Fuad: Forgive Sabga-Aboud

In a statement, Khan said the country should not forget that the Sabga- Aboud family was able to build an empire from nothing over the course of several generations and instead of envying them people should instead aspire to achieve similar goals.

He added that the Sabga-Aboud family has created employment for tens of thousands of citizens through years in business and that is the type of cooperation and collaboration which is required in the country to build a better nation. He said it is only through unity the people of this country will succeed and only by forgiving each other they can attain this harmony.

Khan said it was unfortunate that the interview between the Sabga-Aboud family and Bourdain snowballed into another conversation concerning the ethnic divide in the country, rather than one regarding the growing gap between the upper and lower classes.

He said despite the emotional responses which have hijacked the discussion, there was very little said during the programme that was not an accurate depiction of the social class in the nation, including the remarks about the disappearing “middle class.”