotten in US politics and society. But then there is also the reality that since student politics became a big factors in USA in 1960s during vietnam war and free speech movement, the USA, incl democratic party, has…

So we may have a rather unusual situation where the start of an IMF program coincides with falling inflation and interest rates. Generally, IMF insists on monetary tightening as a key program condition. This time the nature of conditionalities must be different keeping in view…

There is no sign of end to war in Gaza and even if it ends, the misery of Gazans will continue for years and decades, as this is how long reconstruction may take, esp with israeli blockade of gaza. This fits in closely with two acts falling under the definition of genocide:…

The important thing to see is not whether it is legal for Maryam to wear police uniforms or not but whether the PML-N govts in Punjab and Center themselves are legal.

The extent to which US and other big western powers are willing to sacrifice the rights of their own citizens for the sake of israel is shocking. it just shows that a democracy so highly dependent on rampant capitalism is always going to be superficial.

Insanity

he himself gave the most controversial judgment in years that smacks of interference--the one on pti bat symbol!

'Wealthy nations exploit their position as the world’s bankers to siphon off hundreds of billions from the needy'

On Gastón Nievas Offidani & Alice Sodano's paper on the exorbitant privilege of rich countries👇

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

#Hindu members of KBA initially agreed to cancel #celebrations but are now urging it to reconsider its decision, express concerns over creeping #Religious extremism and hatred. Writes Arshad Yousafzai

Read more👇
thefridaytimes.com/25-Apr-2024/ka…

#Karachi #holicelebrations

HAPPENING NOW: Mass chaos breaks out at college campuses across the United States as pro-Palestine protests intensify.

Columbia, Harvard, USC, University of Texas at Austin and others are getting swarmed by protesters.

Police at USC are taking out their batons as the…

This is from Oct 18th and there are half a dozen other tweets since then calling for a ceasefire and condemning Israel's unjust occupation.

The economic situation in pak has stabilised a bit. Taking advantage of this breathing space, the govt in earnest has started work on laying the foundations of the next economic crisis by ignoring the imperative of reform.

Even East Asia itself provides many failed examples of autocracies-North Korea, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. Globally and in south asia, the track record of autocracy is much worse. cherry picking is not scholarly analysis.

its very easy to use cherry picking tactics to prove ur point, e.g. by giving a few examples of successful autocracies and excluding dozens of many more and other autocracies that failed. a full review of all states shows that the success rate of democracies is much much higher…