In this episode, Uzair talks to Khurram Husain about the 2025 budget and what the government got wrong. We also talked about Pakistan’s ability to extract geopolitical rents and how this stunts the reform agenda in the country.

You can read Khurram’s latest column on the budget here - https://www.dawn.com/news/1916673/thrashing-around

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

1:45 Budget assessment

11:10 Solar power access

20:20 Geopolitical rents and Pakistan

38:40 Conclusion