Pakistonomy
Pakistonomy
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Pakistonomy - Episode 157 - Where Does Pakistan's Democracy Go From Here?
54 minutes Posted Jun 2, 2023 at 4:17 pm.
Introduction
Understanding the present
How the military draws power
The supreme court’s role today
Maintaining unity among civilians
Has Khan awakened the masses?
Scenarios for the future
The role of geopolitical rents
Is Shehbaz the worst PM in history?
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In this episode, Uzair talks to Dr. Ilhan Niaz about what is going on in Pakistan today and what we can learn from history to understand the present and what may come in the future. We also talked about why the political class is morally bankrupt, how the judiciary has ceded space, and why the military has been able to reassert itself in the country’s political economy.
Dr. Niaz is chair of the history department at the Quaid-e-Azam University and author of several books, including The State During the British Raj: Imperial Governance in South Asia, 1700-1947.
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