Stories by Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
The writer teaches at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
The system ensures that most middle-class aspirants don’t make it.
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A youthful mass of working people sees no light at the end of the tunnel.
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Working people are at breaking point.
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For most of our history, they have been at best isolated, and at worst criminalised.
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Hate-filled rhetoric drowns out shared youth struggles.
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The ‘world class’ city will displace thousands.
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Iran’s resistance has galvanised the public.
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We are hurtling fast towards an increasingly dystopic abyss.
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The war on the poor has grown more intense.
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Reactionary politics and repressive state nationalism dominate.
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Most voters have been swayed by rhetoric around ‘corruption’.
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What do the remittances figures actually reveal?
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The combination of bravado and terror portends more darkness.
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The idea of revolution has taken a beating.
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Katchi abadi dwellers are never ‘security risks’.
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Employment has been downplayed as a measure of the economy’s health.
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Consent can mean choosing silence for fear of coercion.
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The Charter of Democracy has been consigned to the dustbin.
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Will things be different after the TLP ban?
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The state’s conduct belies its claims of upholding ‘Muslim interests’.
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