https://twitter.com/mahwashajaz_/status/1135876466674143233 As both a Muhajir and a socialist who believes in class struggle above identity politics, I want address this. While MQM is an example of an ethnic rights movement that turned fascist, it is incorrect to assume PTM and all ethnic rights movements follow this path...

... The MQM is just one ethnic movement whereas there are others in Pakistan's history, such as the National Awami Party. NAP was a coalition of ethnic (mostly) parties that combined were more progressive and pluralist than any other party in Pakistani electoral politics...

Despite each of the constituent parties being associated with a specific ethnicity, they saw no contradiction in working together, and they were simultaneously solidly grounded in leftist class-based politics. NAP was eventually crushed by Bhutto and the establishment...