Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq Near to complete 73 years of independence, our elites want to celebrate liberation from colonial rule after pushing the country into debt quagmire. This paradox depicts what Zulfikar Ali Bhutto highlighted in his book,…
Budget & Ashrafiya
Dr. Ikramul Haq Pakistan is controlled and ruled by ashrafiya (elites)—comprising indomitable military brass, top civil bureaucracy, higher judiciary, landed upper crust and their cronies in politics, industrialist-turned politicians, religious and so-called spiritual leaders (sic), media tycoons…