The Urban Middle Classes’ Thirst For Power Has Driven The Country To The Brink
The consequences of a reshuffling of class alliances will have a cosmic impact on the country’s established order and future
The urban middle class, however, did not appreciate the precarity of the situation. It complained about not being in control of the government and believed that it could do even better under Imran Khan’s premiership. The age-old engine of conspiracies and scheming was ignited by the middle class with the usual suspects performing their usual roles. The media carefully crafted a frenzied corruption narrative against the Sharifs, the intelligence agencies stirred up political agitation and forced electable politicians to change their party allegiances, and the courts passed one controversial judgement after another to entangle Nawaz Sharif and other members of his party in cases.
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