The News, December 18, 2008
In his article, "Behind the Crisis in Swat" (The News, Nov 27), Sartaj Khan argues that the current religious militancy raging in Swat is a class war. He writes: ’the militants are targeting the khans regardless of their political affiliations and have given their fight a class dimension."
The fact is that the Islamist militants are targeting those khans who are politically active and influential. These are the khans who can be a hurdle in the way of the savage (...)