EDITORIAL: The final abolition of the Sardari system, one of the remnants of the feudal order, is a momentous decision for the country, and for Baluchistan. ... In course of time it will enable the biggest province of Pakistan to play a more significant role in the economic, cultural and political life of the country. The elimination of this institution, which gave ... legal sanction to social parasitism ... was long overdue. ... The interests of tribal chiefs were in no way compatible with ... democracy. ... The educated mind is the first threat to feudal systems, and ...

quite a few Sardars in Baluchistan were opposed to the advancement of education. ...

The reform will create conditions which are conducive to a transformation of the social, economic and political life. ...

But there will be something still missing local leadership in many matters, which the Sardar provided, though imperfectly and not unselfishly. ... A system of elective organs of authority at the grassroots level, coupled with the promotion of co-cooperative ... farming, cattle-raising and wholesale trading, is capable of ensuring a smooth transition from a moribund system to a progressive one.