Pakistan at Sixty

It took me quite some time to read this article. After I understand it, I shall write my comments.

Re: # 5
I am neither a communist nor a capitalist, nor either of their apologists, thank you very much.

Tablighi Jamat is not the breeding ground for terrorist. It restricts itself to Tabligh and in fact keep the youth away from more political and militant version of Islam.
If some MQM cadre comes from Jamat-e-Islami and Jamiat Talaba does not mean Jamat is breeding ground for MQM workers. That would be far fetched.
A person like Tariq Ali should not leave objectivity for ideological argument.

"Pakistan is best avoided in August, when the rains come and transform the plains into a huge steam bath. When I lived there we fled to the mountains, but this year I stayed put. The real killer is the humidity. Relief arrives in short bursts: a sudden stillness followed by the darkening of the sky, thunderclapslike distant bombs and then the hard rain. Rivers and tributaries quickly overflow; flash floods make cities impassable. Sewage runs through slums and posh neighbourhoods alike. Even if you go straight from air-conditioned room to air-conditioned car you can't completely escape the smell."

Tariq the Bourgeoisie Travel Agent -- for the proletariat Pakistan -- bravo!