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I think we already have an Islamic advisory council that has buyoff from all groups. The Shia Sunni dichotomy is overplayed here. Yes, he was the one that selected the committee that drafted the objectives resolution.

Also it matters what the foundational principle of your legal system is. In the west it is based on two contradicting philosophies based on Kant and Miller- and less acknowledged custom. Why they heck should we in Pakistan care about Kants moral imperative? I speak from someone who has...

I’m not suggesting a theocracy if that’s what you have in mind. I think as state like Iran went too far. But you will have to excuse me when I say that what we have is neither modern or functional. In most cases, it is the leftover British common law from the colonial period. It makes no sense...

I am all for a technocratic meritocratic form of govt in Pakistan. But to be clear, the establishment has to be kept far from it. They have revealed themselves in the last 9 months to be corrupt and incompetent. And frankly this whole TTP episode shows that they are also not that good at their...

It depends on how you ask/ say it. If you say shariah and they imagine taliban version of sharia- then yes no one wants that. If you say Islam and Muslims law then majority do want it. From my own sampling which may be biased.

I mean I think the majority are disgusted by it. And the fringe is not necessarily rational to support TTP. I am just highlighting various grievances that explain why there is support for TTP in the first place. Yes majority of KPK, much less Pakistan, cannot stomach the sort of Islamic law that...

And yes the point is that all of our separatist movements are ethnic or regional in nature. The reason for this is simple. People feel, rightly or wrongly, that the establishment plays ethnic favorites. And the only thing that holds this country together is the Muslim identity. Remove it from...

And frankly those that think that firqah and fiqh issues are the blockers don’t understand the reality of what has already been built. We already have an Islamic advisory council that has the buy off from all the fiqhs we recognize. The point is not about TTP per se but about the gap between...

I commend OP for this. One of the primary issues behind Pakistans dysfunction is the gap between what is in paper and what is in practice. Technically, the founders of Pakistan already passed the Objectives Resolution. Which highlights exactly this point that Pakistan will be an Islamic...

Putting on my American hat for a min, it is kind of sad to see the eclipse of America on the horizon. The technology lead has narrowed considerably- now even companies like intel have lost their edge completely. America is not even competitive on high tech anymore.

It is what the establishment wants. Let’s not kid ourselves that the PDM has a say in this policy.

No Turkey in the 90s. Very similar to where we are

This is bad 😢 I think we are entering hyperinflation period. The rupee has no ceiling now. It will just keep increasing. I guess people will always ask the question- how will you pay back the 20-25$ bn payment that is due for every year for the next three years if you are not even running a...

You know what upsets me:- 1) the PTI had already free floated the rupee and it was stable at 170- 2) it went down under Miftah to 220 because Miftah understood that you cannot control prices like Dar wants to 3) even though I am pro-PTI like an idiot I kept insisting that Miftah was doing only...

The majority of the Muslim golden age is attributed to Persians correctly because they were the majority of Muslims in that time. They were the first people to convert to Islam outside of the Arabs of the Hejaz. Their contribution to Islamic sciences, particularly Sunnism, is huge. They had...

Our elite is busy filling the top positions in the country with their lackeys - either for political reasons or to expand their own family influence. Our entire bureaucracy is incompetent- it was a slow process that started in the 70s courtesy Bhutto. I thought that the army was still competent...

It feels like FIA is always asleep for genuine cases of anti-state activity

Yup last 8 months is exactly banana republic material. In letter and spirit. A complete joke of a country.

Sorry typo- what can KMC do without he provincial govt?

Let’s say they get the KMC- what can KMC do with provincial govt?