During my visit to Pakistan last year, I saw first hand and wrote a post on my blog about how the upper and middle class urban Pakistanis are coping with growing crises of education, electricity, gas, water, and security. For example, I talked about a friend who is doing well selling small power generators and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) for homes in Karachi. I also saw significant proliferation of private security companies, private schools, private water delivery businesses, and private clubs. Instead of helping improve the situation for all of their fellow citizens, it was clear that the Pakistani elite are retreating into their own bubbles to isolate themselves from the terrible effects of deteriorating governance in their land.
Now I am sharing with you an interesting take on the situation in the following guest post by a Lahore-based freelance writer Mr. Zaair Hussain.
Here are the links:
Haq's Musings: Crises Deepening Pakistan's Class Divisions?
Haq's Musings: Eleven Days in Karachi, Pakistan
Now I am sharing with you an interesting take on the situation in the following guest post by a Lahore-based freelance writer Mr. Zaair Hussain.
Here are the links:
Haq's Musings: Crises Deepening Pakistan's Class Divisions?
Haq's Musings: Eleven Days in Karachi, Pakistan
