Stories from Abbas Moosvi
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Parenting crisis
Parents are, in general, hell-bent on generating clones of themselves
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Conniving consultants
Consultancies are, in many ways, similar to private military companies in the context of conflict
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Economics is always political
The idea that this is not possible in Pakistan is utter nonsense
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Populism: the illusion of change
Pakistan’s various power centres must acknowledge that business as usual is simply no longer an option
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Reclaiming the realm of politics
The working class must rise. Now.
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Rise, ye children
I elaborate on each below, directly addressing young folks in particular
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On freedom
This brand of ‘freedom’ functions as a sleight of hand to manufacture consent for opportunistic political objectives
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Elections: necessary but woefully insufficient
Over 22 million children between the ages of 5-16 are currently out of school in Pakistan
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Structural adjustment flops
Indirect tax rates, however, rose from an average of 15% to 17% in the same period
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The decimation of higher education
The higher education landscape in Pakistan is dominated by a pathological politics of patronage