Amreeka is an Exception!
America, publicly pronounced in the Urdu language as Amreeka, is one of many countries that are seldom given positive coverage by Pakistan media. However, the country is also an exception when it comes to offering equal opportunities to its citizens not otherwise available in other parts of the world. As an example, Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, a Bangladeshi American lawyer, has recently become the first Muslim woman federal judge in America. Jahan will serve as a US District Judge for the Eastern District of New York. It also bears mention that Zahid Quraishi is the first Muslim American federal judge in U.S. history. An American lawyer of Pakistani origin, Quraishi was also appointed by President Biden in 2021 as a federal judge for the District of New Jersey. Showing the other side of the coin, these examples corroborate the notion that Amreeka is, indeed, the land of equal opportunities for both Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
Another Khan Missing
The on-going decade has given a rise to a generation of missing persons, comprising those who left the country on their own in quest of greener pastures, as well as those who were purposefully held against their will to establish the writ of law. Azam Khan, a serving grade-22 PAS officer and the principal secretary to former prime minister, is another person gone missing. As revealed by his family, Khan has been missing from the capital since June 15 evening, while a kidnapping case has also been registered by the Islamabad police. On their Twitter handle, the Islamabad police said they would take legal action regarding the disappearance of Azam Khan. People were also asked to contact the helpline if they had any information regarding Azam Khan.
The Economic DAR-ling!
He came, he saw, he messed up. This concocted phrase may better describe the stellar performance shown by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. He is, no doubt, a man of many known, yet unknown talents as it has recently been proven by his awe-inspiring record while serving the most crucial ministry of a cash-strapped country like Pakistan. Though Mr. Dar, time and again, takes credit for saving the country from sovereign default, he has lost his credibility, if any, as the saviour of the economic crisis the country is grappling with no end in sight. Of late, he presented one of the most populist budgets in the political history of Pakistan, but he doesn’t have the faintest idea about the impending economic collapse the country is facing. To our dismay, Ishaq Dar has taken yet another face-saving measure by revealing his noble intentions to negotiate the restructuring of Pakistan’s external debts. Given that a default on the country’s external debts now seems likely in the near future, Pakistan can only avert the imminent disaster with the release of another tranche of IMF funds – an arduous task, debunking the myth called ‘Dar Economics’ out in the open.
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