'You will find illegitimate children everywhere in the world, but you’ll only find an illegitimate government in Pakistan,' said the 85-year-old satirist at a college event in Karachi.
‘Bill Bill Pakistan' had close to 2 million views on YouTube. The song highlights the severe hardships faced by ordinary Pakistanis due to the economic crisis triggered by government policies.
The satirical play ‘Ghalib in New Delhi’ has been staged 589 times since 1997 and evolved. ‘Ghalib’ has commented on 5 PMs, multiple governments, and changing social issues.
It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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