Archive for July, 2008
Fissures in the Middle
If today Karachi’s middle classes are not largely pro-Musharraf, they are neither so vehemently against him.
Pakistan is at war. It is a conflict of ideas across the country and Pakistan’s bourgeoning middle-classes are at the centre of it.
A class that first clearly emerged on the country’s economic and social radar in the 1980s, thanks [...]
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Before the Lights Went Out
The 1970s witnessed the peak years of tourism in Pakistan. It would never again see the amount of tourists that thronged the streets of Karachi, Lahore and Swat from 1970 till about 1979.
Most of the tourists that arrived in Pakistan during the country’s tourism heydays were young western bohemians (Hippies). Pakistan was one of [...]
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The male-female ratio of the population is 50-50, even though, according to local traditions in the north, women do not exist. Only men and goats.
The country
Officially called the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, it is a country in South Asia bordering the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the People’s Republic of China [...]
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