Welcome to the 2024 season of Pakistonomy. We begin this season with as usual an outlook episode. Uzair talks to Arifa Noor, journalist at Dawn and host of the show Newswise, about the upcoming elections, the crisis of legitimacy, and the electoral dynamics in the country right now.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

3:50 State of media today

17:50 Elections outlook

23:30 PML-N’s strategy

27:12 PTI’s strategy

36:20 Scenarios and hybrid regime

41:10 New mandate and legitimacy

49:40 What is the vision for Pakistan?

55:05 Conclusion

Reading recommendations:

- Zahid Hussain’s latest piece - https://www.dawn.com/news/1783550/trying-for-a-fourth-term

- Arifa Noor’s article in Dawn - https://www.dawn.com/news/1802553/the-centre-cannot-hold