How to end feudalism?

[PAKISTAN Zindabad]

Salam members.

i want to know how can we end feudalsim in Pakistan?
Please provide me with some relevant material or link.tell me what steps have been taken to eradicate feudalism in our country since 1947.

Thank you.

[Riaz Ahmed Alizai]

Feudalism has gained grounds in our social spectrum,which is eating into the vitals of the mechanism like a canker.This menace is rendering people towards the burnout and making the worse-off more penury.Admittedly,the problem is not that much easy to tackle with,but there are always some exceptions and surmountable strategies, which could discard the evils out of the body politic.System, of course plays an important role in sublimating such wild impulses and malicious practices,which is obligated with chiseling and defusing out malpractices from the society.Measures alone,can not reflect their effect, until followed and complemented by effectual practices.From times immemorial feudalism has been ruling the roast,which needs to be extirpated.Following expounded ideas may work i guess,

1. Level-headed,prolonged, sustainable and perpetual Democratic system.
2.Even handed deliverance of justice and equated distribution of national wealth.
3. Firm and result oriented Land reforms together with socialism.
4. Progressive Tax system for Land owners.
5. Introducing Agricultural Tax system.
6. prevalence of education in order to liberate surfs out of the cruel clutches of landlords by making them self sufficient.
7. warding off the feudal from becoming a part of democracy in order to make them more vulnerable.

[virgoan]

To eradicate following steps should also b considerd:
Eradication of dual educating system
Good salary pckages to formers bcz they also wants freedom frm feudalism
Eradication of pseudodemocracy n implementation of democracy
Reforms in Balochistan n khaber Pukhtunkhwa
Social justice
Equality among tribes
religious education n implementation of strict application of Islamic teachings against feudaliusm

[Sakk]

Originally Posted by sehrish.khakwani

Salam members.

i want to know how can we end feudalsim in Pakistan?
Please provide me with some relevant material or link.tell me what steps have been taken to eradicate feudalism in our country since 1947.

Thank you.

Feudalism is eating up our society like a cancer but its not easy to uproot the stern roots of feudals. If we observe this problem has occupied almost whole world in different times but it was due to the education and awareness of one's right that has put an end to it gradually. I think if a sincere govt. raised literacy rate then its quite natural that people will get those seated in parliaments who will be the true leaders of the nation and this system will die its own death. There are no extra ordinary steps needed to coercively put an end to it as this will raise much hue and cry in the air. So the most civilized way will be to let feudalism die its natural death.

[ayesha iftikhar]

For the abolishment of feudal system, i would recommend you to study "Eradication of Feudalism" by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

[Ali Ahmad Syed]

Here is an extract of an article about ZA Bhutto and Eradication of Feudalism:


Early in his tenure in office, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto announced that his agrarian reforms would affect the lives of the common people of Pakistan more than any other measure contemplated by his avowedly socialist and populist regime. Almost seven years later, the martial law regime of Zia-ul-Haq issued a White Paper on the performance of Bhutto's government (which Zia ended with a coup in July of 1977), charging that the land reforms were in practice yet another example of that Government's cynical posturing, sinister manipulation, favoritism and victimization, corruption and abuse of power. The irony is that a centerpiece of Bhutto's program for the “salvation” of Pakistan should appear in a White Paper which attempted to add legitimacy to the execution of the popular ex-Prime Minister. A further irony is that Bhutto himself came from a background which could only be called “feudal” in the terms of Pakistani political discourse, and surrounded himself politically with scions of similar families. What was meant by Bhutto's pledge to eradicate feudalism via land reform and what are we to make of it?

[Statue of Liberty]

The only panacea for removing the culture of feudalism from our country is to educate masses.......


the more we educate the weaker the feudal forces would be...


Europe had also had this social malady, but it was purged of this evil due to education..............

[aphrodite]

Going through the above posts, I found that many sincere yet ambiguous suggestions have been given. Sustained democracy and education were common. Ill keep this short:

1) How does democracy help us when the only thing keeping this 'democratic system' alive is the feudal class itself? 90% of parliament at any given time of history of Pakistan comprises the much dreaded feudals, and almost all of them are elected (read selected) from their ancestral constituencies pre-dating Pakistan. Most of these had their ancestors elected from the same constituencies ever since the British legislative system was put in place. Even before that, their family heads have always been selected head of local Panchayats/ jirgas. In a given election, these families raise 10 different candidates (all belonging to opposing parties) of the same clan. whatever the result of a party- their families rarely stay out of parliament. Now how will anybody beat that?

2) The same waderas/Chaudrys/Sardars are then in control of the allocated funds for education for their constituencies. They usually usurp these funds and create ghost schools for public records. It is in their obvious interest if their people dont get 'too' educated. They dont want an awake people who can one day run them out or compete them at polls. Nawab Bugti was offered by the army, to initiate Cadet college/army schools in his area. He refused saying he wanted raw funds instead to develop the sector himself. If he was so sincere to the cause-well he was a moneyed man himself. In the name of a good cause, how many schools/hospitals did he open up in Dera Bugti? None.

Although educating our masses is utterly necessary-there can be no hope of Pakistan ever rising out of its troubles sans that-however in order to ensure this or any other worthy objective, we must first decide to do away with the status quo. And no, this doesnt mean another tirade of peaceful demos. While that can be used as a warning for our elite, it can by no means intimidate them.