If you want great economic analysis from someone who understands how economies actually work & has solutions to many of today’s challenges, be sure to read Nasim Beg’s new blog:
nasimbeg1.blogspot.com/2026/04/slow...
Sahar Khan, Haleema Sadia, and Afeera Firdous, launch their new podcast Beyond the Lines of Control. Congratulations to them on the new episode! The first of many, I am sure:
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Thanks for the shout out!
On April 21, 1526, 500 years ago on this day, Zahiruddin Babar fought and defeated the Sultanate of Delhi at the Battle of Panipat.
Some great books for learning about this empire:
Two great public servants - one message: Pakistanis are poorer and less well-nourished than in 2018.
They are also dramatically more digitally integrated than in 2018.
Where will this increasing impoverishment + growing connectivity lead?
www.dawn.com/news/1965911...
The always engaging Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former Pakistani premier, in conversation with Shayan Mahmud on the How Does it Work Podcast - worth watching in full:
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Sat down for a wide ranging talk with Shayan Mahmud on the How does it work podcast about Pakistan, modernisation, governance, colonialism, and some other stuff:
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Is there a method to Trump’s madness, or is madness now the method?
Ejaz Haider & Elizabeth Threlkeld try & read Trump’s mind, & do as good a job as anyone can.
As for Pakistan, it has dealt pretty well with a crazier White House.
Full episode here:
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@bsky.app - I wasted nearly half an hour on a thread of posts. The thing didn’t go through. It got stuck on photo upload. And then I had to restart the app and my phone - the thread didn’t save to drafts for some reason.
You are doing a lousy job.
I won’t wast time on posting a thread here again.
Aiza Azam in conversation with Victor Gao about Sino-US relations, India-Pakistan, and what lies ahead. Worth watching in full:
youtu.be/aWyYL_vmH4w
AI slop now accounts for a majority of the written content on the web.
There will be a niche market for “authentic free range human writing” while the bulk of a population increasingly unused to applying its own mind to anything make do with what AI produces.
www.pcmag.com/news/slop-ce...
Zahra Naeem & Hussain Asad reveal how the installation of a coal power plant in Sahiwal has devastated the local community & environment - a shocking indictment of Pakistan’s government & bureaucracy: “Megawatts of Betrayal” - your must read for today:
www.dawn.com/news/amp/195...
Uzair Younus in conversation with the Hindustan Times on the improvement in Pakistan-US relations & the regional outlook. Worth watching in full:
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Could part of the problem with Pakistani schools be that they have too much curriculum? A very interesting and thoughtful conversation with Sabeena Abbasi:
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A superb conversation about Uzair Younus’s new book, Future Ready: Innovation, Abundance & the Global South.
Do watch the full thing - full of precise policy prescriptions that folks in government & the private sector can draw upon.
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Uzair Younus’s new book, Future Ready, challenges the reader to understand the non-linearity of development & provides lots of valuable insights - here is my review of the book, be sure to get it as it’s a fast-paced and engaging read:
www.dawn.com/news/1946735...
Two enterprising young scholars from 🇵🇰 have just launched a new podcast series - called the dialectic it covers a wide range of topics from geopolitics to personal development - please watch their launch video & like & subscribe to their channel to give them a warm welcome:
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The mistake Democrats are making is that they think the current president cares about the administration that reports to him:
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In this article Ariba Shahid captures the the contradiction at the heart of ecocide & the ongoing collapse of industrial civilisation.
Solarisation is a good thing, but what happens when farmers use solar power to extract the last bits of underground 💧?
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Uzair Younus on the Grand Tamasha (a podcast from the Carnegie Endowment) on why the big story from Asia is the US-Pakistan reset & Pakistan’s breakthrough on the world stage after the 4 day conflict with India. Great convo. Listen & learn.
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Had a wide ranging discussion with Ejaz Haider on what lies ahead for world history - are we headed to a great unraveling? Where does China stand in all this? And then there’s the wrecking ball of climate change that no one is taking seriously. (English language)
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Talked to the Mokalma folks about my 2022 book, Downfall: Lessons for our Final Century - marking the third anniversary of its publication. The book is free to download.
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On the third anniversary of the publication of my 2022 book (Downfall: Lessons for our Final Century), I’ll be discussing the process of collapse (a real sunny topic 😃) thanks to the Parallel Learning Space. You can join on zoom by emailing below:
parallel.learning.org@gmail.com
Pakistan’s constitutional order fractured in the 1950s, never to be healed & settled since. Asad Rahim Khan takes us back to how it happened & the role the judiciary played in legalising reversion to medieval norms of seizing power & arbitrary rule: 👍 👇
www.dawn.com/news/1943706...
Pakistan & Saudi Arabia have just signed a mutual defence agreement.
“The agreement states that any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both.”
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Uzair Younus in conversation with Ashish Pradhan (Kathmandu) on Nepal’s Gen Z led revolution. Worth watching:
youtu.be/0cQt1e4mv6U?...
NASA announces that it might have found bio-signatures of ancient microbial life on Mars. The samples were discovered a year ago and have been rigorously analysed since then. A lot more study needed, but it is a very important development:
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
Commence Saturation bombardment:
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