"While 'burger' is a relatively new term, the class of Pakistanis equally comfortable in Karachi’s bustling open air markets or London’s raucous Oxford Street have been around longer than the country. In fact, it was largely the elite “burgers” who returned from schooling in England that made the first appeals for independence from the British Raj.That history is one that many Pakistanis have seem to have forgotten even as they live out their founders’ dreams of sovereignty."
I write about Pakistan's young, educated, elite class of "burgers" and their role in the country's political sphere for Medium. Read the full article here.