having a mayor who actually cares about his constituents and is young enough to be in the streets shoveling snow with us feels almost illegal. like oh i didn’t know it could work that way
Julian Assange is locked in a dungeon as a political prisoner for the "crime" of publishing award-winning stories nearly fifteen years ago, and yet there are people on here claiming that we have a justice system.
A huge protest recorded against AC Gojal, Hunza today in front of AC Office Gulmit. 7 days of ultimatum given to GoGB to transfer AC Gojal and withdraw the FIR against the restaurant owner. Otherwise the protest will be extended on GB level. Charter of demands attached below.
2/2. Many r socialists on media and capitalists when its relating to their own biz or govt position. They never focused on Karachi's informal biz or affordable housing.Karachi's lower middle class & civil society minus elite biz have bn struggling & contributing at the same time.
1/2. Karachi's business elite has long bn dominating economic narrative in Pak. They are either part of the govt or they become media celebrity for econ analysis. They never let our govts focus on entrepreneurship & SMEs. They get subsidies for priducing towels, socks & candies.
Expensive private schools in Pakistan have created a small class of young people who only converse in English, who get their culture from Netflix/Insta & only socialise with people in their own class. They are completely cut-off from the realities of the other 95%.
The British stole an estimated $45 trillion from India between 1765 and 1938.
Economist Utsa Patnaik explains how British colonizers drained India of its former wealth.
We are being told that #GBgovt is spending hundreds of millions of rupees on preparing yet another lopsided tourusm policy rather spending the taxpayers money on steps to mitigate climate change-induced disasters and conservation of the fragile ecology of GB.
Pakistan Army strongly condemns efforts by certain sections of civil society to demand audit of foreign funds received via Coalition Support Fund (CSF) during War On Terror. The funds received were for services provided by "Pakistan Army Catering Services" for US Airbase, Kabul.