Uzair Younus
@uzairyounus.bsky.social
Host of the podcast Pakistonomy. Focused on South Asia’s political economy and tech. Part-time chef.
This week we discuss the attack on Jaffar Express, protests in Sindh regarding the canals projects, and the ongoing crackdown at Columbia University.
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Jaffer Express, Foreign involvement in Balochistan, Sindh rejects Canals and Fight within PTI #TWIP
YouTube video by The Pakistan Experience
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March 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This week we discuss the attack on Jaffar Express, protests in Sindh regarding the canals projects, and the ongoing crackdown at Columbia University.
Watch below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtU2...
Watch below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtU2...
Reposted by Uzair Younus
Found this Ezra Klein conversation with the FT’s Gillian Tett on the radical ideas for reshaping the global economy of some in Trump’s team really helpful, including for thinking about the admin’s foreign policy podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Is Trump ‘Detoxing’ the Economy or Poisoning It?
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 03/14/2025 · 1h 1m
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March 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Found this Ezra Klein conversation with the FT’s Gillian Tett on the radical ideas for reshaping the global economy of some in Trump’s team really helpful, including for thinking about the admin’s foreign policy podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Trump thanking Pakistan in his address wasn’t on my bingo card.
Situation on either side of the political aisle in the country 👇🏽
Situation on either side of the political aisle in the country 👇🏽
March 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Trump thanking Pakistan in his address wasn’t on my bingo card.
Situation on either side of the political aisle in the country 👇🏽
Situation on either side of the political aisle in the country 👇🏽
Trump and his administration are taking a chainsaw to the U.S.-led world order. The end of the neoliberal consensus means a turbulent period is ahead of the world.
But amidst this volatility lie opportunities for countries like 🇵🇰.
Read my latest on this topic 👇🏽
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But amidst this volatility lie opportunities for countries like 🇵🇰.
Read my latest on this topic 👇🏽
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Why the Trumpian chainsaw to the global order may be an opportunity for Pakistan
Washington’s chainsaw to the old order may look terrifying from the outside, but if Pakistan uses this as the impetus to unleash its own process of creative destruction, the country can find its footi...
www.dawn.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Trump and his administration are taking a chainsaw to the U.S.-led world order. The end of the neoliberal consensus means a turbulent period is ahead of the world.
But amidst this volatility lie opportunities for countries like 🇵🇰.
Read my latest on this topic 👇🏽
www.dawn.com/news/1895098
But amidst this volatility lie opportunities for countries like 🇵🇰.
Read my latest on this topic 👇🏽
www.dawn.com/news/1895098
Electric atmosphere for Champions Trophy games in 🇵🇰
Would have been next level energy tomorrow had India decided to visit the country.
Shame that pettiness and politics got in the way of a spectacle in sports.
Would have been next level energy tomorrow had India decided to visit the country.
Shame that pettiness and politics got in the way of a spectacle in sports.
February 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Electric atmosphere for Champions Trophy games in 🇵🇰
Would have been next level energy tomorrow had India decided to visit the country.
Shame that pettiness and politics got in the way of a spectacle in sports.
Would have been next level energy tomorrow had India decided to visit the country.
Shame that pettiness and politics got in the way of a spectacle in sports.
One line item in DOGE’s receipts claimed $8 billion savings found in a Department of Homeland Security contract, when the contract was for $8 million.
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Big swings, big misses: DOGE struggles to back up its outsized claims
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump continue to tout their cost-cutting and fraud-finding efforts, but high-profile claims aren't holding up to scrutiny.
www.nbcnews.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
One line item in DOGE’s receipts claimed $8 billion savings found in a Department of Homeland Security contract, when the contract was for $8 million.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
An act of terrorism casually edited away by @nytimes.com.
February 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
An act of terrorism casually edited away by @nytimes.com.
An estimated 100,000 civil servants will be affected as the government targets a roughly 20% reduction in the size of ministries, government agencies and workforce in the biggest restructuring since Vietnam adopted pro-market reforms in the 1980s.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Vietnam Endorses Sweeping Reforms to Spur Economic Growth
Vietnam’s parliament formally approved a plan for the biggest government overhaul in decades, a move that will slash thousands of jobs and radically streamline a bloated bureaucracy in an effort to pu...
