The Mohajirs were inclined towards urbanism which can be seen in the language they chose for Pakistan - Urdu
AMARILLO, TX, US: This is with reference to Haider Nizamani’s article of June 30 titled “The myth of the ‘urban-rural’ divide”.
I’m not sure what issue the writer has with Shahid Javed Burki. Granted Mr Burki should provide some empirical evidence, but I’m not sure there is much data from the late 19th century and 20th century to give specific numbers. I do not see the contradiction between protecting Muslims in two out of the many provinces of India but reducing their power overall (since the rulers of India were mostly Muslim then).
The Mohajirs were inclined towards urbanism which can be seen in the language they chose for Pakistan — Urdu, a language that was non-ethnic and had no roots in the rural countryside. Only educated people in India knew this language. Today, there is a rural bias, which is why our wheat and cotton crops are doing really well but there is no electricity in our cities or clean drinking water.
Asad Badruddin
Published in The Express Tribune, July 1st, 2011.
