Description
Welcome to the 2024 season of Pakistonomy. We begin this season with as usual an outlook episode. Uzair talks to Arifa Noor, journalist at Dawn and host of the show Newswise, about the upcoming elections, the crisis of legitimacy, and the electoral dynamics in the country right now.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:50 State of media today
17:50 Elections outlook
23:30 PML-N’s strategy
27:12 PTI’s strategy
36:20 Scenarios and hybrid regime
41:10 New mandate and legitimacy
49:40 What is the vision for Pakistan?
55:05 Conclusion
Reading recommendations:
- Zahid Hussain’s latest piece - https://www.dawn.com/news/1783550/trying-for-a-fourth-term
- Arifa Noor’s article in Dawn - https://www.dawn.com/news/1802553/the-centre-cannot-hold
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