Saad.

You reached for insults instead of arguments. I don’t trade in that currency—whether with juniors or elders. You dismiss experience you clearly don’t understand. I worked as a professional economist at one of the world’s largest financial institutions. Not every person who works in a global bank is a “banker,” and the distinction matters. Your sneering only reveals how little you grasp. Be humble. What is your experience outside Pakistan? How many papers you have written? Spare me the personal certificates and the theatre. It is shallow, petty, and a poor substitute for substance. If you want a serious exchange, drop the ad hominem and confront the real structural problem: elite capture of Pakistan’s economy. A narrow overlapping set of political dynasties, "electables", industrial lobbies, landed interests and connected institutions systematically extract rents through tax exemptions, tariff protections, subsidised land and credit, capacity payments, SOE losses and preferential contracts. Conservative estimates put the measurable annual cost at roughly 8% of GDP—tens of billions of dollars drained every year while productivity stagnates, inequality widens and the majority faces inflation, joblessness and collapsing public services. You think the same judges who endorsed every military ruler will deliver us social justice? “Democracy” as a slogan will not dismantle this. Elections that simply rotate the same elite families and their clients and connected networks leave the extraction machinery intact. US-style procedural democracy without first breaking the privilege networks only legitimises the capture. So detail your programme. How do you end the tax expenditures and SRO culture that favour the connected? How do you force genuine competition instead of protected inefficiency? How do you reform or exit loss-making state entities, tax assets and agriculture fairly, and stop the transfer of public land and resources to the same circles? How do you build institutions that cannot be captured by the next set of rent-seekers? How would you ensure that at least 5% of GDP is spent on education. Have the humility to focus on the decades of injustice inflicted on the people of Pakistan. Tell us exactly what you propose to fix it. Anything less is just noise.

🚨Israel has formally objected to three provisions in the Board of Peace approved roadmap for Gaza, including demands that would allow it to continue striking the territory, prevent Hamas’s collected weapons from remaining under the NCAG’s control, and exclude Qatar and Turkey from verifying compliance, Haaretz reported. 🔸 Continued Israeli attacks: Israel is demanding continued freedom to carry out strikes across Gaza even after the agreement takes effect. A source familiar with the matter told Haaretz that “Israel demands freedom to strike areas of the Gaza Strip.” The Associated Press separately reported Sunday that Israel was seeking continued freedom to strike and conduct military operations in Gaza under the agreement. 🔸 Control of collected weapons: Israel is also demanding that weapons surrendered by Hamas be destroyed. Under the roadmap reportedly approved by Hamas, the weapons would be collected but remain in the custody of the Board of Peace-backed National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, or NCAG. 🔸 Excluding Qatar and Turkey: Israel wants Qatar and Turkey barred from the verification mechanism that would determine whether each party has fulfilled its obligations before the roadmap moves to its next stage. The agreement calls for the Board of Peace to create an International Verification Committee expected to include representatives from mediator states. ➤ Israel conveyed the three objections Thursday to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a member of the organization’s Gaza Executive Board, according to a diplomatic official cited by Haaretz.

I support Israel I support Ukraine I support Taiwan I support the Iranian people

What do you even do at this point

You can never unsee the expression on an Israeli soldier’s face when they are treating another human being like an animal. In photographs it’s outrageous, but in person, it is something you can truly never forget.

⭕️ Two Israeli female soldiers photographed themselves posing beside a young, blindfolded Palestinian detainee who appears to be a minor and proudly posted the image on Instagram. The post, which circulated widely online and was reviewed by Drop Site News, was uploaded by Israeli soldier Nikol Stelmashvski as part of a 20-photo carousel containing additional images from her time in Gaza. Her account [@ nikol.stel, IG] has since been made private after the photo drew public backlash. The image is the latest in a documented pattern of Israeli soldiers publicly sharing evidence of Palestinian detainees being humiliated or abused. Such conduct violates international humanitarian law, which prohibits the degrading treatment of detainees.

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Weird how he never talks about Haley Stevens sending taxpayer dollars to Egypt

Leftists accusing Stevens of vapid pandering to a niche is hilarious irony when all of their slopulist candidates do nothing but obsess over Israel and AIPAC.

For the record, a lot blame does lie on the establishment here. Schumer, Gillibrand, et al had a slam dunk with McMorrow (who would be running away with the primary and general right now), but they chose Stevens for whatever reason. There are a lot of lessons to be learned here

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Friendly reminder: El-Sayed was defeated by Gretchen Whitmer by 20.