The Pakistani judiciary just removed from power a man that has held a tremendous amount of power in the country for years.
No, seriously, years. And a tremendous amount of power. You don’t understand. This is Nawaz Sharif. This is no joke in Pakistan.
The underdog is rarely celebrated for any of her achievements. A comparable event of comparable complexity can be celebrated with outpourings of optimism and fist-pumping in a Western nation or a regional superpower. In the case of Pakistan, the complexity (military involvement and political shenanigans) which would be pushed to the background to discuss a different country, take over any optimism.
In a single-clause sentence, try to acknowledge that Pakistan’s judiciary did what few countries in the world have achieved.
We’ll all write essays about complexity and political baggage afterward. But give us that one moment. That one moment that we never, ever get, because every pundit in the world stylishly adopts the “basket case” discourse as soon as the word “Pakistan” comes up.
And if you don’t want to give Pakistan that one moment, show me what you’ve got.
Show me your comparable stuff.