The rich and famous gathered for their annual shindig at the World Economic Forum in the dreamy Swiss resort town of Davos recently. — AP
PAKISTAN’S ethnic peripheries continue to burn. Working class households in peripheries and metropolitan areas alike continue to be strangled by weekly inflation rates that top 40%, and the country’s militarised ruling class continues to loot, devastating already ravaged ecosystems, even as its members engage in palace intrigues in the lead-up to (s)elections.
Pakistan is not alone – more and more countries in our neighbourhood and world are increasingly militarised, inegalitarian and violent. But this is conveniently ignored when those who lead (and profit from) us gather for their annual shindig at the World Economic Forum in the dreamy Swiss resort town of Davos.
