Although Professor Nida Kirmani’s article, “Fear and the City: Negotiating Everyday Life as a Young Baloch Man in Karachi” was not assigned to my group this week, I decided to read it as an optional reading since we were expecting a visit from the professor during class too. The article provides an enlightening ethnographic perspective…

The process of attaining middle-class status represents a pivotal transition for households seeking upward mobility and economic progress. According to Maqsood, pinpointing exactly when this transition occurs can identify the old middle class from the new and reveal insightful shifts in access to opportunity and intergenerational mobility. In Pakistan, the “old middle class” draws continuity…