PTI’s Senator Faisal Javed Khan has announced that legislation is being prepared to ensure that Pakistani artists get royalty payments and other financial dues for their endeavours. He took to Twitter to explain the reasoning behind the new initiative. A number of prominent artists in the country responded on Twitter, hailing the proposed legislation as […]
Managing power relations in a society is considered a prime task of politics. Who will be in charge? Who has more crude muscle strength or firepower but less political power in a society? Who will keep an eye on the more powerful—who have more firepower— in society? And who will watch the watchdogs? What role […]
1ShareA glance at the budget every year tells us most of what we need to know about the nature of the Pakistani polity. The largest chunks of spending go towards debt servicing and defence expenditure. All other considerations follow after these. In that sense, the Pakistani polity appears as a severely debt-ridden national-security state. The […]
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