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February 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
An estimated 100,000 civil servants will be affected as the government targets a roughly 20% reduction in the size of ministries, government agencies and workforce in the biggest restructuring since Vietnam adopted pro-market reforms in the 1980s.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“The individuals the letter refers to had been fired on Thursday and lost access to their federal government email accounts. NNSA, which is within the Department of Energy and oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, cannot reach these employees directly…”
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Trump administration wants to un-fire some nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them
The individuals, who work in an agency that oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, had been fired on Thursday and lost access to their federal government email accounts.
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February 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“The individuals the letter refers to had been fired on Thursday and lost access to their federal government email accounts. NNSA, which is within the Department of Energy and oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, cannot reach these employees directly…”
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
“But despite Khan’s demand to stop remittances, recent figures from Pakistan’s central bank suggest that the country’s remittances, a key pillar of its economy, increased by 25 percent in January compared with the same month in 2024.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
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How Pakistan’s Imran Khan is losing a remittance war against the government
Despite Khan’s calls to the diaspora to stop sending money back home, remittances are soaring — even from supporters.
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February 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
“But despite Khan’s demand to stop remittances, recent figures from Pakistan’s central bank suggest that the country’s remittances, a key pillar of its economy, increased by 25 percent in January compared with the same month in 2024.”
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In this week’s episode we discuss Trump's plan to annex Gaza, USAID, Court Packing, Imran Khan's letter to the COAS, President Zardari's visit to China, and the recent deportation of Indian from the U.S.
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Watch below.
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Trump annexes Gaza, Imran Khan writes letter to COAS and Zardari visits China - #TWIP 05
YouTube video by The Pakistan Experience
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February 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In this week’s episode we discuss Trump's plan to annex Gaza, USAID, Court Packing, Imran Khan's letter to the COAS, President Zardari's visit to China, and the recent deportation of Indian from the U.S.
Watch below.
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Watch below.
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Some thoughts on the one-year performance of the PMLN govt and what comes next for the economy.
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Pakistan's stable instability: Is it the calm before the storm?
Pakistan’s economy is not collapsing but not growing in a way that improves households finances
nukta.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Some thoughts on the one-year performance of the PMLN govt and what comes next for the economy.
nukta.com/pakistan-s-s...
nukta.com/pakistan-s-s...
Latest guest is @khurramhusain.bsky.social who shares his 1-year economic report card for the PMLN government.
Watch below.
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PML-N Economic Report Card | SBP's Win Against Inflation | No Reforms | Khurram Husain | Ep 232
YouTube video by Pakistonomy
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February 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Latest guest is @khurramhusain.bsky.social who shares his 1-year economic report card for the PMLN government.
Watch below.
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Watch below.
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The detention of Imran Khan may be a part of the discussions between the two countries, but I don’t think it’s going to be the central policy of the Trump administration.
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/t...
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February 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The detention of Imran Khan may be a part of the discussions between the two countries, but I don’t think it’s going to be the central policy of the Trump administration.
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/t...
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/t...
Trump wants to be the Malik Riaz of geopolitics.
February 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Trump wants to be the Malik Riaz of geopolitics.
Spoke to Amir Husain about DeepSeek’s innovations and what it means for the ongoing U.S.-China competition.
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Watch 👇🏽
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DeepSeek Shakes Silicon Valley | US v. China AI Competition | Chip Wars | Amir Husain | Ep 231
YouTube video by Pakistonomy
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January 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Spoke to Amir Husain about DeepSeek’s innovations and what it means for the ongoing U.S.-China competition.
Watch 👇🏽
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Watch 👇🏽
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The latest pakistonomy explores why India’s economy is slowing and whether the upcoming budget can reverse the trend.
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India's Economy Slowing | Taxes on Indian Middle Class | Weakening Rupee | Ankur Bhardwaj | Ep 230
YouTube video by Pakistonomy
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January 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The latest pakistonomy explores why India’s economy is slowing and whether the upcoming budget can reverse the trend.
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youtu.be/1XpRKbqVSZU
The latest Pakistonomy discusses the ongoing resistance to the Taliban and how the Taliban is enabling transnational terrorism from Afghan soil.
