‘Pakistan needs a new vision — an intra-elite war isn’t the answer,’ writes researcher Asha Amirali for Al Jazeera - DAWN.COM

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In her opinion piece for Al Jazeera, Asha Amirali, post-doctoral researcher at the University of Bath, says PTI chief Imran Khan and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif both represent a model of development that has betrayed most Pakistanis — and will again.

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