Comments on: Pakistan’s Politics and the Urban Middle Class http://pakistaniat.com/2007/12/26/politics-and-the-urban-middle-class/ Pakistan. Pakistani. Pakistaniat. Fri, 01 May 2026 17:25:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.7 By: watch cnn live online free http://pakistaniat.com/2007/12/26/politics-and-the-urban-middle-class/comment-page-7/#comment-583240 Fri, 01 May 2026 17:25:19 +0000 http://pakistaniat.com/2007/12/26/politics-and-the-urban-middle-class/#comment-583240 The examples really helped.

]]> By: Khwaja Aftab Ali, Florida, USA http://pakistaniat.com/2007/12/26/politics-and-the-urban-middle-class/comment-page-7/#comment-187806 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:02:40 +0000 http://pakistaniat.com/2007/12/26/politics-and-the-urban-middle-class/#comment-187806 Who says there is no feudal in Pakistan. Rural Pakistan is control by the feudal, even in urban areas one can see the people who work hard and other who exploit the situation and make money in the name of Muslim saints or family lands. Our ruling class of so called politicians is from feudal and then industrialist follow them for power in authoritarian society. Law making body-the Majlish Shora, parliament -the senate , national assembly, provincial assembly and district council , every where the members are feudal, indusrialists, drug barons and /or Rtd. corrupt police officers with few Rtd, army officers as well. The writer of the this article and a leading scholar Dr. Aisha Siddiqa is also from feudal class with extra ordinary intelligence. I agree with some people that one should do some thing instead of suggestions. I have done some thing by leaving my home land as it

]]> By: mara ahmed http://pakistaniat.com/2007/12/26/politics-and-the-urban-middle-class/comment-page-7/#comment-176254 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:46:34 +0000 http://pakistaniat.com/2007/12/26/politics-and-the-urban-middle-class/#comment-176254 thanks for this terrific analysis. listened to sabiha sumar’s interview with david brancaccio on NOW and was absolutely amazed by her insistence on how democracy is a “dangerous” concept for pakistan and how musharraf (and the military in general) are so “democratically-minded”.

i find the arguments advanced by upper middle-class, educated, professional pakistanis (based both in pakistan and here in the u.s.) for military rule and against democratic elections to be quite staggering.

your article however makes complete sense. thank you for articulating the messiness that accompanies democracy everywhere in the world and how that process can only be tidied up through practice, not abstinence.

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