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Hafiz Pasha at #AJCONF pointing out the value of DHAs in 8 cities in Pakistan is $10 billion. Also mentions the concentration of agricultural land in the hands of a few, the extremely low tax contribution of the elite, & the extreme marginalisation of Balochistan.
Hafiz Pasha also says the elite benefit from 1. Tax breaks 2. Lower input posts 3. Higher output prices for monopolies 4. Privileged access to land 5. Access to capital. This amounts to 2000 billion rupees of privileges for the elite. #AJCONF
Apparently they were barred from publishing provincial data (by who? I think we know) because they didn’t want people to see the extent of marginalisation & inequality in the country particularly of Balochistan & then KP. #AJCONF
#AJCONF standing in support of @StevenBButler @pressfreedom on decision to deport him at Lahore airport. He says expulsion will not stop him from reporting on Pakistan & he has felt in a tiny way the hidden hand of a powerful force that doesn’t reveal itself in Pakistan. 
#AJCONF on press freedom. @christinalamb reflecting on a conversation with Beatrice Mtetwa, Zimbabwean human rights lawyer who is in some ways Zimbabwe’s Asma Jahangir. “If people like you stop reporting what people like us do, then what’s the point?” @BarHumanRights
Very powerful and defiant contributions from @HamidMirPAK and Shahidul Alam on #pressfreedom across South Asia in an age of increasing restrictions and fake news. #AJCONF
