Bowing Before Bazaar’s Power Dr. Ikramul Haq Much has been written in Pakistan and outside about Mullah-Military alliance but no attention has been given to document the enormous financial support to clergy from the Bazaar. The term Bazaar in Pakistan…
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…