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Shahid Hussain Raja
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Public Policy Formulation in Pakistan: Challenges & Response
Introduction
Pakistan is a federation being governed under a parliamentary form of government. Being a functioning democracy, its policy formulation process, by and large, resembles any nation-state having fairly well-functioning democratic institutions. There are multiple institutions and stakeholders which take part, directly as well as indirectly, in the formulation of any public pol
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Big Capital in an Unequal World: The Micropolitics of Wealth in Pakistan (Dislocations Book 29):
"When released, this book was the talk of the town - quite literally - with Armytage making an appearance at Karachi Literature Festival alongside the legendary Ishrat Hussain, and even, arguably, Pakistan's most renowned podcast. Everyone wants to kn"
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Big Capital in an Unequal World: The Micropolitics of Wealth in Pakistan (Dislocations Book 29):
"Rosita Armytage's book , "Big Capital in an Unequal World " , is an ethnographic study of elites of Pakistan. The author has described about the emergence of the business elite prior to the creation of Pakistan.These merchants made fortune during the"
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Big Capital in an Unequal World: The Micropolitics of Wealth in Pakistan (Dislocations Book 29):
"There are three excellent non-fiction books on contemporary Pakistan. A “Pakistan: A Hard Country” by Anatol Lieven is an old favorite, Declan Walsh’s more recent “The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State” is great fun. Dr. Army"
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Big Capital in an Unequal World: The Micropolitics of Wealth in Pakistan (Dislocations Book 29):
"It starts with a great promise and grips well, but the narrative slowly disintegrates and eventually leaves the reader with short-lived bursts of admiration. I would call it a lost opportunity since a lot of hard work must have gone through in field "
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Although at times, the book feels slightly disjointed because each chapter stands on its own, making the overall narrative lack a sense of coherence.,
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“I looked back to see if she was looking back to see me look back. She didn’t. Suddenly a thick layer of mist covered her and I only saw a silhouette in black moving away from me. Slowly it turned into a shadow and then a dot. Strong wind blew the fog. She had gone from my life like the way she came.”
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“Every event has a context, the peculiar situation obtaining on ground at that particular moment in history, which gives the specific causes responsible for that event greater relevance than at any other point in time. Without understanding this context, it is not possible to determine the relative significance or otherwise of these specific causes.”
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“Khizar, can you see that star emitting bright yellow light?”
She asked me while handing over the binocular she was using to see the stars. We were standing on the terrace of our university cafe. I looked through the very powerful lenses of the binocular and said
“Yes, I can see. Looks like a star that must have died millions of years ago but we can still see the stardust it emitted while exploding”
She took the binocular from my hands, looked into my eyes and said
“Khizar, you know memories are like those particles of the stardust of a star which died millions of years ago but we can see them emitting lights now. I hope you won’t become a star that once existed in my universe”
I looked at her. Except for the tears floating in her eyes betraying the emotional turmoil she was suffering from, she was as calm as the sea is after a storm.
They say that every atom in a human body is the grain of the stardust of the stars which exploded millions of years ago.
Then I understood why her eyes used to sparkle when she was looking at me.”
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She asked me while handing over the binocular she was using to see the stars. We were standing on the terrace of our university cafe. I looked through the very powerful lenses of the binocular and said
“Yes, I can see. Looks like a star that must have died millions of years ago but we can still see the stardust it emitted while exploding”
She took the binocular from my hands, looked into my eyes and said
“Khizar, you know memories are like those particles of the stardust of a star which died millions of years ago but we can see them emitting lights now. I hope you won’t become a star that once existed in my universe”
I looked at her. Except for the tears floating in her eyes betraying the emotional turmoil she was suffering from, she was as calm as the sea is after a storm.
They say that every atom in a human body is the grain of the stardust of the stars which exploded millions of years ago.
Then I understood why her eyes used to sparkle when she was looking at me.”
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“if you have not made somebody's day happier, if you've not appreciated something good that has happened to you and if you have not felt thankful to be alive, then you have wasted that day of your life on earth!”
― Life is What You Make It: A Story of Love, Hope and How Determination Can Overcome Even Destiny
― Life is What You Make It: A Story of Love, Hope and How Determination Can Overcome Even Destiny
“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
― Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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