Politics & Policy
Cabinet rooms, courts, parties, and the policy decisions that shape 250 million people.
24 episodes
Pakistan's urban middle class is subsidised by the farmer
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Pakistan's tax system squeezes the middle class while the rich optimize
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30:30 The Rs. 415 petrol price is not an international problem
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21:29 The 200-unit subsidy is ending. Blame the IPPs, not the poor.
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22:14 Why I'm done pretending to be apolitical about Pakistan
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What I've learned rebuilding from 500 episodes
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34:26 Syria shows what happens when a state refuses to change
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Context decides your next five years
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42:18 Trump's turn to industrial capitalism matters more to Pakistan than any phone call
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38:00 Pakistan's 2024 budget feeds the debt and squeezes those who already pay
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31:39 Pakistan rarely puts an economist in charge of its budget
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1:04:47 Why Muzamil thinks Pakistan is heading for an Indonesia 1998 moment
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38:28 Pakistan should govern in Urdu and still learn English
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38:31 Pakistan calls itself Islamic but runs as a secular state
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34:23 Pakistan's biggest problem is an ideology it never defined
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27:47 Why Muzamil chose the center: the world runs in grey
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1:01:35 How getting cancelled pushed Muzamil back to the center
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37:59 How a sheltered Islamabad boy became a liberal by 20
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0:51:46 The 2024 election showed narrative now beats electables
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49:08 A government without a mandate cannot fix Pakistan's economy
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54:00 Muzamil reads Pakistan's 2024 election as 70% a global story
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46:30 PMLN's 2024 manifesto is the most detailed of the three, and its power plan is the weakest part
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38:39 Why Muzamil ranks PPP's 2024 manifesto last of three
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44:47 PTI's manifesto reads like a new constitution in waiting
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