Umair Javed
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sociology/political economy | op-eds @Dawn_com | @LFC fan + 🇵🇰 cricket victim
Lahore, Pakistan
Joined August 2009
Can't think of cases where status inequalities (gender, race, ethnicity) are resolved w/o recourse to law and state power.
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Some crossed wires here. *This* state enables patriarchal violence, but a political project that aims for equal citizenship rights (& whose inevitable form will be *the* state) can undo it.
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Great Amr Adly piece on Egypt's external debt crisis with a lot of parallels for Pakistan's case.
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Surreal to see a proper barclays man in this role. Watched him a fair bit growing up.
Nolberto Solano will take charge of both Pakistan’s 🇵🇰 senior men’s team and the U23 side as head coach.
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Everyone has an occupation/credential except that one lady who’s a full-time Friedmanite Libertarian.
🚨🚨 Announcement 🚨🚨.Not even a week left for the 2nd Libertarian Summit in Mumbai on 26th July 2025. Last few spots remain. Register now. Dont wait. Window closing. 👇👇.
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Terrific photograph.
The book mentions a long list of debts. I only want to mention here the last major generosity: Praveen Jain, who allowed me to use his stunningly beautiful image from the signing of the Lahore Declaration on 22 Feb 1999, in what may well have been Vajpayee's finest day in office.
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Reported femicide incident in Balochistan reminded me of Gazdar’s 2003 essay. Some may find it ‘old-fashioned’, but it still holds true. Giving up on the state (& idea of modern citizenship) means a free pass to rabid forms of inequality in the name of community/culture
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Mohali DRS.
What's a conspiracy theory you believe with your whole heart?
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RT @phenomenalworld: “The postwar geopolitical order rested on three pillars: American hegemony, the fossil-fuel energy system, and an open….
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Nations meet in Brasilia for the 2025 BRICS Summit. China's rise and US chaos shape the opportunities and challenges for the group.
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Pakistan's real estate sector in its current form is a gift that keeps on giving: diverts investment from productive sectors, attracts black money, displaces poor communities, weakens food supply, increases flood risk, burdens electricity grid, generates heat-island effect & more.
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RT @AhmdAliGul: We have DHA 2,4,5, and entire bahria town in the catchment area AND floodplains of this river. Not to mention other housin….
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Yeah this one’s the best by miles.
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Mei Kong for dinner, Chill Out (now ‘Melt’) for dessert. Vintage New Garden Town core.
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Lahore offers an 8 month sequence of melting (May/June), drowning (monsoon), and choking (smog).
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Embarrassed I recommended a contrapoints video to someone that one time.
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