When Pakistan goes to polls on 25 July, it will be the first time that two consecutively elected governments are handing over power, but political parties fear that the army is mounting a soft coup.
Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
There has never been a level playing field in Pakistan for the masses to participate in free and fair electoral process. Undoubtedly Dawn and similar media organizations have played an important role and providing the masses with ‘the public sphere’ where an informed discussion and decision making might take place. Those elements, which might disrupt this process may always be there and Pakistan is not an exception. However, labelling Mr. Khan as Ladla is unjust and unfair, particularly when you hear it from someone, whose own political background if closely scrutinized may not be that squeaky clean. Mr. Khan with all the shortcoming as a person and politician is not corrupt and has struggled for many years against corruption and nepotism. Whether he succeeds or not is dependent on many factors, as he is also relying on a society, where corruption, nepotism, and corrupt practices are accepted as a norm of daily life.
There has never been a level playing field in Pakistan for the masses to participate in free and fair electoral process. Undoubtedly Dawn and similar media organizations have played an important role and providing the masses with ‘the public sphere’ where an informed discussion and decision making might take place. Those elements, which might disrupt this process may always be there and Pakistan is not an exception. However, labelling Mr. Khan as Ladla is unjust and unfair, particularly when you hear it from someone, whose own political background if closely scrutinized may not be that squeaky clean. Mr. Khan with all the shortcoming as a person and politician is not corrupt and has struggled for many years against corruption and nepotism. Whether he succeeds or not is dependent on many factors, as he is also relying on a society, where corruption, nepotism, and corrupt practices are accepted as a norm of daily life.