Germany needs skilled foreign professionals, but the AfD's rise is forcing Pakistanis to ask a different question: is Germany still the country where they want to build their future? A Doctor in Quedlinburg Made Me Stop Scrolling I was reading the German election news in Karachi when one doctor made me stop scrolling. Ayman Alyoussef came to Germany from Syria in 2014, learned the language and eventually became a German citizen. He now works as a senior physician in Quedlinburg, yet he says he will leave when he feels hatred spreading around him. Nobody has ordered him out. Nobody needs to. Saxony-Anhalt votes on 6 September 2026, and the AfD enters the final days of the campaign with extraordinary support. One Infratest dimap poll puts the party at 42 percent, against 22 percent for the CDU. Seat arithmetic will depend partly on which smaller parties cross Germany's five-percent threshold, so 42 percent of the vote does not automatically give the AfD control of the state...
Strategic analysis on geopolitics, financial systems, and Pakistani affairs, blended with personal stories and commentary from Karachi. Written by Munaeem Jamal.