In this episode, Amber and Uzair talk about the latest on the appointment of a new army chief in Pakistan, with General Bajwa set to retire in the coming days. We also talk about Pakistan’s default risk and why talks with the IMF are proceeding slowly.

Before winning on to the winners and losers, we have a special interview with Ali Sajjad about censorship in Pakistani media, focusing on the approval issues faced by the movie Joyland.

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

1:30 Retirement of army chief Bajwa

23:26 Default risk in Pakistan

41:10 Joyland and censorship in Pakistan

1:04:50 Why censorship is a problem

1:14:08 Winners and losers