Dream of an egalitarian state Dr. Ikramul Haq While celebrating 83rd National Day on Thursday 23, 2023, many Pakistanis are going to express bafflement as to how a state purportedly created in the name of ‘Islam’ is juxtaposed with…
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…