The menace of both feudalism and the elite class would have been done away with long ago from our country, if the common man of our country would have been given the chance to run the political affairs of the state. Unfortunately, after the emergence of the new state on the map of the world, feudal lords and the elite class of the country such as Nawabs, Maliks, Choudhrys, Khans, Pirs, Sardars and army generals and bureaucrats controlled the reins of power against the wishes of common people of the country. The menace of both feudalism and the elite class will continue to dominate our society if we fail to give our middle class a fair representation in policy making affairs of the country. ABDUL SAMAD SAMO, Karachi, January 5.