Shahnawaz Khar’s FIR, which is his legal right, was registered after considerable effort. To many this may appear to be just another family matter which will probably settle in favor of whoever can coerce the state machinery in his favor. What’s more, his mother and younger brother also seem to be on the other side of the family divide.
Since March 5th, Shahnawaz has been beaten twice and forced to leave his father’s inheritance. Shahnawaz Khar’s father Ghulam Arabi Khar had died last year in 2013 leaving behind two sons and a wife to wrangle on property matters. All of this happened when Shahnawaz raised objection to the fact that Ghulam Mustafa Khar could not hold a jirga and decide matters pertaining to the former’s property matters since the latter had personal interest in buying him out. Reportedly, on March 5th this year, Shahnawaz Khar was forcibly hauled in front of the main doada (word used in Muzaffargarh Saraiki for chief landlord) of the Khar tribe, Malik Ghulam Mustafa by the latter’s four sons, and beaten and humiliated. We have political parties and institutions that behave the same way as traditional feudal landowners.īut such distinctions may not matter to people like Shahnawaz Khar, a man of docile and soft disposition, known to the world for his contribution to journalism rather than his connection with the notorious Khar clan. Also, feudalism has morphed into many shapes and forms even penetrating the urban upper-middle class, which means that the attitude is no longer restricted to rural areas. Institutionally, this may be correct because land holdings have indeed shrunk and the rural structure in most of Pakistan is not what we equate with feudalism.
It’s often that we come across the argument that feudalism does not exist in Pakistan anymore.
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