Pakistonomy
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Ep 246 - Budget 2025 is an “elephantine mediocrity”
40 minutes Posted Jun 13, 2025 at 2:08 pm.
Introduction
Budget assessment
Solar power access
Geopolitical rents and Pakistan
Conclusion
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In this episode, Uzair talks to Khurram Husain about the 2025 budget and what the government got wrong. We also talked about Pakistan’s ability to extract geopolitical rents and how this stunts the reform agenda in the country.
You can read Khurram’s latest column on the budget here - https://www.dawn.com/news/1916673/thrashing-around
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