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Pakistan-Taliban Tensions | Terrorism in Afghanistan | NRF Fighting Taliban | Ali Nazary | Ep 229
YouTube video by Pakistonomy
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January 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The latest Pakistonomy discusses the ongoing resistance to the Taliban and how the Taliban is enabling transnational terrorism from Afghan soil.
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This is a classic example of terrorism.
But you won’t find any mainstream western media outlet describe it as such.
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But you won’t find any mainstream western media outlet describe it as such.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Israeli Settlers Burned West Bank Homes in Riots Organized on Chat Groups
Two nights of armed attacks on Palestinian villages in the West Bank have left homes destroyed and dozens injured.
www.wsj.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This is a classic example of terrorism.
But you won’t find any mainstream western media outlet describe it as such.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
But you won’t find any mainstream western media outlet describe it as such.
www.wsj.com/world/middle...
"If the general public at large invests in the stated project, their actions would tantamount to money laundering, for which they may face criminal/ legal proceedings."
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NAB cautions against investing in Bahria Town’s Dubai project; govt to reach out to UAE for Malik Riaz’s extradition
Says if public still goes ahead and invests, their actions would be "tantamount to money laundering, for which they may face criminal/ legal proceedings".
www.dawn.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"If the general public at large invests in the stated project, their actions would tantamount to money laundering, for which they may face criminal/ legal proceedings."
www.dawn.com/news/1886785...
www.dawn.com/news/1886785...
“Israeli, Arab and US officials all (said)…that Netanyahu was also chiefly to blame at times for breakdowns in negotiations, particularly in July when he added conditions to his earlier proposal regarding the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza…”
www.timesofisrael.com/on-a-deadlin...
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On a deadline: How Biden and Trump brokered hostage deal before ‘all hell’ broke loose
Mediators used framework outlined by outgoing US president and were empowered by Israel's weakening of Iranian axis, but needed assistance from US president-elect to close the deal
www.timesofisrael.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“Israeli, Arab and US officials all (said)…that Netanyahu was also chiefly to blame at times for breakdowns in negotiations, particularly in July when he added conditions to his earlier proposal regarding the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza…”
www.timesofisrael.com/on-a-deadlin...
www.timesofisrael.com/on-a-deadlin...
An excellent initiative to accelerate adoption of EVs at the grassroots level in 🇵🇰.
“Charging station tariffs will decrease from Rs71.10 to Rs39.70,” per an announcement made by the power minister.
www.dawn.com/news/1885345
“Charging station tariffs will decrease from Rs71.10 to Rs39.70,” per an announcement made by the power minister.
www.dawn.com/news/1885345
Power Minister Awais says tariff for electric charging stations cut by 45pc to Rs39
PM Shehbaz calls decision to reduce tariff to electric charging stations important to combat climate change.
www.dawn.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
An excellent initiative to accelerate adoption of EVs at the grassroots level in 🇵🇰.
“Charging station tariffs will decrease from Rs71.10 to Rs39.70,” per an announcement made by the power minister.
www.dawn.com/news/1885345
“Charging station tariffs will decrease from Rs71.10 to Rs39.70,” per an announcement made by the power minister.
www.dawn.com/news/1885345
“It is relevant to note that the Opposition with considerable reported support amongst overseas Pakistanis tried to link remittance inflows with domestic politics. This failed because the bulk of remittance inflows is in support of families back home...”
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Rise in home remittances
EDITORIAL: Remittances have soared by 33 percent to 17.845 billion dollars within the first half of the current...
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January 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“It is relevant to note that the Opposition with considerable reported support amongst overseas Pakistanis tried to link remittance inflows with domestic politics. This failed because the bulk of remittance inflows is in support of families back home...”
www.brecorder.com/news/40342541
www.brecorder.com/news/40342541
"Our defence industry is the last vestige of the license-permit Raj. We still have industrial licensing—perhaps inevitable—but it needs to be much faster," Singh said.
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www.business-standard.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Our defence industry is the last vestige of the license-permit Raj. We still have industrial licensing—perhaps inevitable—but it needs to be much faster," Singh said.
www.business-standard.com/external-aff...
www.business-standard.com/external-aff...